Chinese firm AIM Architecture sought to strike a balance between modern and Jazz Age Shanghai with this office and showroom for property developer Soho China (+ slideshow). More about AIM Architecture creates new home for Soho China in Shanghai
Archi-Union Architects has added a slatted timber extension on top of an old concrete and brick factory building in Shanghai, turning it into a showroom and workspace for a ceramic artist (+ slideshow). More about Archi-Union Architects transforms abandoned Shanghai warehouse into ceramicist's atelier
One of the world's biggest elevator manufacturers has unveiled plans to build a 270-metre-high skyscraper in Shanghai that will be dedicated to testing lifts. More about New Shanghai skyscraper set to become world's highest elevator test tower
To make this Shanghai restaurant feel like a retro American diner, Chinese studio Neri&Hu added bold tiles and an angular roof that overhangs a foldable glazed facade (+ slideshow). More about Neri&Hu bases Shanghai burger restaurant on 1950s diners
Architecture firm Gensler has completed its Shanghai Tower, which is now China's tallest building and the second-tallest building in the world. More about World's second-tallest building completed in Shanghai
Heatherwick Studio has unveiled plans for a vast tree-covered development beside Shanghai's art district, which will feature a large wedge-shaped block modelled on a mountain. More about Heatherwick reveals Shanghai complex envisaged as "two tree-covered mountains"
The decorative gift boxes used to package macarons at this Shanghai patisserie provided the inspiration for the translucent semi-circular details that spread across its walls and ceiling (+ slideshow). More about Lukstudio repeats gift-box motif throughout Shanghai macaron shop
Chinese studio Neri&Hu has designed the interior of fashion brand Comme Moi's first flagship store, installing custom-made metal rails and cage-like cabinets (+ slideshow). More about Neri&Hu installs continuous clothing rail through Comme Moi flagship store
World Architecture Festival 2015: British architect Will Alsop says there are more opportunities for ideas-driven architecture projects in China – like his Gao Yang development, which features a four-storey hanging restaurant – in this movie filmed in London (+ movie). More about China more open to new architecture than risk-averse UK, says Will Alsop
Board-formed concrete surfaces curve around the central staircases of this contemporary arts centre completed by Archi-Union Architects in Shanghai's West Bund district (+ slideshow). More about Archi-Union Architects completes Shanghai arts space with sweeping concrete walls
Designed to looked like a four-petalled flower, this office block is the first of 10 buildings that Dutch firm MVRDV is constructing beside Shanghai's Hongqiao Airport (+ slideshow). More about MVRDV completes flower-inspired office block near Shanghai Hongqiao Airport
Shanghai studios Ares Partners and Atelier Liu Yuyang have converted a group of disused farm buildings into a boutique resort nestled among the rocky pinnacles of China's Yangshuo County (+ slideshow). More about Ares Partners and Atelier Liu Yuyang transform old Chinese farmhouses into mountain resort
Canadian studio UUfie created a pixellated appearance for the facade of this Shanghai boutique by adding rows of translucent glass cubes that light up at night like a big screen (+ slideshow). More about UUfie updates facade of Shanghai boutique with pixellated grid of glowing glass
Slanted panels maximise display space against the crumbling concrete walls of this Shanghai streetwear shop, while reflective panels create a disorienting experience akin to a hall of mirrors (+ slideshow). More about Linehouse installs diagonal partitions and mirrored panels in a Shanghai boutique
Couples with a love of stained glass can now get married in a kaleidoscopic wedding chapel next to a Shanghai glass museum (+ slideshow). More about Rainbow Chapel by Coordination Asia is a multi-coloured wedding venue in Shanghai
An illuminated ceiling based on a scene from George Lucas' 1971 sci-fi film THX 1138 has been installed in the showroom at fashion designer Nicolas Andreas Taralis' offices in Shanghai (+ slideshow). More about Shanghai fashion showroom features ceiling lightbox based on sci-fi film set
Shanghai design studio Linehouse has overhauled a former takeaway restaurant to create a small fishmonger's on a busy street in the middle of the city's former French Concession (+ slideshow). More about Little Catch fishmonger in Shanghai is lined with a metal-frame "net"
Chinese studio Neri&Hu has added bamboo-lined booths and green glass lampshades to a Shanghai bar that specialises in one drink – punch (+ slideshow). More about Neri&Hu's design for a Shanghai punch bar references the city's old alleyways
Chinese firm Archi-Union Architects has completed a campus for an art school on the outskirts of Shanghai featuring a clubhouse building with a twisting roof (+ slideshow). More about Twisted roof connects the angular facades of Archi-Union's Songjiang Art Campus clubhouse
Chinese studio Naturalbuild has created an office and event space in a Shanghai warehouse that previously belonged to Huang Jinrong – a notorious 1930s underworld figure (+ slideshow). More about Historic Shanghai "gangsters' warehouse" transformed into an office by Naturalbuild