Architects and designers in China have told Dezeen they expect domestic and international work to ramp up now that tight Covid restrictions are finally easing. More about Chinese architects and designers confident of bounceback as Covid restrictions ease
Promotion: talks given by 13 deans and heads of department from major architecture schools at the Global Dean's Forum hosted by Shanghai's Tongji University are now available to stream online. More about Watch talks on the future of architecture education at the Global Dean's Forum
Rock formations along the Zhuhai coast inspired architecture studio Aedas' design of the North Xingge Jinze skyscraper, which comprises two connected towers and has a cut-out sky garden. More about Aedas designs arched skyscraper in Zhuhai to resemble local "auspicious stones"
Architecture practice Studio Zhu-Pei drew on traditional Chinese architecture to create the sweeping concrete roofs and stone walls of the Zibo OCT Art Centre in the eastern province of Shandong. More about Studio Zhu-Pei tops art centre in China with wave-like concrete roofs
Dutch architecture studio MVRDV has unveiled designs for a 140,000 square metre library in Wuhan, China, with a sweeping form that takes cues from the topography of its surroundings. More about MVRDV reveals plans for Wuhan Library with "stepped terraces of books"
Shanghai studio Atelier d'More has turned a concrete brick building outside Beijing, China, into a boutique hotel with a courtyard filled with sculptural concrete dividers. More about Atelier d'More designs curved concrete Sleeping Lab hotel
London studio Sybarite has created a department store for SKP in Chengdu, China, that is topped with a landscape created in collaboration with New York-based James Corner Field Operations. More about Sybarite tops submerged mall with James Corner Field Operations-designed park
Chinese studio Group of Architects has completed the Yada Theatre near the city of Yixing, with ceramic and wood finishes that reference the region's bamboo forests and heritage of pottery production. More about Group of Architects insets mono-pitched theatre into bamboo forest in China
Architect Aurelien Chen has transformed a former miners' canteen in Handan, China, into a multipurpose cultural centre featuring interventions that respond to the building's communist heritage. More about Aurelien Chen retains references to China's "Red Era" in renovated cultural centre
British designer Thomas Heatherwick's studio has opened its first office outside of the UK at 1000 Trees in Shanghai, a commercial building designed by the practice that opened late last year. More about Heatherwick Studio opens "first permanent overseas base" in Shanghai
Promotion: Shanghai's Tongji University is celebrating the 70th anniversary of its College of Architecture and Urban Planning with the Global Dean's Forum, a day-long event bringing together 11 major architecture schools from around the world. More about Tongji University's College of Architecture and Urban Planning marks 70 years with Global Dean's Forum
Chinese studio Neri&Hu has inserted a stainless-steel shed into a Shanghainese lane house for Blue Bottle Coffee's latest cafe in Shanghai, which opened to the public last week. More about Neri&Hu inserts shed into old lane house for Blue Bottle Coffee shop in Shanghai
Architecture studio RSHP has revealed its design for an office skyscraper in Shenzhen, China, with glazed office wings extended from a central concrete tower. More about RSHP unveils design for "open and welcoming" Shenzhen skyscraper
Including a pool-topped library and a half-buried stadium, Dezeen's China editor Christina Yao continues our review of 2022 with a roundup of Chinese architecture projects completed this year. More about Dezeen's top 10 Chinese architecture projects of 2022
New York studio Ennead Architects has revealed its design for a museum that is set to be built within Shangxianhe Wetland Park in the city of Wuxi, China. More about Ennead Architects designs Wuxi Art Museum to emulate "natural erosion of spirit stones"
Vivid shades of blue and turquoise characterise this school in Shenzhen, China, which has been overhauled by People's Architecture Office to offer more creative forms of learning. More about People's Architecture Office completes blue-toned makeover of Fuqiang school
Drone manufacturer DJI has revealed a video filmed by a drone that flies around the exterior and interior of its 200-metre-high Sky City headquarters designed by British architecture studio Foster + Partners. More about DJI creates drone tour of Foster + Partners-designed skyscraper HQ
In the first instalment of Dezeen's Concrete Icons series produced in collaboration with Holcim, MAD Architects founder Ma Yansong explains how his studio's sinuous concrete library in Haikou, China, encourages visitors to use their imagination. More about MAD's undulating concrete library "doesn't say too much" says Ma Yansong
Architectural lighting design firm Brandston Partnership used concealed facade lighting to showcase the undulating structure of the MAD-designed Yabuli China Entrepreneurs Forum. More about Brandston Partnerships' lighting design highlights sinuous shape of Yabuli conference centre
Chinese architecture studio Neri&Hu has inserted a concrete volume into an old brick warehouse to create a head office and retail store for pastry brand Lao Ding Feng in Beijing, China. More about Neri&Hu converts textile factory into headquarters for Chinese pastry brand