Hangzhou: The Latest Architecture and News

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• Landscape design

  TOPOS Landscape Architects

• Location

  880 Sunshine Road, Qiandao Lake, Hangzhou, Zhejiang, China

• Category

  Park

• Lead Designer

  Roy Zhu RLA/ PLA, ASLA

• Design Team

  Minghua Fang, Renqiang Song, Wenqi Lin, Weiyue Zhen, Ranghai Wu Yan Luo, Zhenzhen Si, Ziyan Hu, Xiaogang Wu

• Area

  10000.0 m2

• Project Year

  2018

• Photographs

  Qi Xi

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• Architects

  YCA

• Location

  No.136, Xincheng Road, Nanyuan Street, Yuhang District, Hangzhou, China

• Category

  Schools

• Design Team

  Yanchuan Liu, Xiaowei Tong, Jianlong Ma, Yuan Gong, Yumuling Zhou, Zizhuang Zheng, Jie Yang, Yali Ma, Chenxiao Duan

• Digital Design

  Yuanchen Wei, Zirong Zhao, Lichun Wang

• Project Management

  Lihua Ren

• Area

  75950.0 m2

• Project Year

  2017

• Photographs

  He Chen

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• Architects

  gad

• Location

  Intersection of Wenyi Road and Chongren Road, Hangzhou, China

• Category

  Commercial Architecture

• Project Director

  Wei Zhang

• Principal Designers

  Wei Zhang, Fanhao Meng, Lei Xie

• Architecture Design Team

  Mingsong Zhu, Chunle Miu, Min Zhu, Tao Sun, Yan Tang, Liang Zhao

• Structure Design Team

  Damin Hu, Zhiyu Zhang, Xiaoling Li, Bin Liu, Luxi Qian, Zhi Peng, Jun Guo, Xin Wang, Zhegang Lu

• Equipment Design Team

  Wenjian Wu, Yi Qi, Baiqing Lu, Bin Zhang, Bo Sun, Ting Hu, Feiyan Chen, Yonghui Tang, Jinlong Shan, Fengqiang Shen, Jinniu Li, Chuanpu Liu, Hongfeng Yang

• Area

  248156.0 m2

• Project Year

  2018

• Photographs

  Li Yao, Jinrong Huang

Construction has begun on OMA’s pyramid-shaped mixed-use building – Xinhu Hangzhou Prism – which forms the heart of Hangzhou’s Future Tech City in the new Technology Central Business District (CBD). Led by the firm's partner Chris van Duijn, the project is commissioned by Zhejiang Xinhu Haichuang Group.

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• Architects

  gad

• Location

  no. 660 , Jiuhe road , Jianggan district, Hangzhou, Zhejiang province, China

• Category

  Elementary & Middle school

• Design Team_East kindergarten

  Xiaoxia Wang, Lei Wang, Ling Wang

• Design Team_West kindergarten

  Xiaoxia Wang, Lei Wang, Dan Wu

• Design Team_Primary school

  Xiaoxia Wang, Lei Wang, Jiyu Zhang

• Area

  17286.0 m2

• Project Year

  2018

• Photographs

  Yi Fan, Jinrong Huang

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• Interiors Designers

  Li Fan Design Firm

• Location

  Wangshang Rd, Binjiang, Hangzhou, Zhejiang, China

• Category

  Retail

• Architect in Charge

  Yining Zhou

• Design Team

  Li Fan Design Firm

• Client

  Netease Yan Xuan

• Photographer

  Dongqiang Guo

• Area

  200.0 m2

• Project Year

  2018

• Photographs

  Dongqiang Guo

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• Architects

  HCD

• Location

  Intersection of Pingshui East Street and Huayuangang Street ，Gongshu District, Hangzhou, Zhejiang Province, China

• Category

  Commercial Architecture

• Lead Architects

  Yong Lu

• Design Team

  Biao Xu, Jie Bai, Xinyi Liu, Song Wei, Peiling Xue, Xiaobin Shen, Jianfei Ye, Guangyu Zhang, Bin Zhang, Fuyun, Sun

• Area

  2000.0 m2

• Project Year

  2018

• Photographs

  Yong Zhang, Yong Lu

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• Architects

  GLA

• Location

  No.88, Huancheng South Road, Tonglu County, HangZhou, Zhejiang, China

• Category

  Institutional buildings

• Lead Architect

  Peidong Zhu

• Project Director

  Peidong Zhu, Ping Song

• Design Team

  Peidong Zhu, Ping Song, Dongsheng Fu, Danyang Yu, Zhihang Chen, Jianjun Li, Guohua Huang, Jianhua Feng, Jianping Sheng, Jian Zhou

• Facade Consultant

  facade studio, Xuesong Zheng, Yunzhou Hua

• Landscape Consultant

  Shangyang Li

• Area

  73888.0 m2

• Project Year

  2017

• Photographs

  Li Yao, Peidong Zhu

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• Interiors Designers

  YPYC architects

• Location

  Hangzhou, China

• Category

  Interior Design

• Lead Architects

  Yan Zhang, Jianan Shan

• Design Team

  Guolei Sun, Jinna Yang

• Area

  40.0 m2

• Project Year

  2018

• Photographs

  PROJECTION

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• Architects

  WJ Design

• Location

  Hangzhou, Zhejiang, China

• Category

  Renovation

• Lead Designer

  Leo HU

• Area

  3000.0 m2

• Project Year

  2018

• Photographs

  Juetao Xue

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• Architects

  Greenton Architecture Design, gad · line+ studio

• Location

  Jiande, Hangzhou, Zhejiang, China

• Category

  Cultural Architecture

• Architect in Charge

  Fanhao Meng

• Design Team

  Yaliang He, Tao Tao

• Area

  2463.0 m2

• Project Year

  2018

• Photographs

  Yilong Zhao, Fanhao Meng

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• Architects

  GOA

• Location

  Xixi National Wetland Park. Hangzhou, China

• Category

  Hotels

• Design Management

  GOA

• Interior Design

  GOA, LANDTO Interior Design, BOB DESIGN OFFICE

• Area

  7000.0 m2

• Project Year

  2018

• Photographs

  SHIROMIO Studio, Three wind

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• Architects

  Shanghai Tianhua Architecture Planning & Engineering

• Location

  Weilai Kejicheng, Hangzhou, Zhejiang, China

• Category

  Showroom

• Architect in Charge

  Xin Nie, Haitao Chen

• Design Team

  Jingwei Su, Junning Gao, Xue Bai, Xiaotong Lu, Wenying Liu, Runxiang Shi, Pu Wang

• Area

  1125.0 m2

• Project Year

  2017

• Photographs

  Jianghe Zeng, Pu Wang, A.GUANG, Lingjun Meng, Xiang Cheng

• Interiors Designers

  YPYC Architects

• Location

  #43, Shihuqiao Rd., Hangzhou, Zhejiang, China

• Category

  Interior Design

• Design Team

  Jianan Shan, Yan Zhang, Kefan Jin, Huang huang

• Area

  45.0 m2

• Project Year

  2018

• Photographs

  PROJECTION

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• Architects

  Approach Design (ZUP)

• Location

  Yunqi Town, Hangzhou, Zhejiang, China

• Category

  Cultural Center

• Architecture Groups

  Approach Design, Zhejiang University Urban-Rural Planning&Design Institute

• Collaborating Architects

  Zhejiang Province Institute of Architectural Design and Research

• Lead Architects

  Di Ma, Xin Jin, Lianping Mao

• Construction Team

  Zhejiang Provincial Yijian Construction Group LTD.

• Design Team

  Sheng Jiang, Jialiang Zhang, Weifen Shen, Shang Wang, Mengjun Mao

• Structural Design

  Jian Jiao, Yunjun Lu, Wuqiang Feng, Guozhi Peng

• Area

  66680.0 m2

• Project Year

  2017

• Photographs

  Lianping Mao

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• Architects

  SU Architects

• Location

  Jiuxian, Tonglu, Hangzhou, Zhejiang, China

• Category

  Public Architecture

• Lead Architect

  Keyuan Ma

• Design Team

  Shaoxun Guo, Song Zhu

• Site Area

  100m²

• Structural System

  Timber Structure

• Area

  150.0 m2

• Project Year

  2016

• Photographs

  Yilong Zhao, Xuguo Tang

Either as singular outcroppings or as part of a bustling center, skyscrapers are neck-craning icons across major city centers in the world. A modern trope of extreme success and wealth, the skyscraper has become an architectural symbol for vibrant urban hubs and commercial powerhouses dominating cities like New York, Dubai, and Singapore.

While skyscrapers are omnipresent, 2018 introduced new approaches, technologies, and locations to the high-rise typology. From variations in materiality to form, designs for towers have started to address aspects beyond simply efficiency and height, proposing new ways for the repetitive form to bring unique qualities to city skylines. Below, a few examples of proposals and trends from 2018 that showcase the innovative ideas at work: 

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