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Open Architecture’s Sun Tower Rises on China’s Shandong Peninsula

October 31, 2024

Drawing on the region’s history of sun worship, the waterfront ‘lighthouse’ has become a local attraction in the coastal city of Yantai.

Atelier Xi Nestles Two Visitor Pavilions Within a Shenzhen Park

Matthew Marani

August 21, 2024

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The Qiaochengbei North Park Visitor Center offers calm amid the hubbub of China’s third largest city.

A Trio of Pavilions Bring Poetry—and Photo Ops—to a Rural Chinese Village

Darryl Weimer

August 16, 2024

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Comprising shipping containers and inflatable forms, Down in the Clouds marks the second completed collaboration between two design practices based in New York and China.

Newsmaker: Kongjian Yu Says Landscape Is a Matter of Survival

Clifford A. Pearson

August 6, 2024

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The Beijing-based founder of Turenscape reflects on his upbringing and career in landscape architecture, while stressing the urgent change needed within the profession to address new challenges posed by climate change.

A First-Ever I.M. Pei Retrospective Opens at M+ in Hong Kong

Josephine Minutillo

July 23, 2024

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Titled 'I.M. Pei: Life is Architecture,' the exhibition covers the Chinese-American architect's decorated career and famously long life.

Design Vanguard 2024: New Office Works

Hong Kong

Catherine Shaw

June 25, 2024

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Eager to experiment with structure and material, Paul Tse and Evelyn Ting are making a name for themselves in Hong Kong’s competitive architectural scene.

CASE STUDY: Tile & Stone

Amateur Architecture Studio Clads a Chinese Archive with Thousands of Celadon Tiles

Liangzhu, China

Matthew Marani

April 16, 2024

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The Wang Shu–led firm offers a contemporary interpretation of vernacular design for a monumental project.

Landscape

A Colorful Café and Pavilion by SelgasCano Enliven a Sprawling Housing Complex in China

Rizhao, China

Clifford A. Pearson

March 11, 2024

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Wiggling through a phalanx of mid-rise housing blocks, the covered promenade serves as a colorful antidote to its regimented setting.

Hangzhou Century Center's Lighting Array Embraces Spectacle

Hangzhou, China

Matthew Marani

March 1, 2024

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Six thousand LEDs illuminate this SOM–designed tower, emphasizing its sweeping facade.

Junya Ishigami’s Zaishui Art Museum Nimbly Extends Across a Lake in China’s Shandong Province

Rizhao City, China

Naomi Pollock, FAIA

January 31, 2024

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Long, linear, and devoid of visual boundaries, the enchanting floating arts center is one of multiple commissions by the Japanese architect in the Bailuwan development.

EVENTS

Industry

4/26/16

The Building Centre

26 Store Street

London

United Kingdom

2016 China-UK Ideal Town and Garden City Summit

The Summit will debate new Garden City ideas and will look at best practice for eco towns, market towns, community engagement, creative quarter and elderly living in the town as well as town center design and management.

Credits: 1 AIA LU/HSW; 1 AIBD P-CE; 0.1 ICC CEU; 0.1 IACET CEU

In this course, you will learn about the benefits of utilizing terra cotta wall cladding as well as how they are manufactured and installed.

Credits: 1 AIA LU/HSW; 1 AIBD P-CE; 0.1 ICC CEU; 0.1 IACET CEU

This course will examine how noncombustible steel deck framing makes it possible to meet stringent building and fire codes in Wildland-Urban Interface (WUI) zones.