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Tent-like canopies bring “outdoor feeling” to Blue Bottle Coffee at West Bund

November 16, 2025 Alyn Griffiths 0

Interior studio Atelier Tao+C has designed a cafe for Blue Bottle Coffee on Shanghai’s West Bund waterfront, featuring wooden canopies stretched out above a prefabricated concrete counter. The cafe overlooks a historic shipyard in West Bund, forming part of a post-industrial site on the Huangpu River that once contained Asia’s largest cement factory. Dutch firm

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Sigma’s pared-back Shanghai showroom lets photography paraphernalia come into focus

November 12, 2025 Natasha Levy 0

Cameras and photographic lenses take centre stage in this minimalist showroom that Chinese firm Onoaa Studio has created for manufacturer Sigma in Shanghai. Onoaa Studio wanted the 500-square-metre showroom to embody the heritage of Sigma, which has been producing photography equipment out of its factory in the scenic mountain city of Aizuwakamatsu, Japan, since 1973.

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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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Atelier Xi creates cave-like pavilions for Chinese arts centre

November 7, 2025 Jon Astbury 0

Architecture studio Atelier Xi has completed the AYDC Public Art Centre in Guiyang, China, dividing its spaces across three sculptural stone-clad pavilions set in a landscaped park. The art centre comprises a library, an events space and an outdoor stage for the “culture-driven experimental hub” A Yun Duo Cang (AYDC), which translates to Our Land

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AAN Architects creates indoor skatepark overlooking Shanghai

November 7, 2025 Alice Laycock 0

Local firm AAN Architects looked to skateboarding trails when designing the Moreprk Skyline skatepark within a glass-sided space in central Shanghai. Located in the city’s Xuhui District, the indoor skatepark has a glazed facade that allows uninterrupted views across the urban landscape. AAN Architects created the undulating structure using concrete reinforced with steel. “Steel-reinforced concrete provides

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Rippling charity headquarters by Zaha Hadid Architects tops out in Shenzhen

November 5, 2025 Amy Peacock 0

UK studio Zaha Hadid Architects has released photos of a sinuous high-rise building under construction in Shenzhen, which is set to become the headquarters for education charity Chen Yidan Foundation. The Yidan Center, which has topped out, features two towers with curving floor plates that join at the top, and a bridge element providing a

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“Sinuous structural system” supports Hangzhou footbridge by Zaha Hadid Architects

October 31, 2025 Amy Peacock 0

UK studio Zaha Hadid Architects has unveiled the Grand Canal Gateway Bridge, a curving footbridge in Hangzhou that weaves around a trio of arches. Set to open to the public later this year, the tied-arch bridge is designed as the centrepiece of the Seamless City masterplan, which contains a park, housing and civic and commercial districts, also

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Fold-out greenhouse with opening sides transforms into pavilion for agricultural education

October 31, 2025 Alyn Griffiths 0

Architecture practices Office for Roundtable and JXY Studio have designed an expandable greenhouse clad in polycarbonate panels that hinge open to create a space for sharing food and knowledge about urban farming in Guangzhou, China. The project, titled Your Greenhouse Is Your Kitchen Is Your Living Room, aims to challenge systemic farming practices by presenting

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Steel slats form sculptural shelves at Tianjin Zhongshuge bookstore by X+Living

October 26, 2025 Alyn Griffiths 0

Architecture firm X+Living has renovated a large bookstore in Tianjin, China, using layered brickwork and slatted steel to form wave-like shelves, steps and seating that flow around its central hall. The project, which is shortlisted for Dezeen Awards 2025 in the retail interior (large) category, involved the transformation of a building in Tianjin’s Italian style

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Dezeen Awards China 2025 winners revealed at party in Shanghai

October 24, 2025 Kaia Wang 0

All 27 winners of this year’s Dezeen Awards China, along with the projects of the year including a wetland museum, cafe set on a cliff and an installation combining steel containers with inflatables, have been revealed at ceremony in Shanghai. Over 150 shortlisted architects and designers from all over China, joined by Dezeen Awards China judges

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