A private boarding school in a former textile factory in China uses design to engage students with the history and topography of its site.

The interior of a Rococo-style villa in China gets a modern interpretation.

In China, a subterranean museum with spectacular domelike galleries opens up to ocean views.

A conference in southern China looks at ways of invigorating rural areas.

A folded curtain wall on an office building in China saves energy while throwing a few curves.

A community center in a Chinese village brings dynamism to the vernacular.

A large-scale residential complex in a mountain region and UNESCO Heritage Site 250 miles southwest of Shanghai steers clear of the typical urban high-rise.

Alex Law and Virginia Lung pulled inspiration from shooting stars for the interior of a two-story cinema in a mall.

Pritzker Prize–winner Wang Shu and Lu Wenyu, his partner, tie a museum and cultural complex in Fuyang to China’s rich traditions of landscape painting.

A Shanghai-based firm creates a landscape of books in Hangzhou, China.