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A Tale of Two Cities: Architecture and Urbanism Biennale Wraps up in Shenzhen and Hong Kong

February 22, 2016

Behind the somewhat awkward name of the Bi-City Biennale of Urbanism\Architecture (UABB) in Shenzhen and Hong Kong—now in its sixth and fifth editions, respectively—lies a correspondingly awkward reality.e

Harbin Opera House

The sensual lines of a performing-arts complex express a city's bold bid for attention.

Alexandra A. Seno

December 1, 2015

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From the bridge connecting bustling downtown Harbin to bucolic Sun Island, the new Harbin Opera House comes into view, with its impressive sloping forms that suggest the snow-capped mountains found in this northern Chinese region.

Xihe Cereals and Oils Museum and Villagers' Activity Center

Cultural Revolution: A rural village finds new purpose by converting an old granary into a museum and community center.

Aric Chen

June 16, 2015

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A rural village finds new purpose by converting an old granary into a museum and community center.

Shenzhen Bao International Airport Terminal 3

Shenzhen Bao'an International Airport Terminal 3 by Massimiliano and Doriana Fuksas

Shenzhen, China

Clifford A. Pearson

March 16, 2014

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Treating an enormous airport in Shenzhen, China, as a cinematic experience, a Rome-based firm designs a series of architectural scenes in which light and space play leading roles.

Pearl River Tower

Towering Ambition: The architects and engineers behind an office building in rapidly expanding Guangzhou put super green before supertall.

Joann Gonchar, FAIA

March 16, 2014

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In the realm of supertall skyscrapers, the recently completed Pearl River Tower (PRT) in Guangzhou, China, isn't that tall.

United States Consulate General, Guangzhou

Diplomatic Position: In the midst of the visual hubbub of China's third-largest city, Skidmore, Owings & Merrill creates an understated ensemble of buildings for the U.S. Consulate General.

Clare Jacobson

March 16, 2014

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Diplomatic Position: In the midst of the visual hubbub of China's third-largest city, Skidmore, Owings & Merrill creates an understated ensemble of buildings for the U.S. Consulate General. The U.S. Consulate General in Guangzhou, China, makes only the quietest of claims within the city's noisy new business district. Designed by Skidmore, Owings & Merrill (SOM), its seven low-rise buildings—offices, screening facilities, a warehouse, and a residence for Marines—dot a 7.4-acre site in the burgeoning Pearl River New Town. Zaha Hadid's opera house lies catercorner to it, and Wilkinson Eyre's supertall IFC Guangzhou and KPF's soon-to-be-supertaller CTF Guangzhou are close by.

Tiles Hill by Amateur Architecture Studio

Hangzhou, China

Clare Jacobson

December 16, 2013

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For his first building since winning the Pritzker Prize, Wang Shu gives a lesson in craftsmanship and material expression through an unfolding interior landscape.

Xian Westin Museum Hotel

History Lesson: Neri&Hu finds a number of innovative ways to reinterpret old China for the 21st century.

Clare Jacobson

June 16, 2013

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Neri&Hu finds a number of innovative ways to reinterpret old China for the 21st century.

A House for All Seasons

In the Chinese province of Shaanxi, John Lin's House For All Seasons reimagines the vernacular village dwelling, creating a model for sustainability.

Laura Raskin

March 16, 2013

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When architect John Lin and his students from the University of Hong Kong first visited Shijia village in the province of Shaanxi, China, villagers had a list of requests for projects.

Yinzhou Talent Apartments

Clare Jacobson

March 16, 2013

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Starter Apartments Faced with soaring prices of housing in urban China, what is a young college graduate to do? The Shanghai-based architecture firm DC Alliance provides one option in its Yinzhou Talent Apartments. The state-subsidized project in the Yinzhou district of Ningbo'a city of 5.7 million people three hours south of Shanghai'offers 1,000 rental units at a discount. It was developed by Yinzhou City Construction Investment Development Company, which is also responsible for the area's new central business district. The idea behind the apartment complex is to help university-educated people get started in Ningbo, a port city with four college