Chengdu plans to launch artificial moon to replace its street lights
The Chinese city of Chengdu is planning to launch an illumination satellite disguised as an artificial moon within the next two years, as a replacement for its street lights. More
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MVRDV builds Beijing shopping centre covered in shimmering ceramic tiles
The KWG M Cube shopping centre in Beijing, designed by MVRDV, is covered in hand-glazed iridescent ceramic tiles that change colour in different lights. More
Álvaro Siza clads International Design Museum of China in red sandstone
Blocks of red sandstone cover the volumes of a new design museum designed by Álvaro Siza and Carlos Castanheira on the Chinese Academy of Art campus in Hangzhou, eastern China. More
Inuce completes pink pebbledash church hall in Fuzhou
A pastel-pink church hall has been added to the 1930s-built Huaxiang Church in Fuzhou, southeastern China, featuring rooftop amphitheatres that offer open-air services. More
PES Architects reveals petal-shaped Strait Culture and Art Centre in Fuzhou
PES Architects used custom-developed ceramic tiles and louvres to create the curving lines of the Strait Culture and Art Centre in Fuzhou, China. More
Hangzhou bookstore blends postmodern and classical elements
Giant geometric display stands intersect with imposing steel archways in this newly-opened book shop in Hangzhou, China designed by Alberto Caiola. More
Plugin House built in Boston to demonstrate potential for use in US backyards
Chinese studio People's Architecture Office is using a pop-up pavilion to show how a prefabricated home designed for China's hutongs could be used by cities in the US to help tackle the housing crisis. More
Superimpose creates CO2 Pavilion as inner city sanctuary in Beijing
This interactive pavilion, installed for Beijing Design Week 2018, is designed by architecture studio Superimpose to offer an oasis of calm in the centre of the capital. More
Yuming Hu creates range of chairs for the restless body
Tsinghua University furniture design graduate Yuming Hu has created a range of chairs designed for the peculiar behaviours of different users. More
Rogers Stirk Harbour + Partners plans 1,200-metre-long raised garden in Shenzhen
An area of reclaimed land in Shenzhen, China, is to be transformed into an "urban living room", with a linear raised garden designed by Rogers Stirk Harbour + Partners. More
Steven Chilton Architects designs Wuxi Show Theatre with white columns and golden canopy
A forest of slender white columns will support a latticed roof of metallic louvres covering a theatre by Steven Chilton Architects in Wuxi, China. More
Elzelinde van Doleweerd creates 3D-printed snacks from food waste
Eindhoven University of Technology graduate Elzelinde van Doleweerd has teamed up with a China-based technology company to create food products 3D-printed from leftover food. More
MAD breaks ground on "extraterrestrial" sports campus in China
Construction has begun on the Quzhou Sports Campus in China, with stadiums designed by MAD that will rise from a landscaped park like volcanoes. More
10 architects imagine the Chinese home of the future for China House Vision exhibition
MAD, Penda and Open Architecture are among 10 Asian studios that have built futuristic concept homes in Beijing, including a living garden, a nomadic Martian pod and a modular home inspired by Beijing's hutongs. More
Gad Line+ Studio creates low-cost housing in rural Chinese village
This affordable housing development in China's Fuyang District, near Hangzhou, features sloping tiled roofs and a pared-back material palette inspired by the region's vernacular architecture. More
Marc Goodwin captures PES Architects' vast cultural centre under construction in Fuzhou
Photographer Marc Goodwin has captured a set of construction images of PES Architects' Strait Culture and Art Centre, which is nearing completion in Fuzhou, China. More
HAO Design uses pastel hues for pitched-roof apartment in Beijing
HAO Design took advantage of this apartment's peaked roof to turn it into a bright and spacious family home, finishing its interiors with a selection of pastel furnishings. More
Renovated cottage in rural China retains original rustic features
Fashion designer Sun Min and architect Christian Taeubert have renovated a neglected cottage set around a courtyard in rural China. More
Neri&Hu animates Little B store in Shanghai with white-glazed tiles and neon lights
Chinese studio Neri&Hu has paired curved white-glazed tiles with stainless steel at this high-end convenience store in Shanghai, designed for lifestyle brand The Beast. More
Giant concrete anti-communist speaker reimagined as sound installation
A group of artists in Taiwan have transformed a 10-metre-tall brutalist concrete loudspeaker, formerly used to broadcast anti-communist propaganda to China, into an art installation. More