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Architects: Crossboundaries
- Area: 1980 m²
- Year: 2015
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Professionals: Crossboundaries Architects
Shenzhen: The Latest Architecture and News
Teabank / Crossboundaries
Kingdee Tower / HENN
HENN has won first place in the competition to design Kingdee Tower, the headquarters for software company Kingdee in Shenzhen, China. The 44-story glazed tower will be the central building for the new headquarters, rising from an irregular pentagon plan situated between two existing nine-story blocks.
Shenzhen Software Industry Base / gmp Architects
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Architects: gmp Architects
- Area: 137900 m²
- Year: 2015
OPEN's Competition Entry for New Shenzhen Art Museum and Library
In May 2015, Shenzhen Art Museum and Shenzhen Library organized an international design competition for their new homes in Longhua District. 134 firms submitted concept proposals for the first stage, eight firms were selected to enter the second phase competition in July, among them OMA, Steven Holl, Mecanoo, OPEN, KSP, and others. Below is OPEN’s competition entry for the second phase.
gmp Designs New Headquarters for CNPEC in Shenzhen, China
Following a closed competition, which included practices like OMA, KPF and Henn Architects, gmp Architects was selected to design the new CNPEC Headquarters in Longgang, Shenzhen, Southeast China. The power corporation called for a new building that could house over 4000 employees. Read more about gmp’s design proposal after the break.
KSP Jürgen Engel Wins Competition for New Shenzhen Art Museum and Library
KSP Jürgen Engel Architekten has won an international competition for the new Shenzhen Art Museum and Library. Selected over schemes by Steven Holl, Mecanoo, OMA, and others, the winning project takes the shape as three "elements" - an art museum, library and archive, and new "Culture Plaza" - united by a "stone podium."
"The main concept behind the design was to create a space that brings together art, culture, and an urban environment – a space where people and culture are encouraged to interact," says the architects.
Fun. Noodle Bar / Fanbo Zeng
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Architects: Fanbo Zeng
- Area: 273 m²
- Year: 2015
Shenzhen Dotwell Office Design / Elsedesign
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Architects: Elsedesign
- Area: 600 m²
- Year: 2015
Bitter Bamboo Room / Deve Build Shenzhen
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Architects: Deve Build Shenzhen
- Area: 250 m²
- Year: 2013
China in Flux: Mapping the Middle Zone
Students and faculty from the USC School of Architecture, in partnership with USC’s American Academy in China (AAC), have been engaged in a summer‐long program examining how the “middle zone,” or more rural, outlying areas in between cities, are growing. The program travelled to Beijing, Lushan, and Xian, and is currently in Shenzhen where it is staging the exhibition China in Flux: Mapping the Middle Zone.
Morphosis Breaks Ground on Shenzhen Office Tower
Construction is underway on a striking new tower by Morphosis Architects in Shenzhen. "A departure from conventional towers," as the practice describes, the "Hanking Center Tower" merges commercial retail with private office space through the folding of its steel structure. Beyond that, tenants are connected via a series communal sky gardens and a massive sun-lit atrium that occupies the building's core.
Geology Museum / LeeMundwiler Architects
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Architects: LeeMundwiler Architects
- Area: 6200 m²
- Year: 2013
Pingshan Performing Arts Center / OPEN Architecture
The winning entry in a competition for Pingshan's first theater, Beijing-based OPEN Architecture's Pingshan Performing Arts Center has broken ground in Shenzen. The 1350-capacity theatre is located in the city's new urban district, and slated for completion by the end of 2015.
Read more about the project and view selected images after the break.
MJH Gallery of iD Town / O-office Architects
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Architects: O-office Architects
- Area: 2800 m²
- Year: 2014
Shenzhen Performing Arts Facility / ZDA - Zoboki Design and Architecture
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Architects: ZDA - Zoboki Design and Architecture
- Year: 2014
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Professionals: Studio DAP, Hungaroproject Engineering Office, Földvári Architect Office, System Steel Ltd, G&B Plan Ltd, +1
Axial Symphony / Design Systems Ltd.
Z Gallery / O-office Architects
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Architects: O-office Architects
- Area: 2963 m²
- Year: 2014
Refurbish of TYJ Office Building / Shenzhen Ingameoffice Ltd
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Architects: Ingameoffice
- Area: 3400 m²