Used books are displayed in supermarket-style crates at the Deja Vu Recycle Store in Shanghai, which local studio Offhand Practice has designed to counter the "shabby" image associated with second-hand shops. More about Offhand Practice designs second-hand bookshop in Shanghai to mimic greengrocer
Architecture studio ARCity Office has used black steel and glass to transform the concrete shell of a former power plant into a community hub in Shenzhen, China. More about ARCity Office transforms disused power plant into Shajing Village Hall
A sweeping, tiled roof informed by the surrounding mountain ranges tops the Yong'an Community Hub in China, which has been designed by students from Tongji University in Shenzhen with architecture studio Archi-Union. More about Archi-Union works with students to create rammed-earth community centre
Superimpose Architecture used a traditional shopping-arcade typology to transform the dark basement of a commercial development in Hangzhou, China, into The Arcade conference centre. More about Superimpose Architecture creates subterranean conference centre based on Victorian shopping arcade
Architecture studio MAD Architects has completed a sinuous concrete stadium embedded into the ground and covered in grass roofs in Quzhou, China. More about MAD completes Quzhou Stadium as part of world's "largest earth-sheltered building"
Architecture office Approach Design has transformed a former police station in Beijing into an office building enclosed by a steel framework that functions as a multipurpose urban park called TMT Folding Park. More about Approach Design turns Beijing police station into office building with multi-storey park
An ornate wooden structure dating back to the Qing dynasty has been encased in a copper-clad shell to create The Relic Shelter, a teahouse in Fuzhou, China, by Neri&Hu. More about Neri&Hu incorporates historic wooden structure into copper-clad tea rooms
The long-awaited Shanghai Library East designed by Danish studio Schmidt Hammer Lassen Architects has opened to the public in China. More about Schmidt Hammer Lassen wraps China's biggest library in marble-printed glass facade
British architecture studio Foster + Partners has completed two skyscrapers for drone manufacturer DJI in Shenzhen called DJI Sky City, which are connected by an open-air suspension bridge over 100 meters above the ground. More about Foster + Partners connects pair of skyscrapers with 100-meter-high suspension bridge
Chinese studio Muda Architects has designed a lakeside bookshop in Chengdu featuring a roof that resembles an upturned book and windows that extend below the water level. More about Muda Architects completes bookshop in Chengdu with roof shaped like "a flipped book"
Chinese architecture studio Neri&Hu has designed a flexible office space in Shanghai for the changing needs of media company Red+Plus Studio's employees. More about Neri&Hu creates "nomadic" office interiors for Shanghai media company
Shades of blue and green feature throughout this hotpot restaurant in Shenzhen, which has been updated by Chinese studio Vermilion Zhou Design Group. More about Vermilion Zhou Design Group opts for rich hues in revamp of Haidilao hotpot restaurant
Architecture research studio Condition_Lab has completed the Pingtan Book House in China's Hunan province, which features a double-helix staircase designed to provide space for children to read and play. More about Condition_Lab intertwines spiral staircases at children's library in China
The inky brushstrokes of traditional Chinese paintings influenced the fluid forms of this museum complex that architecture firm Wutopia Lab has designed for a property developer in Qinhuangdao. More about Wutopia Lab completes museum and dance studio influenced by Chinese ink drawings
Chinese architecture studio MAD has revealed photos of its sculptural Cloud Center building in Qinhuangdao, China, which was designed for arts and culture community Aranya. More about MAD's Cloud Center under construction in Qinhuangdao
Chinese practice Arch Studio has renovated and extended a courtyard home called Mixed House on the outskirts of Beijing, China, by inserting a timber structure topped by a wavy roof. More about Arch Studio extends courtyard home in China beneath wave-like roof
Architecture studio Aedas has unveiled its Dance of Light office skyscraper in Chongqing, China, with a twisted facade informed by the shape of the northern lights. More about Aedas unveils "most twisted tower in the world" in Chongqing
Chinese studio 3andwich Design has unveiled the circular Water Drop Library in Shuangyue Bay, China, which is topped with a pool overlooking the sea. More about 3andwich Design tops clifftop library in China with circular pool
Chinese studio Muda Architects has revealed its design of a museum in Chengdu that will be dedicated to the history of Chinese medicine and arranged in the shape of the yin-yang symbol. More about Muda Architects models Tianfu Museum of Chinese Medicine on yin-yang symbol
Dutch architecture studio MVRDV has revealed the Oasis Towers development in Nanjing, China, which is comprised of two L-shaped skyscrapers with angular cliff-like facades. More about MVRDV unveils pair of skyscrapers with "stratified cliff" facades