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A trio of dome-shaped structures enclose the Taoyuan Sewage Treatment Project in northern Taiwan, designed by Habitech Architects to resemble mountains, complete with a waterfall and fish pond. More about Habitech Architects imitates mountains with sewage works in Taiwan
Mecanoo's 141,000-square-metre National Kaohsiung Centre for the Arts, described as the "world's largest performing arts centre under one roof", is now open in Taiwan. More about Mecanoo completes world's largest performing arts centre in Taiwan
Japanese architect Kengo Kuma has stacked 29 recycled shipping containers to make a Starbucks coffee shop alongside a shopping centre in Hualien, Taiwan. More about Kengo Kuma stacks shipping containers to create drive-through Starbucks in Taiwan
Large panels of glazing, aged pieces of wood and a handful of furnishings helped Taiwanese studio Wei Yi International Design Associates create a calm apartment for a retired couple in Taipei. More about Pared-back interiors form relaxed dwelling for retired couple in Taipei
Waterfrom Design has modernised a 30-year-old factory in Taiwan, adding bright pops of colour and layered surfaces that evoke the aesthetic properties of water. More about Waterfrom Design updates Taiwanese factory with colourful accents and industrial finishes
A group of artists in Taiwan have transformed a 10-metre-tall brutalist concrete loudspeaker, formerly used to broadcast anti-communist propaganda to China, into an art installation. More about Giant concrete anti-communist speaker reimagined as sound installation
Japanese firm Mitsubishi Jisho Sekkei has completed a 272-metre high office skyscraper in Taipei, which is adjoined to a retail building clad in a delicate metal lattice. More about Mitsubishi Jisho Sekkei completes "landmark tower and human-scale podium" in Taipei
Built-in birch wood storage and glazed white tiles with contrasting pink grout feature in this small one-bedroom apartment, in Taipei, Taiwan More about Phoebe Sayswow Architects creates 33-square-metre guest house in Taipei
Dutch practice Mecanoo is putting the finishing touches to an arts centre in the Taiwanese port city of Kaohsiung, which plays host to a selection of opera houses, concert halls and an open-air theatre set into its bulging roof. More about Mecanoo's performing arts centre nears completion in Taiwan
Joe Shih Architects and Riken Yamamoto & Field Shop have won the international competition to design an art museum in Taoyuan, Taiwan. More about Winning design for Taiwan art museum features sloped green roofs
Antonio Citterio Patricia Viel is set to design the latest addition to Taipei's skyline – a green bamboo-shaped skyscraper that will house not one, but two luxury hotels. More about Taipei's latest skyscraper inspired by the shape of bamboo shoots
This extension to a house in Taoyuan City, Taiwan, contains independent living spaces for two brothers, which are connected by a glazed corridor that traverses a narrow plant-lined courtyard. More about Glazed extension to Taiwan home by 5X Studio provides views of plants and the sky
London design studio Native & Co has used five different clays to design a set of tableware that's matched to specific oolong teas. More about Native & Co designs clay Wu teapots to suit specific brews
This drugstore by Taiwan studio Waterfrom includes greenery, glass shelves and copper details designed to combat the clinical reputation of pharmacies. More about Waterfrom subverts clinical pharmacy stereotype with airy interior for Taiwan's Molecure
Concrete walls, cement floors, grey tiles, marble and dark stained wood meet in this Taipei apartment created by Wei Yi International Design Associates for "an elder with great fortune and rich experience". More about Shades of grey decorate sombre luxury apartment in Taiwan
Taiwanese studio Atelier Boter has transformed the second level of a teak furniture shop into a home for its owner, adding a traditional tatami room that looks out onto an indoor garden. More about Atelier Boter creates home for a furniture designer above his shop in Taiwan
A skinny townhouse in the Taiwanese port city of Kaohsiung has been transformed into a brightly lit cafe and furniture store by local studio HAO Design. More about HAO Design converts 1980s townhouse into furniture shop and cafe in Taiwan
Rows of perforated aluminium shades intended to represent the feathers of an eagle shield the facade of this concrete and glass church in the Taiwanese city of Tainan. More about "Feather-like" screens front church in Taiwan by MAYU Architects
Taipei-based Creat+Think Design Studio used stone excavated from the site to build this house on a slope in Taiwan overlooking the Pacific Ocean. More about Stone-walled house in Taiwan provides residents with Pacific Ocean views