Triangular facets of stone and shimmering glass provide the irregular form of Coop Himmelb(l)au's Museum of Contemporary Art and Planning Exhibition, which is now complete in Shenzhen. More about Coop Himmelb(l)au combines flat and curving forms at huge Shenzhen art complex
Foster + Partners has used custom-made bricks to build a campus near Shenzhen, encompassing a university, a hotel and housing that all take in views of the South China Sea. More about Foster + Partners uses extra-long bricks for Chinese university campus
Aaron Betsky finds lessons for western city planners and designers in amongst the mega-blocks, privatised spaces and urban sprawl of Asian cities. More about "We can't stop super-blocks or sprawl, but we have to make space for life in between"
Danish firms Schmidt Hammer Lassen Architects and Gottlieb Paludan Architects have won a competition to design the world's largest waste-to-energy power plant in China (+ movie). More about World's largest waste-to-energy plant proposed for Shenzhen
German studio KSP Jürgen Engel Architekten's glass-covered design for the Shenzhen Art Museum and Library complex in China beat proposals from a number of star architects. More about KSP Jürgen Engel Architekten wins competition to design Shenzhen Art Museum and Library
Wooden boxes surrounding the tables of this noodle bar in the Chinese city of Shenzhen frame views of the city skyline, which is visible through a full-height glazed wall. More about Slatted timber boxes contain dining areas inside Fanbo Zeng's Fun noodle bar
News: Ole Bouman, former head of the Netherlands Architecture Institute, has been named as the director of a major new design museum developed in collaboration with the V&A in Shekou, Shenzhen. More about Ole Bouman named as director of V&A-backed design museum in China
News: the V&A Museum will collaborate with developer China Merchants Group on content for the Shekou Museum in Shenzhen designed by Tokyo architect Fumihiko Maki. More about Fumihiko Maki designs China's "first major museum of design"
A cage-like grid of brass poles surrounds the upper section of this double-height patisserie in Shenzhen, China, by Shanghai studio LineHouse. More about Brass grid structure cages patisserie in Shenzhen by Linehouse
News: architecture firm Farrells has won a competition to masterplan two major commercial sites in the growing Qianhai special economic zone in Shenzhen, China, with plans that include a 320-metre skyscraper. More about Farrells to masterplan two sites in Shenzhen's Qianhai financial district
News: the architecture and design department at the V&A museum in London has acquired Katy Perry Lashes (pictured) and Primark jeans as part of a new "rapid response" strategy for collecting objects as soon as they become newsworthy, to reflect the changing way fast-moving global events influence society (+ interview). More about V&A acquires Katy Perry false eyelashes as part of new "rapid response collecting" strategy
Ma Yansong of Chinese studio MAD presents a masterplan for Nanjing, China, where buildings are designed to look like mountains and public spaces overlap with the natural landscape, as part of the Shenzhen and Hong Kong Bi-city Biennale of Urbanism\Architecture. More about MAD's Nanjing masterplan features buildings designed to look like mountains
Thousands of hexagonal skylights bring natural light into this new terminal that Italian architects Massimiliano and Doriana Fuksas have completed at Shenzhen Bao'an International Airport in China (+ slideshow). More about Studio Fuksas completes Terminal 3 at Shenzhen Bao'an International Airport
News: OMA has completed the Shenzhen Stock Exchange - a skyscraper with a skirt at the heart of the city's Central Business District (+ slideshow). More about OMA completes Shenzhen Stock Exchange
Here are the latest photographs of the OMA-designed Shenzhen Stock Exchange, set to complete next month in the Chinese city (+ slideshow). More about Shenzhen Stock Exchange by OMA nears completion
Belgian architect Vincent Callebaut has developed a concept to introduce natural ecosystems into cities with designs for "farmscrapers" made from piles of giant glass pebbles for a site in Shenzhen, China (+ slideshow). More about Asian Cairns by Vincent Callebaut
News: concrete made with unprocessed sea sand has been found in at least 15 buildings under construction in Shenzhen – including what will be China's tallest building when completed – putting them at risk of collapse. More about Corrosive concrete halts construction of China's tallest building
News: Rem Koolhaas' OMA has won a competition to design a financial office tower in Shenzhen, China, the firm's second building in the city after the soon-to-complete Shenzhen Stock Exchange. More about OMA wins competition for second Shenzhen skyscraper
News: international firm SWA Group has been selected to redesign Futian District in Shenzhen, China - an area that's larger than Manhattan (+ slideshow). More about Winning masterplan will turn central Shenzhen into "Garden City of Tomorrow"
American architects Richard Meier & Partners have completed a Corian-clad club for private members in one of the largest development zones in China. More about OCT Shenzhen Clubhouse by Richard Meier & Partners