Movie: in this exclusive video interview filmed in Venice, Ma Yansong of Chinese architects MAD explains his concept for a "shan-shui city", a high density urban development inspired by traditional Chinese paintings of mountain ranges. More about MAD wants to "invent a new typology" for high-rise architecture, says Ma Yansong
This community viewing platform and play area, designed by Hong Kong architects Olivier Ottevaere and John Lin, provides a loop that rises up to overlook rice terraces carved into the surrounding valleys (+ slideshow). More about Looping wooden viewing platform in China built by students in just six days
Shanghai studio Neri&Hu has completed its largest project to date – a total exterior and interior overhaul of a hotel in Zhengzhou, China, featuring a new facade resembling a pile of glass boxes and an entrance surrounded by a forest of bronze columns (+ slideshow). More about Le Meridien hotel redesign by Neri&Hu features glass boxes and bronze columns
Chinese architect Cao Pu has helped a couple reconfigure their awkward workspace in Nanjing by adding a series of translucent screens. More about Cao Pu converts Nanjing apartment into fashion studio
Bamboo architects: architects in China are turning to bamboo as a cheap and sustainable building material, according to Dylan Baker-Rice, principal at Hong Kong studio Affect-T (+ interview). More about Bamboo "becoming increasingly popular" in Chinese architecture
This sculptural bamboo entrance designed for a Chinese flower garden was the first-ever project by architecture studio Penda, who this week unveiled a concept for a modular bamboo hotel (+ slideshow). More about Lengths of bamboo create the giant petals of Penda's Blossom Gate
Berlin architecture firm Knowspace has created a pair of red brick residences and studios with ridged roofs for two artists in a creative community on the outskirts of Beijing (+ slideshow). More about Knowspace builds brick artists' studios and homes around a communal courtyard
The age-defining rings of a tree stump provided the starting point for this small round house planned by design collective Penda for a wood-carving artist in Beijing (+ slideshow). More about Penda's doughnut-shaped House O is based on the form of a tree stump
Beijing office Vector Architects installed a louvred wall of weathered steel mesh along one facade of this visitor centre on a farm near Kunshan, China, to shade the interior from the low evening sun (+ slideshow). More about Red mesh shades the interior of a farm visitor centre by Vector Architects
Wooden house-shaped volumes are inserted into this office in the attic of a converted industrial building in Shanghai, by Chinese architects Lyndon Neri and Rossana Hu, creating a contrast with raw concrete fittings (+ slideshow). More about Flamingo Shanghai offices by Neri&Hu feature raw concrete and angular meeting rooms
A small wooden cabin with louvred brass windows occupies the centre of this Isabel Marant fashion boutique in Shanghai, designed by Ciguë to reference the traditional houses that once populated the site (+ slideshow). More about Ciguë builds a wooden cabin in the middle of Isabel Marant's Shanghai boutique
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"
News: British studio Chetwoods has unveiled a proposal to create the world's tallest tower in the Chinese city of Wuhan, with a host of environmental functions that will attempt to purify the city's polluted air and lakes. More about Chetwoods creates "blatantly iconic" kilometre-tall tower to act as environmental filter for Wuhan
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
The folded facade of this retail complex in Fuzhou, China, by architecture firm Spark, is made from colour-changing aluminium panels and integrates giant advertising screens (+ slideshow). More about Spark incorporates giant screens into faceted shopping centre facade
Curvy holes puncture the walls of this university building completed by architecture firm Aedas in Suzhou, China, with courtyards, terraces and balconies designed to encourage interaction between staff and students (+ slideshow). More about Aedas creates cavernous hollow inside Xi'an Jiaotong-Liverpool University building
Dutch firm UNStudio has created a cluster of pavilions modelled on the form of a Chinese flower, as the centrepiece for this summer's horticultural expo in Qingdao, China (+ slideshow). More about UNStudio completes central pavilion for Qingdao Horticultural Expo
A huge folding wall lifts up to reveal the contents of a weathered steel auditorium at this abandoned printing factory in Beijing, which Chinese studio Origin Architect has converted into a theatre complex (+ slideshow). More about Origin Architect transforms Beijing factory into a theatre complex
News: British architect Terry Farrell's firm has unveiled plans for a 560-metre-high skyscraper that is poised to become one of China's tallest buildings. More about Terry Farrell sets sights over 500 metres with new Chinese skyscraper
Beijing's Forbidden City is the backdrop for this tea house created by Chinese studio CutscapeArchitecture in place of two dilapidated warehouses (+ slideshow). More about Red-Wall Teahouse by CutscapeArchitecture flanks Beijing's Forbidden City