With China experiencing large-scale reconstruction throughout the country, a great deal of its historic architecture is being replaced by uniform rows of bland, new buildings.
In response to a community’s need for a new structurally sound elementary school, Beijing-based Trace Architecture Office (TAO) designed an academic complex of reinforced, poured-in-place concrete and wood.
With iSQUARE, a 53,000-square-meter retail/dining/entertainment complex, Rocco S.K. Yim used lively architecture to make the journey to a “sky lobby” 26 meters above the street in Hong Kong.
For a site on Xiao Dong Hai Bay that is close to the town of Sanya, the Singapore-based firm WOHA created a project that works as both a resort and a city hotel.
This master plan examines a study area along 37 kilometers of the Jin Jiang River and proposes important changes to the planning bureau's existing plan.
For most of the past decade, the architecture firm Urbanus has been slowly transforming one of Shenzhen's first factory complexes into a lively, mixed-use district catering to the needs of start-up companies and creative professionals.
To convey its commitment to the environment, technical innovation, and emphasis on human resources, Dow Chemical asked Gensler to transform an existing office complex into the company's new Asia Pacific headquarters.