Zaha Hadid Architects shares proposal for Shanghai's "greenest building"
Zaha Hadid Architects has shared its design for the CECEP Shanghai Campus in China, which will utilise renewable energy technologies and recycled materials. More
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Foster + Partners designs "porous" Apple store in Beijing
A large overhanging roof shelters the expansive glass walls that front the "open and inviting" Apple Sanlitun store by Foster + Partners in Beijing, China. More
Wuchazi Bridge creates "infinite meandering path" over river in Chengdu
Berlin-based architects Tom Wünschmann, Achim Kaufer, Wei Cai and Philipp Buschmeyer and Chinese design institutes SADI and JDTM have created a bridge that offers a variety of routes across a river in Chengdu, China. More
DnA_Design and Architecture builds wooden tofu factory in Chinese mountains
Beijing studio DnA_Design and Architecture has built a tofu factory from wood in the mountains of Songyang in eastern China. More
Folded facades invite visitors into iADC Design Museum in Shenzhen
Hong Kong studio Rocco Design Architects has created the folded facades of the iADC Design Museum in Shapu to be a visual representation of Shenzhen's "design spirit". More
Fnji office in Beijing boasts greyscale interiors
The "warm sense of the future" depicted in sci-fi movie Her informed the soft grey workspaces that designer Xiaoxi Xiong has created in the Beijing office of furniture brand Fnji. More
Open Architecture unveils Pingshan Performing Arts Center
Beijing studio Open Architecture has created the Pingshan Performing Arts Center near Shenzhen as a "counter-statement" to other more extravagant theatres that have recently been built in China. More
Call for registration to Furniture China 2020 trade fair
Dezeen promotion: participants from around the world are invited to register for the virtual version of international trade fair Furniture China, which will be held in conjunction with an onsite event in Shanghai in September. More
Safdie Architects reveals "horizontal skyscraper" at Raffles City Chongqing
The Crystal skybridge, which connects four 250-metre-tall skyscrapers, has opened as the first stage of Safdie Architects Raffles City Chongqing complex in China. More
MAD tops Shenzhen cultural park with "monumental stones"
Architecture studio MAD has unveiled its design for the largely subterranean Shenzhen Bay Culture Park museum complex, which will be topped by two pavilions designed to look like groups of large stones. More
Chubby Girl noodle bar in Beijing takes cues from the landscape of south-west China
The stepped terrazzo floor, strip lighting and foggy mirrored walls inside this Beijing noodle bar designed by Office AIO are meant to mimic the urban makeup of the city of Chongqing. More
Air Architects lines Hangzhou's Random Art Space in light-hued oakwood
Pale oak surfaces contrast with dark timber beams inside Random Art Space, a gallery and cafe that Air Architects created in Hangzhou, China. More
Giant Net City car-free neighbourhood in Shenzhen will cover two million square metres
Architect NBBJ has unveiled a masterplan for Net City, a car-free district in Shenzhen "roughly the size and shape of Midtown Manhattan" for Chinese technology company Tencent. More
C+ Architects mingles old and new inside Restaurant Ya in Beijing
A century-old tree soars up through the roof of this restaurant in Beijing, which C+ Architects has decked out with rammed-earth tiles, travertine and timber. More
Cluster of hull-like roofs form The National Maritime Museum of China
Australian practice Cox Architecture designed The National Maritime Museum of China in Tianjin as four metal-clad wings that fan out to overlook Bohai Bay. More
Read and Rest Hotel in Beijing includes a library dedicated to print magazines
Guests can flick through a curated selection of contemporary publications in this Beijing hotel, which Office AIO has finished with minimal greyscale interiors. More
JG Phoenix creates meditative interiors for Danilo showroom in Shantou
The ancient concept of yin and yang informed the serene aesthetic of this paint showroom in eastern China designed by JG Phoenix. More
China bans copycat architecture and restricts supertall skyscrapers
The Chinese government has issued a decree "strictly prohibiting" the plagiarism of buildings in the country and severely limiting the construction of supertall skyscrapers. More
TAOA designs see-through walls for Landscape House in Beijing
Glass walls and perforated metal screens help to blur the boundaries between inside and outside for this house in Beijing by architecture studio TAOA. More
Gad Line+ Studio perches white cloud-like pavilion to overlook sacred mountain in China
White membrane stretches over the curved rooftop of Jiunvfeng Study, a mountainside visitor centre built by Gad Line+ Studio above Dongximen Village in Shangdong, China. More