Architectural Design & Research Institute of South China University of Technology has designed the Lunar Tower, an observation tower that sits within a mangrove reserve on Hainan Island. More about Observation tower in China topped with moon-shaped viewing platform
Chinese studio One Plus Partnership used red bricks to create wave-like surfaces inside this cinema lobby in the city of Haikou, China, emerging from the floors and ceilings to form a reception counter, tables and chairs. More about Curved brick protrusions fill Hainan cinema by One Plus Partnership
Chinese landscape architecture studio Turenscape has transformed a concrete sea wall on an abandoned fish farm into a public space in Haikou City, Hainan. More about Turenscape transforms concrete sea wall into "resilient public space"
Translucent mesh informed by mosquito nets wraps the forms of Flickering Peak, an arts centre in Hainan, China, by architecture studio Wutopia Lab. More about Wutopia Lab wraps Chinese arts centre in translucent mesh
A school with colourful volumes and sinuous curves by Trace Architecture Office won Dezeen Awards China 2023 Architecture project of the year, as seen in this movie produced by Dezeen. More about Dezeen Awards China architecture project of the year "opens up new possibilities"
Chinese studio Neri&Hu has designed the Sanya Wellness Retreat hotel on the Chinese island of Hainan, with public spaces arranged around a central water courtyard. More about Neri&Hu wraps South China Sea wellness retreat around "water courtyard"
Brightly coloured volumes and sweeping curves create a playful atmosphere in the Haikou Jiangdong Huandao Experimental School, which Trace Architecture Office has added to the Chinese island of Hainan. More about Intersecting coloured blocks "celebrate creativity" in Chinese school
British designer Thomas Heatherwick's studio has revealed visuals of a performing arts centre planned for Hainan, China, that draws on the island's volcanic landscape and Hainanese opera costumes. More about Heatherwick Studio designs volcano-like performing arts centre for China
Büro Ole Scheeren has unveiled designs for a hotel building made up of stacked horizontal blocks topped by plants for Chinese beach resort Sanya. More about Ole Scheeren designs hotels with "hanging gardens" for Sanya
Cresting ocean waves served as a blueprint for the arched forms found on the interior and exterior of this beachside hotel that GS Design has created in Sanya, China. More about GS Design repeats arch motifs throughout Sumei Skyline Coast hotel on Hainan Island
CLOU Architects referenced traditional straw-roofed houses when designing the gridded wooden canopy that tops this agricultural education centre in Sanya on Hainan Island. More about Wooden grid encloses indoor and outdoor spaces at Sanya Farm Lab by CLOU Architects
Chinese architecture studio MAD has completed the Cloudscape of Haikou, a sinuous library and waystation that is cast in seamless white concrete on the coast of the Chinese island of Hainan. More about MAD completes amorphous concrete library in China
Sou Fujimoto Architects has released renderings of its design for the Pavilions by the Seaside development in Haikou, on the Chinese island of Hainan, which will be completed by the end of spring. More about Sou Fujimoto Architects unveils design for walkable Haikou Bay pavilion
Chinese architecture studio MAD has released construction photos of its sinuous Wormhole Library after the building topped out on Haikou Bay in Hainan. More about Wormhole Library by MAD nears completion in China
Penda China has built three glazed aluminium-clad entrance canopies to the Haikou Wenming East Road Tunnel in Haikou City, China. More about Penda China creates trio of sculptural shell-shaped tunnel entrances in Haikou City
Chinese architecture studio MAD has designed a library in Haikou on the Chinese island of Hainan that is intended "to be a wormhole that transcends time and space". More about MAD reveals Wormhole Library overlooking the South China Sea