New York architect Steven Holl describes how he designed the mixed-use Sliced Porosity Block complex in Chengdu, China, as a container for public space in the first of two movies by architectural filmmakers Spirit of Space. More about "This isn't just some iconic skyscraper" - Steven Holl on Sliced Porosity Block
News: Rem Koolhaas' OMA has won a competition to design a financial office tower in Shenzhen, China, the firm's second building in the city after the soon-to-complete Shenzhen Stock Exchange. More about OMA wins competition for second Shenzhen skyscraper
Chinese studio Archi-Union has converted an office block in Shanghai into an art gallery with a concrete staircase twisting through its middle (+ slideshow). More about Jade Museum by Archi-Union
London studio Marques&Jordy has won a competition to design a series of motor showrooms in China and has conceived the first centre with a ribbon-like form inspired by the curved bodies of sports cars (+ slideshow). More about Oasis Exhibition Centre by Marques&Jordy
Pint glasses of beer provided the inspiration for this cluster of tower blocks underway in Qingdao, China, by architects RTA-Office. More about Nanjing Road mixed use area by RTA-Office
The first and only built project by the late experimental architect Lebbeus Woods is the Light Pavilion, one of of three large-scale installations at Steven Holl's recently completed Sliced Porosity Block in Chengdu, China (+ slideshow). More about The Light Pavilion by Lebbeus Woods with Christoph a. Kumpusch
One building is the inverse of another at this pair of museums that architect Steven Holl has designed for a new city quarter of Tianjin, China. More about Tianjin Ecocity Ecology and Planning Museums by Steven Holl Architects
New York firm Steven Holl Architects has completed the Sliced Porosity Block, a cluster of five towers around a public plaza in Chengdu, China (+ slideshow + photographs by Hufton + Crow). More about Sliced Porosity Block by Steven Holl Architects
News: a building designed by Zaha Hadid for Beijing has been copied by a developer in Chongqing, with the two projects racing to be completed first. More about Zaha Hadid building pirated in China
Italian architects Massimiliano and Doriana Fuksas have won a competition to build a cultural complex in Chengdu, China, with designs for spiralling buildings inspired by the city's ancient emblem. More about Chengdu Tianfu Cultural and Performance Centre by Massimiliano and Doriana Fuksas
Berlin and Shanghai-based studio Playze stacked up perforated shipping containers to create offices for an organic farm in Shanghai, China (+ slideshow). More about Tony's Farm by Playze
News: Aric Chen, curator of design and architecture for the new M+ museum for visual culture in Hong Kong, says the museum will take an unprecedented stance in "placing Asia at the centre" of design history, rather than on the periphery as western curators have done (+ audio + transcript). More about "For us, Asia is in the centre" - Aric Chen
Shanghai studio Archi-Union used differently sized bricks to make waves across the exterior of this restaurant and members' club at a cultural heritage park in Chengdu, China (+ slideshow). More about The Lan Xi Curtilage by Archi-Union
News: a five-storey house that had stood for over a year at the centre of a Chinese motorway has finally been demolished. More about House in middle of Chinese motorway demolished
News: international firm SWA Group has been selected to redesign Futian District in Shenzhen, China - an area that's larger than Manhattan (+ slideshow). More about Winning masterplan will turn central Shenzhen into "Garden City of Tomorrow"
Californian firm amphibianArc was inspired by images of spacecrafts to come up with two different skyscraper proposals for the headquarters of a Chinese machinery company in Changsha (+ slideshow + movies). More about Zoomlion Headquarters International Plaza by amphibianArc
This mobile home by Chinese studio dot Architects consists of a quilted cube attached to the back of a tricycle. More about Bao House by dot Architects
Interest in conservation and small scale development is growing in China, according to Shanghai architects Lyndon Neri and Rossana Hu, whose conversion of a former colonial police station opened in the city this month (+ movie). More about "The western media likes to portray China as this big behemoth" - Neri&Hu
News: construction is set to begin next month on the world's tallest building in Changsha, China, which will be completed in just 90 days. More about World's tallest building will be constructed in 90 days
A lattice of extruded aluminium sections evokes images of the brickwork in Beijing's old neighbourhoods at this Shang Xia boutique by Kengo Kuma and Associates (+ slideshow). More about Shang Xia Beijing Store by Kengo Kuma and Associates