Twelve Chinese architecture projects completing in the Year of the Rabbit
As China prepares to celebrate Chinese New Year tomorrow, we round up the 12 most anticipated architecture projects set to complete in the country this year. More
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Studio Zhu-Pei tops art centre in China with wave-like concrete roofs
Architecture practice Studio Zhu-Pei drew on traditional Chinese architecture to create the sweeping concrete roofs and stone walls of the Zibo OCT Art Centre in the eastern province of Shandong. More
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Atelier d'More designs curved concrete Sleeping Lab hotel
Shanghai studio Atelier d'More has turned a concrete brick building outside Beijing, China, into a boutique hotel with a courtyard filled with sculptural concrete dividers. More
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Group of Architects insets mono-pitched theatre into bamboo forest in China
Chinese studio Group of Architects has completed the Yada Theatre near the city of Yixing, with ceramic and wood finishes that reference the region's bamboo forests and heritage of pottery production. More
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Dezeen's top 10 Chinese architecture projects of 2022
Including a pool-topped library and a half-buried stadium, Dezeen's China editor Christina Yao continues our review of 2022 with a roundup of Chinese architecture projects completed this year. More
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Neri&Hu converts textile factory into headquarters for Chinese pastry brand
Chinese architecture studio Neri&Hu has inserted a concrete volume into an old brick warehouse to create a head office and retail store for pastry brand Lao Ding Feng in Beijing, China. More
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Zaha Hadid Architects models giant sports venue on Hangzhou tea farms
A 60,000-seat football stadium is among the features of the terraced Hangzhou International Sports Centre, which Zaha Hadid Architects is designing in the east of China. More
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ARCity Office transforms disused power plant into Shajing Village Hall
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
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Archi-Union works with students to create rammed-earth community centre
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
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Schmidt Hammer Lassen wraps China's biggest library in marble-printed glass facade
The long-awaited Shanghai Library East designed by Danish studio Schmidt Hammer Lassen Architects has opened to the public in China. More
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Condition_Lab intertwines spiral staircases at children's library in China
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
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Wutopia Lab completes museum and dance studio influenced by Chinese ink drawings
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
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Muda Architects models Tianfu Museum of Chinese Medicine on yin-yang symbol
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
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Kiki Archi uses red brick to revamp Anna Garden House near Beijing
Japanese studio Kiki Archi has redesigned an existing home in Changping District, China, with pared-back volumes clad in red brick and a landscaped garden. More
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Zhengzhou Grand Theatre's sail-like forms reference a "majestic ship"
State-owned Chinese firm The Architectural Design and Research Institute of HIT has completed a theatre in Henan Province with a metal-clad exterior informed by the sails and hulls of ships. More
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Zaha Hadid Architects designs Xi'an cultural centre to echo "meandering valleys"
British architecture studio Zaha Hadid Architects has released visuals of the Jinghe New City Culture & Art Centre, which will span an eight-lane motorway in Xi'an, China. More
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MAD aims to "challenge the status quo" with first social housing project
Architecture studio MAD has completed its first social housing development, which consists of 12 residential buildings in Beijing connected by raised walkways and a "floating park". More
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UAD arranges riverside Shunchang Museum around "urban living room"
The Architectural Design and Research Institute of Zhejiang University has completed a museum in Shunchang, China, featuring a central void that contains a landscaped public plaza. More
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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
