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  • The House With A Tiny Patio by Atelier Tao+C

    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 about Atelier Tao+C inserts lightwell to brighten interiors of traditional Shanghai lane house

    Natasha Levy | 16 April 2018 | Leave a comment
  • 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 about Modular furniture allows Shanghai home by RIGI Design to evolve with its family

    India Block | 7 January 2018 | 2 comments
  • Jintai Village by Rural Urban Framework

    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 about Rural Urban Framework builds post-disaster housing in China featuring rooftop farms

    Alyn Griffiths | 21 October 2017 | 1 comment
  • Baitasi House of the Future by dot Architects

    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 about Baitasi House of the Future features moving walls controlled by a smart TV

    Alyn Griffiths | 23 September 2017 | 3 comments
  • Renovation of the Captain's House, by Vector Architects

    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 about Vector Architects adds barrel-vaulted roof to refurbished house in Chinese port

    Alyn Griffiths | 14 May 2017 | 15 comments
  • Ladislav Hudec Shanghai villa renovation by Atelier XÜK

    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 about Atelier XÜK adds wedge-shaped roof extension to Spanish-style villa in Shanghai

    Alyn Griffiths | 8 May 2017 | 3 comments
  • Mrs Fan's Plugin House by People's Architecture Office

    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 about People's Architecture Office uses prefabricated panels to update Beijing hutong house

    Eleanor Gibson | 8 December 2016 | 1 comment
  • Returning Hut

    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 about Xu Fu-Min completes "paradise-like house" in rural China that brings the landscape inside

    Amy Frearson | 29 September 2016 | 5 comments
  • Shunyi House in Beijing by reMIX Studio

    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 about Remix Studio's Shunyi House extension features louvred cladding and an all-white interior

    Alyn Griffiths | 1 March 2016 | 2 comments
  • CIPEA Villa in Nanjing by Sanaksenaho Architects

    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 about Copper-covered house by Sanaksenaho Architects accompanies Holl's Sifang Art Museum

    Amy Frearson | 2 January 2015 | 1 comment
  • House O by Penda

    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 about Penda's doughnut-shaped House O is based on the form of a tree stump

    Amy Frearson | 4 July 2014 | Leave a comment
  • Vertical Glass House by Atelier FCJZ

    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 about Vertical Glass House by Atelier FCJZ has glass floors instead of windows

    Amy Frearson | 27 January 2014 | 41 comments
  • Micro House in Tsinghua by Studio Liu Lubin

    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 about Micro House in Tsinghua by Studio Liu Lubin

    Amy Frearson | 29 June 2013 | 9 comments
  • Rethinking the Split House by Neri&Hu

    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 about Rethinking the Split House by Neri&Hu

    Amy Frearson | 30 April 2013 | 15 comments
  • Blockhouse by AZL Architects

    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 about Blockhouse by AZL Architects

    Amy Frearson | 28 April 2013 | 20 comments
  • House For All Seasons by John Lin

    House For All Seasons by John Lin

    Architect John Lin has adapted the traditional style of a rural Chinese courtyard residence to create a village house that is entirely self-sufficient (+ slideshow). More about House For All Seasons by John Lin

    Amy Frearson | 4 July 2012 | 8 comments
  • Hutong Bubble 32 by MAD

    Beijing architects MAD have completed the first of a series of proposed bubble-shaped additions to traditional hutongs in the city. More about Hutong Bubble 32 by MAD

    Sarah Housley | 14 September 2009 | 31 comments
  • Big Brother House by JDS Architects

    Here’s another building for the Ordos 100 project in Inner Mongolia in China, this time designed by Julien De Smedt Architects. More about Big Brother House by JDS Architects

    Matylda Krzykowski | 7 October 2008 | 23 comments
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