Rethinking the Split House by Neri&Hu
Chinese architecture studio Neri&Hu sliced away the rear wall and replaced it with glass for this renovation of a 1930s townhouse in Shanghai. More about Rethinking the Split House by Neri&Hu
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Asterisk by SAKO Architects
This asterisk-shaped restaurant and winery at the centre of a lake near Beijing is our second story in the last week about Chinese studio SAKO Architects (+ slideshow). More about Asterisk by SAKO Architects
Blockhouse by AZL Architects
Walls appear to be peeling back from the facade of this house by Chinese office AZL Architects, one of 24 architect-designed buildings underway in a forest near Nanjing, China. More about Blockhouse by AZL Architects
Loop Kindergarten by SAKO Architects
Beijing studio SAKO Architects used all the colours of the rainbow for the playgrounds, classrooms and roof garden of this doughnut-shaped kindergarten in Tianjin, China (+ slideshow). More about Loop Kindergarten by SAKO Architects
Central Business District at Shanghai Hongqiao Airport by MVRDV with Aedas
Dutch firm MVRDV has won a design competition for a new business district in Shanghai, which is already under construction near the city's Hongqiao Airport. More about Central Business District at Shanghai Hongqiao Airport by MVRDV with Aedas
Umbrella Facade for the Madrid Pavilion by 3Gatti Architecture Studio
3Gatti Architecture Studio will add a facade of opening and closing steel umbrellas to Foreign Office Architects' Madrid Pavilion from the 2010 Shanghai Expo (+ slideshow). More about Umbrella Facade for the Madrid Pavilion by 3Gatti Architecture Studio
Nike Free 2013 installation by Studio-at-Large
Nike running shoes were suspended around an illuminated track as though on the feet of eight invisible athletes for this installation at Beijing's 798 arts district by Shanghai design office Studio-at-Large (+ slideshow). More about Nike Free 2013 installation by Studio-at-Large
Shenzhen Stock Exchange by OMA nears completion
Here are the latest photographs of the OMA-designed Shenzhen Stock Exchange, set to complete next month in the Chinese city (+ slideshow). More about Shenzhen Stock Exchange by OMA nears completion
China Wood Sculpture Museum by MAD
Chinese studio MAD has unveiled the first photographs of its icicle-shaped museum for wooden sculptures in Harbin, northeast China (+ slideshow). More about China Wood Sculpture Museum by MAD
Tree Art Museum by Daipu Architects
Sloping exhibition rooms fold around curvy courtyards and a fish pond at this art gallery in Beijing - the first completed project by new studio Daipu Architects (+ slideshow). More about Tree Art Museum by Daipu Architects
Chongqing Greenland Clubhouse by PURE Design
Walls surrounding this property showroom in Chongqing, China, were designed by architects PURE Design as triangular planes with origami-like folds (+ slideshow). More about Chongqing Greenland Clubhouse by PURE Design
Asian Cairns by Vincent Callebaut
Belgian architect Vincent Callebaut has developed a concept to introduce natural ecosystems into cities with designs for "farmscrapers" made from piles of giant glass pebbles for a site in Shenzhen, China (+ slideshow). More about Asian Cairns by Vincent Callebaut
Corrosive concrete halts construction of China's tallest building
News: concrete made with unprocessed sea sand has been found in at least 15 buildings under construction in Shenzhen – including what will be China's tallest building when completed – putting them at risk of collapse. More about Corrosive concrete halts construction of China's tallest building
Dalian International Conference Center by Coop Himmelb(l)au
Austrian firm Coop Himmelb(l)au has completed the Dalian International Conference Center, a contorted steel building in China with conference halls bursting through its facade. More about Dalian International Conference Center by Coop Himmelb(l)au
National Convention and Exhibition Centre, Tianjin by GMP Architekten
GMP Architekten has won a competition to design a 1.2 million-square-metre exhibition centre for Tianjin, China (+ slideshow). More about National Convention and Exhibition Centre, Tianjin by GMP Architekten
Changsha Meixihu International Culture and Art Centre by Zaha Hadid Architects
Construction is now underway on a Zaha Hadid-designed cultural complex on the edge of a lake in Changsha, China (+ movie). More about Changsha Meixihu International Culture and Art Centre by Zaha Hadid Architects
Xi'an Westin Hotel by Neri&Hu
Shanghai studio Neri&Hu has reinterpreted traditional Chinese architecture and courtyard typologies for the design of a 300-room hotel in one of China's oldest cities (+ slideshow). More about Xi'an Westin Hotel by Neri&Hu
Droog copies China
News: Dutch design collective Droog will turn the notion of piracy in China on its head by unveiling its own copies of Chinese objects in a Guangzhou shopping centre next week. More about Droog copies China
Competition: five copies of Factory Towns of South China to be won
Competition: we're giving readers the chance to win one of five books about cities around the Pearl River Delta in China, the largest industrial region in the world. More about Competition: five copies of Factory Towns of South China to be won
Movie: Sliced Porosity Block by Steven Holl Architects
The second of two movies in this series about Steven Holl's Sliced Porosity Block in Chengdu, China, is a walk through the spaces of the mixed-use complex. More about Movie: Sliced Porosity Block by Steven Holl Architects