Skincare brand Aesop's first store in Hainan Island, China, was designed to evoke an underwater cave and features oculi decorated with an algae-based film. More about Aesop illuminates cave-like Hainan store with ceiling oculi
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