The latest edition of our Dezeen Debate newsletter features a colourful Shenzhen school by Chinese firm Urbanus. Subscribe to Dezeen Debate now. More about Dezeen Debate features Shenzhen school that "invites movement and discovery"
Chinese firm Urbanus designed the playful Hakka Academy Longgang Twin Stars in Shenzhen as a "visual resistance to the monotonous urban landscape". More about Urbanus references Hakka walled houses for colourful Shenzhen school
Architecture studio Weico has completed a headquarters for Chinese electric car brand XPeng in Guangzhou, China, with a roof that forms an X. More about Weico wraps XPeng headquarters around twin courtyards
Chinese architecture studio Team BLDG has converted two rural homes outside Shanghai into The Catcher guesthouse, adding three connecting volumes to the existing structures. More about "Authenticity and connection to nature" guide guesthouse renovation by Team BLDG
A curving glass veil that appears to be "constantly changing as you move" cloaks the exterior of the flagship Tiffany & Co store in Beijing, designed by Dutch studio MVRDV. More about MVRDV drapes glass veil around Tiffany & Co flagship in Beijing
Architecture studio Snøhetta has revealed its design for Beijing Art Museum in China, which will feature a series of rectangular volumes radiating around a circular atrium. More about Snøhetta designs atrium with radiating galleries for Beijing Art Museum
Architecture studio HCCH has designed a doughnut-shaped viewpoint and pavilion in Huizhou, China, featuring oval openings and a concrete facade with a bamboo texture. More about HCCH Studio creates doughnut-shaped pavilion on Chinese mountain
Chinese studio FOG Architecture used tactile materials and natural lighting to create a calm, soothing atmosphere in this Shanghai home. More about FOG Architecture designs minimalist Shanghai residence filled with natural light
Architecture studio SoBA Architects has designed the Huachiao Vibrant Sports Park in China, whose shape was informed by the flowing "water sleeves" used in the costumes for Kunqu operas. More about SoBA designs colourful sports park informed by local opera costumes
Boulder-shaped canopies of woven bamboo shelter the spaces of LuxeIsland Farm, an eco-farm in China designed by Various Associates. More about "Celestial boulders" of woven bamboo shade eco-farm in China
Continuing our 2025 Review, China editor Christina Yao selects the year's best Chinese architecture projects including grand schemes by international studios BIG, OMA and Zaha Hadid Architects, as well as small-scale pavilions from local studios. More about The top 10 Chinese buildings of 2025
Japanese studio Jun Aoki & Associates has unveiled the Maison Louis Vuitton Sanlitun in Beijing, with a translucent and fluid form that is "simultaneously a rock and a dress". More about Jun Aoki references translucent dress for colour-shifting Louis Vuitton flagship
Chinese studio ZAO/standardarchitecture has created the Xiao Feng Art Museum in Hangzhou, housing galleries within an angular concrete form that loops around a central courtyard. More about ZAO/standardarchitecture snakes concrete art gallery around courtyard in China
Japanese architect Kazunari Sakamoto has renovated the third floor of Shanghai's Power Station of Art museum, transforming it into an art library named Espace Gabrielle Chanel. More about Kazunari Sakamoto creates art library in Shanghai museum for Chanel
Global architecture studio SOM has used AI tools to inform its geometric design for the West Bund Convention Centre, which has risen beside the Huangpu River in Shanghai, China. More about SOM uses AI to design diamond-like West Bund Convention Centre in Shanghai
Grass covers the domed roof of Pujiang Platform, a timber pavilion that Dutch studio MVRDV has added to an existing viewpoint in the hills of Chengdu, China. More about MVRDV crafts hill-shaped viewpoint in Chengdu from timber
A steel grid wrapped in LED netting cloaks the metal ductwork of Spark 716, an AI data centre and "computing power park" in the centre of Beijing, completed by local architecture practice LLLAB. More about Exposed ducts and server rooms reveal the "heartbeat" of AI data centre in Beijing
Chinese architecture studio SoBA Architects has completed a cafe and florist shop in Kunshan, China, within a foldable box. More about SoBA designs cafe in China as "a living container" with dynamic facades
Architectural Design & Research Institute of South China University of Technology has designed the Lunar Tower, an observation tower that sits within a mangrove reserve on Hainan Island. More about Observation tower in China topped with moon-shaped viewing platform
The latest edition of our weekly Dezeen Agenda newsletter features the curved Greater Bay Area Sports Centre in China. Subscribe to Dezeen Agenda now. More about Dezeen Agenda features waterfront stadium by Zaha Hadid Architects