Rem Koolhaas' CCTV Headquarters redefined the skyscraper
We continue our deconstructivism series by looking at the CCTV Headquarters in Beijing by Rem Koolhaas' studio OMA, a building that redefined the traditional form of skyscrapers. More
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Architects in China adapting to more sustainable and culturally relevant skyscrapers after supertall ban
China's decision to ban supertall skyscrapers "will not hinder the potential of architecture" and is in fact leading to more sustainable, culturally sensitive buildings, architects have told Dezeen. More
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DnA_Design and Architecture transforms Chinese quarries into cultural spaces
Chinese studio DnA_Design and Architecture has transformed a series of former stone quarries in Zhejiang Province into cultural spaces, making sensitive insertions into their grand hand-carved interiors. More
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3andwich Design shelters desert camp centre with a rusted steel shell
Chinese studio 3andwich Design has completed a facilities centre for a desert campsite in the Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region, China, with a weathered steel shell that looks like it is buried in the sand. More
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Xinxiang Cultural Tourism Centre in China resembles a stack of ice cubes
A stack of nine frosted glass "ice cubes" atop a pool of water houses this cultural centre in Xinxiang, China, designed by French studios Mathieu Forest Architecte and Zone Of Utopia. More
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Neri&Hu adds mesh-clad guesthouse to Shenzhen urban village
Chinese studio Neri&Hu has converted a nine-storey residential building in Nantou City, Shenzhen, into a guesthouse wrapped in a metal mesh. More
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Open Architecture reveals design for Sun Tower in China
Chinese studio Open Architecture has unveiled its design for a viewing tower in the coastal city of Yantai in the north east of China. More
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LUO Studio completes intricate wooden bridge in Chinese water village
Hundreds of wooden elements are bolted together to form Timber Bridge in Gulou Waterfront, the latest project by Chinese architecture office LUO Studio. More
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MAD designs cluster of wooden museum buildings to evoke bronze age masks
Chinese architecture studio MAD has released visuals of The Eyes of Sanxingdui, a scatter of wooden buildings it has designed for the Sanxingdui Museum in Guanghan City, China. More
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Office architecture
Domani Architectural Concepts wraps real-estate centre in China with brick latticework
Chinese studio Domani Architectural Concepts has completed a real-estate complex in Foshan, Guangdong province, featuring a facade of lattice brickwork overlooking two large circular pools intended to create a "sense of ceremony". More
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A snaking Shanghai bridge features in today's Dezeen Weekly newsletter
The latest edition of our Dezeen Weekly newsletter features a bridge that incorporates spaces for play, rest and planting. More
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MDO converts rammed-earth houses in rural China into holiday villas
Chinese architecture studio More Design Office (MDO) has converted a cluster of traditional rammed-earth houses in China's Zhejiang Province into a series of contemporary guesthouses called Floating Cloud Township Villa. More
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BAU designs winding bridge in China as a "hybrid" of landscape and infrastructure
A snaking bridge that incorporates spaces for play, rest and planting connects two areas of wetland across Shanghai's Yuandang Lake, in this project by Brearley Architects + Urbanists. More
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MAD models "futuristic" cruise terminal in China on gantry cranes
A string of orange buildings elevated above ground will mark the Cuntan International Cruise Centre, which Chinese studio MAD has designed for a port in Chongqing, China. More
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Gad builds bamboo-fronted exhibition centre for Shaoxing rice wine
Chinese architecture studio Gad has completed a building with a gridded bamboo facade, which serves as an exhibition centre for a traditional type of Chinese wine. More
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Foster + Partners shelters subterranean art gallery with pyramidal roofscape
Four peaks clad in weathering steel cover the underground galleries at the Datong Art Museum, which British architecture studio Foster + Partners has completed in northern China. More
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Trace Architecture Office designs theatre complex in China as a "stage for the city"
Chinese studio Trace Architecture Office has completed the Aranya Theatre complex at the seaside resort of Aranya in Hebei Province, with a stone amphitheatre for outdoor performances. More
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Dezeen's top 10 Chinese architecture projects of 2021
At the end of yet another big year for Chinese architecture, Dezeen's China editor Christina Yao continues our review of 2021 by picking out 10 of the most impressive projects completed in the past 12 months. More
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Wutopia Lab creates chocolate-informed pavilion on Shanghai farm
Architecture studio Wutopia Lab has created a cloud-shaped pavilion called the Shrine of Everyman on a shallow pool designed to look like melted chocolate near Shanghai, China. More
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Chinese steel factory transformed into exhibition centre with polycarbonate walls
Architecture office Kokaistudios has slotted a polycarbonate structure into the shell of a former factory in Shanghai, China, to create the Baoshan Exhibition Center. More
