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Open Architecture designs conical Sun Tower as "giant sundial"
Chinese studio Open Architecture has completed the 50-metre-tall Sun Tower, which has a conical concrete form designed to follow the path of the sun, in Yantai, northeast China. More
Five "radical" projects by Dezeen Awards China judge Open Architecture
Chinese architects Li Hu and Huang Wenjing, founders of Beijing-based Open Architecture, have joined Dezeen Awards China 2024 as judges. Here they select five projects that best reflect their work. More
Sou Fujimoto and Qiong Er Jiang announced as judges for Dezeen Awards China 2024
Architects Sou Fujimoto, Li Hu and Huang Wenjing, designer Qiong Er Jiang and interior designers Steve Leung, Tao Liu and Chunyan Cai have been named the first judges for Dezeen Awards China 2024. More
Dezeen Awards China 2023 Designers of the Year winners announced
Dezeen has announced the winners of the six Designers of the Year categories at this evening's Dezeen Awards China 2023 ceremony, which include Open Architecture, Mario Tsai Studio and AIM Architecture. More
Dezeen Awards China 2023 Designers of the Year shortlist revealed
Dezeen has announced the Designers of the Year shortlist for the inaugural Dezeen Awards China, which includes Mario Tsai, OPEN Architecture and Ziin Life. More
World's 85 best buildings shortlisted for Dezeen Awards 2023
Dezeen has announced the architecture shortlist for this year's Dezeen Awards, which includes buildings by Zaha Hadid Architects, Olson Kundig and Open Architecture. More
Open Architecture designs "extraterrestrial-looking" space museum in China
Chinese studio Open Architecture has revealed its design for a space museum and experience centre in Yantai, China, which will appear like a mysterious black object in an oceanfront park. More
Open Architecture's Sun Tower tops out in Yantai
Chinese studio Open Architecture has revealed photos of its 50-metre-high viewing tower in Yantai as it nears completion. More
Open Architecture draws on traditional gardens for concrete cultural centre in China
Classical Chinese gardens informed the sweeping white-concrete geometries of Shanfeng Academy, a culture and sports centre in Suzhou by Chinese studio Open Architecture. More
Open Architecture models Chinese theatre on "ever-changing body of water"
Chinese studio Open Architecture has revealed the visuals for Yichang Grand Theatre in China, which will have an amorphous form intended to evoke flowing water. More
Chapel of Sound in China is given a "science-fiction vibe" in new video
An otherwordly character explores the Chapel of Sound, a rock-like concert hall designed by Chinese studio Open Architecture, in this science-fiction-informed video by Xia Zhi. More
Open Architecture reveals design for Sun Tower in China
Chinese studio Open Architecture has unveiled its design for a viewing tower in the coastal city of Yantai in the north east of China. More
Open Architecture unveils rock-like concert hall in a valley outside Beijing
Chinese studio Open Architecture has completed The Chapel of Sound, a monolithic open-air concert hall in a valley next to the ruins of the Great Wall of China outside Beijing. More
Open Architecture designs Shanghai school to be more like a village than a megastructure
An eclectic mix of buildings form the Shanghai Qingpu Pinghe International School, designed by Chinese studio Open Architecture to promote a richer and more varied learning experience. More
Open Architecture combines library and theatre in "blue whale" Bibliotheater
Chinese studio Open Architecture has designed a theatre and library at the Shanghai Qingpu Pinghe International School China within a blue-coloured building that resembles a whale. 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
Open Architecture converts airport fuel tanks into gallery spaces
Five aviation fuel containers on the former Longhua airport in Shanghai have been transformed into art and culture park Tank Shanghai, by local studio Open Architecture. More
Open Architecture designs Chapel of Sound concert hall to look like hollowed-out boulder
Open Architecture is building a concert hall in a valley north of Beijing, designed to look "as if a strange and prehistoric boulder had fallen there long ago". More
Open Architecture builds cave-like art gallery inside a sand dune
A network of subterranean concrete galleries forms the UCCA Dune Art Museum, which Beijing-based Open Architecture has completed in Qinhuangdao, China. More