Indoor courtyards interrupt Restaurant y Sea in northeast China
Greenery-filled courtyards and waffle ceilings bring light to the interiors of this concrete restaurant, which Vector Architects has erected near the shore of Beidaihe, China. More
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Vector Architects converts sugar mill into Alila Yangshuo hotel
Vector Architects has transformed a disused sugar mill in China's mountainous Yangshuo County into a resort hotel featuring a group of gabled masonry structures designed to complement the existing industrial architecture. 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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Vector Architects drapes steel mesh to create new entrance to M Woods museum in Beijing
Vector Architects has draped lengths of wire mesh over the entrance to a museum housed in a former warehouse in Beijing (+ slideshow). More
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Tidal waters wash underneath Seashore Chapel by Vector Architects
Beijing studio Vector Architects has built a concrete chapel on a Chinese beach, but raised it up above the sands so that seawater can wash underneath (+ slideshow). More
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Vector Architects disguises mountainside community centre beneath sprawling grass roof
Vector Architects designed a huge grassy roof canopy and plant-covered walls for this community centre in southwest China, helping it to blend in with its mountain landscape (+ slideshow). More
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Vector Architects completes a seaside library with board-marked concrete walls
This cast-concrete library sits on a stretch of deserted beach facing the East China Sea and features a tiered reading hall topped by a curving ceiling (+ movie). More
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Red mesh shades the interior of a farm visitor centre by Vector Architects
Beijing office Vector Architects installed a louvred wall of weathered steel mesh along one facade of this visitor centre on a farm near Kunshan, China, to shade the interior from the low evening sun (+ slideshow). More
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Harvest Pavilion by Vector Architects
This pavilion by Beijing studio Vector Architects is used to wash and prepare crops during the harvest at a farm in rural China (+ slideshow). More
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Taoyuanju Office by Vector Architects
This renovated office in China by Vector Architects features plant-covered walls and a bright orange glass meeting room (+ slideshow). More
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County Elementary School by Vector Architects
This four-storey school in Tianjin, China, by Vector Architects has a series of irregularly shaped classrooms protruding from the facade on the first floor. More
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Momentary City by Vector Architects
Chinese studio Vector Architects have completed a sales pavilion for a construction site in Hefei, China, which features a series of enclosed courtyards. More
