Curving glass walls bulge into courtyards of converted Beijing hutong
Chinese practice Arch Studio have renovated an abandoned hutong in Beijing, making a house with curving glass walls around internal courtyards. More
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First building on Zaha Hadid Architects' Unicorn Island nears completion
Zaha Hadid Architects has released a video revealing a sinuous white exhibition centre that it is close to completing on Unicorn Island in Chengdu, China. More
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Pastel colours and polka-dots cover a fantastical miniature city for children in Shenzhen
Architecture studio X+ Living has built a polka-dot slide into a ball pit and giant pastel parasols within the Shenzhen Neobio Family Park in a shopping centre in China. More
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Arch Studio surrounds holiday house in China with covered courtyards
A brick holiday home in Tangshan, China designed by Arch Studio has four external terraces partially sheltered under a pitched roof. More
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Foster + Partners reveals visuals for gridded Alibaba Shanghai offices
Foster + Partners has unveiled a proposal for Chinese e-commerce company Alibaba's offices in Shanghai that will be built within a giant grid. More
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Archi-Union surrounds internet conference centre with robot-built pavilions
Archi-Union has surrounded the Light of Internet World Internet Conference Centre in Wuzhen, China, with pavilions that were built using robotic construction techniques. More
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Herzog & de Meuron reveals visuals of museum complex beside China's Grand Canal
Herzog & de Meuron has unveiled its proposal for a linear museum complex in Hangzhou that will sit beside China's Grand Canal and celebrate the history of the artificial river. More
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Green ceramic tiles cover extension of a house in rural China
Wonder Architects have used pale green ceramic tiles to clad a house extension in Yangqing, China, that mirrors the form of its traditional neighbours. More
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Atelier Tao+C lines walls of capsule hotel with bamboo bookshelves
Bamboo bookshelves line the triple-height atrium of a glass-walled capsule hotel and library in Zhejiang Province, China, by Atelier Tao+C. More
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Spiral lookout tower gives views of the mountains in Shenzhen
A spiral staircase twists 810 degrees to form a viewpoint designed by architecture studio Doarchi to look out over the mountains close to Shenzhen. More
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CROX designs aluminium-clad museum based on the sound of an instrument
The curvaceous, aluminium-clad form of Liyang Museum in China was designed by architecture practice CROX to represent the sound made by a traditional musical instrument. More
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LLLab uses red brick and slate for retreat close to the Great Wall of China
Chinese architecture studio LLLab has designed a hotel on the outskirts of Beijing as a village-style complex of buildings made from local brick and slate. More
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Explore contemporary architecture in Beijing's hutongs on our new Pinterest board
Our latest Pinterest board features innovative architecture in Beijing's historic hutongs, including radical transformations of traditional courtyard houses such as this one by Chinese architect MAD. Follow Dezeen on Pinterest or visit our hutongs board to see more examples. More
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Hutong Bubble 218 by MAD gives "new life" to ageing Beijing hutong
MAD has transformed a vacant courtyard house in one of Beijing's ancient hutongs by adding two bubble-like workspaces to its roof. More
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Vector Architects creates public space with Changjiang Art Museum
The pale brick volume of the Changjiang Art Museum by Vector Architects includes a raised public square and footbridge for the city of Taiyuan. More
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Zaha Hadid Architects completes Leeza Soho skyscraper with world's tallest atrium
The 45-storey Leeza Soho skyscraper, designed by the late Zaha Hadid in Beijing, China, contains the world's tallest atrium twisting through its centre. More
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Zigzagging white ramps encourage interaction at Huandao Middle School in China
Trace Architecture Office designed zigzagging ramps running round Huandao Middle School in Haikou, China, to encourage interaction and play between students outside the classroom. More
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David Chipperfield completes iridescent West Bund Museum containing Centre Pompidou outpost
A public esplanade envelops David Chipperfield's West Bund Museum in Shanghai, which contains the Centre Pompidou's first Chinese outpost. More
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Heatherwick Studio reveals 1,000 Trees nearing completion in Shanghai
Heatherwick Studio has released photography of its plant-covered 1,000 Trees development in Shanghai, which has had its scaffolding removed. More
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Yan'an University Campus evokes the city's ancient stone cave dwellings
Stacks of rough stone and concrete form the campus of Yan'an University in China, designed by the Architectural Design and Research Institute of Tsinghua University to recall the city's famous cave dwellings. More
