
China
Zhongwei Cultural Complex / hpa
Sichang Road Teahouse / Miao Design Studio
Xiangxiangxiang Boutique Container Hotel / Tongheshanzhi Landscape Design Co

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Architects: Tongheshanzhi Landscape Design Co
- Area: 5000 m²
- Year: 2012
Pearl River Beer Factory Landscape / Atelier cnS
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Architects: Atelier cnS
- Area: 25000 m²
- Year: 2010
Amsterdam Block / CONTEXTURE ARCHITECTS

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Architects: CONTEXTURE ARCHITECTS
- Area: 5000 m²
- Year: 2010
Tian Tai County ChiCheng No.2 Primary School / LYCS Architecture

Designed by LYCS Architecture, their newly completed proposal for the Tian Tai County ChiCheng No.2 Primary School focuses on the relationship between architecture and site, site and city, form and function. Striving for a unique design to serve as a model school, their concept provides a beautiful environment for the cultivation of knowledge, culture, physical fitness, art and ethics for elementary school children. More images and architects' description after the break.
Endless Love Of Porcelain / Tongheshanzhi Landscape Design Co

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Architects: Tongheshanzhi Landscape Design Co
- Year: 2012
Park Block Renovation, Luqiao Old Town / TM Studio
Jian Wai SOHO / Riken Yamamoto

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Architects: Riken Yamamoto
- Area: 703269 m²
- Year: 2004
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Professionals: Structural Design Office Plus One Co.Ltd
Passive House "Bruck" / Peter Ruge Architekten

Setting new standards of sustainability through the design of the Passive House "Bruck", Peter Ruge Architekten’s project is a model apartment complex, consisting of 36 one room staff flats, 6 two room executive suites and 4 three-bedroom model apartments currently being built in southern China. With a 95% energy savings over that of a conventional Chinese residential building, the project is the first housing of its kind to be realized in the countries damp, warm, southern climate. Construction just began last month and is expected to be completed within the upcoming months. More images and architects’ description after the break.
Hefei Wanda Mall / HYHW Architects

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Architects: HYHW Architects
- Area: 25000 m²
- Year: 2012
National Convention and Exhibition Center Winning Proposal / gmp Architekten

gmp Architekten just won the first prize in the competition to design the 1.2 million square-meter Tianjin Exhibition Center. Now the third city where an exhibition center of international importance will be built after Shanghai and Guangzhou, their design concept proposes two almost identical construction phases. They both consist of a central entrance hall roofed over by filigree canopies, 8 exhibition halls on both sides and a main central thoroughfare that connects the entrance halls with the exhibition halls. More images and architects' description after the break.
Daqing Highway Passenger Transportation Hub / Had Architects

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Architects: Had Architects
- Area: 29576 m²
- Year: 2010
Qingdao Harborfront Redevelopment Proposal / EE&K a Perkins Eastman Company

Designed by EE&K a Perkins Eastman Company, their proposal for the Qingdao Harborfront Redevelopment project was recently awarded a 2013 Urban Design Honor Award by the American Institute of Architects (AIA) New York Chapter. The Harborfront occupies 26 hectares of former maritime/industrial uses in Downtown Qingdao, facing Jiaozhou Bay, and represents the anchor redevelopment for the city’s waterfront revitalization initiative. With the relocation of commercial port activities across the bay, antiquated docklands and shipyards throughout Downtown are now poised to become new mixed-use communities that will re-unite residents with their waterfront. More images and architects' description after the break.
Culture Art Center Changsha / Coop Himmelb(l)au

Coop Himmelb(l)au has come up with an incredibly unique design for the new Grand Theatre and International Culture & Art Center for Changsha, China. The site is located on the northeastern side of the newly created Changsha Meixi Lake in the Daheexi District, with the design engaging both land and water with a flowing and undulating white form of enormous scale. The architects hope to create a new cultural center that interacts with the existing natural landscape, not only visually, but scientifically by running on alternative energy sources and efficient passive energy systems to reduce environmental impact.
The architects' description after the break...
Science Town Project / Spark Architects
Seaside Resort Development Competition Entry / John Thompson & Partners + Alan Dunlop Architects + Gillespies

Designed by the multi-disciplinary design team featuring John Thompson and Partners (JTP), Alan Dunlop Architects, and Gillespies, their proposal for the international tourist destination and ecological seaside resort on the Dapeng Peninsula made the final shortlist in the competition. Their design concept draws inspiration from the beauty, tranquillity and characteristics of the siteand learning lessons from examples and exemplars both in China and internationally. More images and architects’ description after the break.
Changsha Meixihu International Culture and Art Centre / Zaha Hadid Architects

Zaha Hadid Architects (ZHA) have unveiled an ambitious cultural mega center, which began to take shape in October after the project broke ground in the heart of Changsha, China. In true Hadid-fashion, the Changsha Meixi Lake International Culture & Arts Center defines itself by extreme sinuous curves that radiate from each of the three independent structures and links them by a pedestrianized landscape that offers a “strong urban experience”, forming what they hope to be a global destination for performance art.
More on the cultural and arts center after the break...


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