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Chinese studio Atelier Xi has completed a visitor centre for Qiaochengbei Park in Shenzhen, using weathering steel and grass roofs to blend two pavilion-like structures into the landscape. Atelier Xi created the visitor centre in Qiaochenbei North Park, a newly-created area of woodland in Shenzhen’s Nanshan District that was opened to the public in 2024.

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Rows of arches and barrel vaults reference Shanghai’s historic alleyways at New Bund Performing Arts Centre, completed by local architecture studio Neri&Hu. Located in the Qiantan International Business Zone, also called New Bund, the 17,580-square-metre complex contains a 2,500-seat grand theatre and multipurpose black box, alongside a bar, restaurant and lounges. Aiming to better link

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A cluster of buildings interconnected by sweeping, tentacle-like canopies form The Spine Resort, a rural resort that Hong Kong studio AIM Architecture has completed in Sichuan. Located next to a lake an hour’s drive south of Chengdu, the resort was designed to resemble organically growing ecosystems, with covered walkways connecting each building. AIM Architecture’s use

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Fragments of rammed-earth walls have been incorporated into the concrete exterior of Villagers’ Home, a visitor centre in Zhejiang Province by The Architectural Design and Research Institute of Zhejiang University. Located in Wanghu village on the site of several mud buildings once used for cultivating mushrooms, the project is part of a drive to encourage

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