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HCCH Studio creates doughnut-shaped pavilion on Chinese mountain

January 13, 2026 Christina Yao 0

Architecture studio HCCH has designed a doughnut-shaped viewpoint and pavilion in Huizhou, China, featuring oval openings and a concrete facade with a bamboo texture. Located on Mount Luofu, the site occupies a platform that extends from a sharp turn of the highway and was previously used as a buffer zone and parking area. Named Resting

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FOG Architecture designs minimalist Shanghai residence filled with natural light

January 9, 2026 Christina Yao 0

Chinese studio FOG Architecture used tactile materials and natural lighting to create a calm, soothing atmosphere in this Shanghai residence. Located in the western suburbs of Shanghai, China, the renovated three-storey villa features plenty of curved lines, designed to connect various functions and create an adaptable, flexible interior for its multigenerational residents. According to the

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SoBA designs colourful sports park informed by local opera costumes

January 8, 2026 Christina Yao 0

Architecture studio SoBA Architects has designed the Huachiao Vibrant Sports Park in China, whose shape was informed by the flowing “water sleeves” used in the costumes for Kunqu operas. Located in Suzhou’s Kunshan district, the 6,000-square-metre sports park comprises two basketball courts, a skatepark, table tennis tables, a pavilion and a children’s playground. Its design

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The top 10 Chinese buildings of 2025

December 30, 2025 Christina Yao 0

Continuing our 2025 Review, China editor Christina Yao selects the year’s best Chinese architecture projects including grand schemes by international studios BIG, OMA and Zaha Hadid Architects, as well as small-scale pavilions from local studios. Yohoo Museum, Hangzhou, by Aedas Designed by architecture studio Aedas, Yohoo Museum features an undulating roof that is shaped like

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Jun Aoki references translucent dress for colour-shifting Louis Vuitton flagship

December 24, 2025 Christina Yao 0

Japanese studio Jun Aoki & Associates has unveiled the Maison Louis Vuitton Sanlitun in Beijing, with a translucent and fluid form that is “simultaneously a rock and a dress”. Located within the Sanlitun shopping district in the heart of China’s capital city, the facade of the four-storey building has a fluid form and is clad

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SoBA designs cafe in China as “a living container” with dynamic facades

December 4, 2025 Christina Yao 0

Chinese architecture studio SoBA Architects has completed a cafe and florist shop in Kunshan, China, within a foldable box. Named The Bloom Box, the 40-square-metre building sits on a lakeside platform, previously used as a sunshade pavilion in an urban park in Kunshan. The studio designed a bright yellow, box-like structure that can easily open

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Observation tower in China topped with moon-shaped viewing platform

December 3, 2025 Christina Yao 0

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. Lunar Tower is located in the Dongzhai Harbor Mangrove Natural Reserve Area in east Haikou, China’s first wetland-type nature reserve focusing on protecting mangrove forests. The 33.5-meter-tall

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Linehouse adds translucent sloping facade to Shanghai food market

November 25, 2025 Christina Yao 0

Architecture studio Linehouse has transformed an old railway station in Shanghai, China, into a food market by adding a series of translucent sloping screens to create a new facade. The three-storey market, named Ink Ink Market, is located within a residential neighbourhood that was formerly occupied by the Tiantong’an Railway Station. To update the building,

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BIG unveils Suzhou Museum of Contemporary Art topped with ribbon-like roof

November 11, 2025 Christina Yao 0

The Suzhou Museum of Contemporary Art in China, designed by BIG in collaboration with ARTS Group and Front Inc, has been revealed ahead of its opening later next year. Located along the Jinji Lake waterfront in Suzhou, the 60,000 square-metre museum comprises 12 pavilions under a continuous roof informed by the tiled eaves of traditional

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Open Architecture designs conical Sun Tower as “a giant sundial”

November 4, 2024 Christina Yao 0

Chinese studio Open Architecture has completed the 50-metre-tall Sun Tower, which has a conical concrete form designed to follow the path of the sun, in Yantai, northeast China. Located in Yantai’s Yeda Development Zone, the cultural and community venue comprises exhibition spaces, a semi-outdoor theatre, a library, a viewing deck, a cafe and a bar. According

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