14 Shanghai architecture studios photographed by Marc Goodwin
The latest series of images by photographer Marc Goodwin offers a look inside 14 Shanghai-based architecture studios, belonging to firms including Neri & Hu, Archi-Union Architects and David Chipperfield Architects.
Marc Goodwin has visited studios in numerous countries, as part of his ongoing project to reveal the workplaces of all of the world's big-name architects.
Following series in Paris, London, Beijing and the Nordic countries, the photographer visited a range of studios in China's biggest city.
The 14 revealed in this series include locally based practices such as More Architecture and Aim Architecture, as well as the Chinese offices of big international firms like Schmidt Hammer Lassen and Rogers Stirk Harbour + Partners.
The resulting images reveal a diverse range of building types, including an old personal training studio, a former metalwork factory and a space behind an aircraft repair station.
For instance, local studio Linehouse occupies a former marketplace, featuring wooden flooring and a shelving unit that spans an entire wall. Meanwhile, Neri&Hu's 100 employees work in in a more traditional office space that is entered via a large concrete staircase.
Take a look at all 14 Shanghai architecture studios:
anySCALE
In this space since: October 2015
Number of employees: eight (in Shanghai)
Building's former use: shopping mall
In this space since: May 2017
Number of employees: 40 (in Shanghai)
Building's former use: electronics factory
In this space since: 2015
Number of employees: 20 (in Shanghai)
Building's former use: factory
Spark Design Consulting
In this space since: 2005
Number of employees: about 10
Building's former use: studio
In this space since: 2016
Number of employees: 20
Building's former use: empty space beside an aircraft repair station
In this space since: November 2016
Number of employees: 10
Building's former use: state-owned financial investment company
Aim Architecture Design Consulting
In this space since: May 2016
Number of employees: 40
Building's former use: office
Logon Urban Architecture Design
In this space since: 2007
Number of employees: 50
Building's former use: metalwork factory
In this space since: June 2017
Number of employees: 15
Building's former use: central kitchen of a food company
In this space since: 2010
Number of employees: 50-60
Building's former use: factory
In this space since: December 2015
Number of employees: 9
Building's former use: wet market
In this space since: 2009
Number of employees: 100
Building's former use: office building
PES-Architects Consulting
In this space since: 2017
Number of employees: six
Building's former use: industrial warehouse
Rogers Stirk Harbour + Partners
In this space since: 2011
Number of employees: seven
Building's former use: personal training studio