MDDM Studio completes House on the Great Wall in China
Beijing-based MDDM Studio has extended a house near the Great Wall of China by transforming a nearby storage unit into minimalist living quarters. More
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Beijing house by Atelier About Architecture features a storey for a disabled dog
The layout, colour scheme, materials and furniture of this house in Beijing have been built to cater to the needs of the owner's disabled dog. More
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O-office Architects reinterprets traditional Chinese courtyard house in concrete and steel
This contemporary reinterpretation of a vernacular courtyard house in the Chinese city of Guangzhou features a sequence of living areas and bedrooms arranged around a central pond. More
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Peach House is a contemporary brick-clad courtyard house in Beijing
Architect Frederic Schnee has modernised and extended a traditional house in Beijing by moving the courtyard onto the first floor so a shop can be accommodated at street level. More
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AZL Architects creates 3D-printed pavilion alongside stone house in Chinese village
A translucent garden pavilion made from 3D-printed plastic blocks provides a lightweight counterpoint to a robust, stone-clad house by AZL Architects in the Chinese village of Shanyinwu. More
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Atelier Tao+C inserts lightwell to brighten interiors of traditional Shanghai lane house
Beijing practice Atelier Tao+C has inserted a narrow light shaft into the centre of this 1930s home in Shanghai to illuminate its light-starved rooms. More
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Modular furniture allows Shanghai home by RIGI Design to evolve with its family
A 1940s house in Shanghai has been reconfigured by RIGI Design to create a light-filled family home with a steel staircase, adaptable modular furniture and playful house-shaped elements. More
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Rural Urban Framework builds post-disaster housing in China featuring rooftop farms
Crops are planted on the roofs of these houses in China's Sichuan Province, which were designed by Rural Urban Framework as a possible solution for accommodating people affected by natural disasters. More
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Baitasi House of the Future features moving walls controlled by a smart TV
Chinese studio Dot Architects has completed a futuristic home in a traditional Beijing hutong, featuring moveable furniture modules and an extension constructed using the WikiHouse open-source architecture platform. More
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Vector Architects adds barrel-vaulted roof to refurbished house in Chinese port
Vector Architects has renovated a house perched on a rocky peninsula in China's Fujian Province, adding a vaulted concrete roof that encloses a new living area with views towards the sea from either end. More
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Atelier XÜK adds wedge-shaped roof extension to Spanish-style villa in Shanghai
Atelier XÜK has added a corrugated-metal attic room to this Spanish colonial-style house, which was designed in the 1920s by a Hungarian architect for a plot in Shanghai's French quarter. More
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People's Architecture Office uses prefabricated panels to update Beijing hutong house
People's Architecture Office has overhauled a rundown home in one of Beijing's historic hutong neighbourhoods, using prefabricated panels to create a contemporary and light-filled residence. More
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Xu Fu-Min completes "paradise-like house" in rural China that brings the landscape inside
Parts of the mountain landscape extend into this house in southeast China, which was planned by designer Xu Fu-Min to offer its residents a peaceful retreat from city life. More
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Remix Studio's Shunyi House extension features louvred cladding and an all-white interior
Narrowly spaced steel louvres wrap around the exterior of this extension to a house in Beijing, providing privacy and creating linear patterns of light and shadow throughout the minimal white interior (+ slideshow). More
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Copper-covered house by Sanaksenaho Architects accompanies Holl's Sifang Art Museum
This lagoon-side residence featuring a green copper exterior and a warm cherry-wood interior is part of a series of architect-designed houses built in the grounds of Steven Holl's Nanjing Sifang Art Museum in China (+ slideshow). More
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Penda's doughnut-shaped House O is based on the form of a tree stump
The age-defining rings of a tree stump provided the starting point for this small round house planned by design collective Penda for a wood-carving artist in Beijing (+ slideshow). More
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Vertical Glass House by Atelier FCJZ has glass floors instead of windows
Glass floors allow residents to look down from a dining table into a toilet inside this windowless concrete house in Shanghai by Chinese firm Atelier FCJZ (+ slideshow). More
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Micro House in Tsinghua by Studio Liu Lubin
This micro house in Beijing by Chinese architect Liu Lubin comprises three cross-shaped modules that can be flipped around to turn a living room into an office or bathroom (+ slideshow). More
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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
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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
