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(not ready) Chongqing Eternal Land / Zen Architects

韩爽 - HAN Shuang — Tue, 07 Jul 2026 18:03:00 +0000

The continued renewal of Chongqing's Dian Ce Cun district is organically layering urban vibrancy, neighborhood vitality, and high-quality living into a denser, more dynamic model of contemporary life. In 2021, China Resources Land and Hongkong Land jointly entered Chongqing's Guanyinqiao area, making Guanchen a key urban renewal project in the city's core. As the final chapter of the Guanchen series, Wangyunchao spans over 60 mu and serves not only as a major residential development in the city center, but also as an exploration of new urban living models in the context of "second urbanization."

Nanhai Buddha Pavilion / DoDesign

韩爽 - HAN Shuang — Mon, 06 Jul 2026 00:00:00 +0000

At the confluence of the Tiaodeng River and the Yangtze in Chongqing's Dadukou District lies Little Nanhai, a turtle-shaped island once home to a temple dedicated to Nanhai Guanyin during the Tang and Song dynasties. Overlooking the Yangtze and the distant Yunzhuan Mountains, the Nanhai Buddha Pavilion sits on a cliff surrounded by bamboo and camphor trees.

LAGO Italian Family Kitchen / Vari Architects

Pilar Caballero — Fri, 03 Jul 2026 00:00:00 +0000

1. Intervening Between City and Lake.
By the lake of Yihe Park in northern Chongqing, we transformed a waterfront pavilion into Lago, an Italian country restaurant—using breathable timber and lightweight wave-like metal. Tucked among cedar trees, the restaurant faces a bright lake. Its name comes from the Italian word for "lake." We first imagined it as Thoreau's cabin by Walden Pond—crisp water, deep shade, and winding paths. But Yihe Park is "nature within the city." So the question became: how to bring that Walden-like stillness and clarity into the architectural narrative.

Mountain Alley Rooftop Teahouse Pavilions / RY+P architects

韩爽 - HAN Shuang — Sun, 03 May 2026 02:00:00 +0000

Located within the historic Mountain Alley in Chongqing, this project transforms a small rooftop space along the steep stone steps of the old city into a new public gathering place. Through the insertion of two lightweight pavilions and a pink bar installation, the design introduces a subtle contemporary layer while preserving the atmosphere of the historic alley. Instead of leaving the rooftop completely open as before, these volumes are arranged to create a gentle sense of enclosure. Through their positioning, the structures frame views toward the surrounding city while shaping different zones for sitting, resting, and wandering. The rooftop becomes a place where visitors can pause, move slowly, and experience the city from above—almost like strolling through a small garden in the air.

RICHAUS / Vari Architects

Andreas Luco — Sat, 07 Mar 2026 22:00:00 +0000

Nested within the layered folds of this mountain city, RICHAUS inserts itself as a contemporary geometric volume engaged in a dialogue with nature, embedded into the vast, complex terrain of Southwest China. Throughout the design process, Vari Architects persistently explored how to create an interlaced condition between architecture and nature, and among people—essentially, a relationship and an interface—within the context of urban regeneration. Through a new architectural order, we aimed to reinvest significance into an overlooked office building within the urban fabric, transforming it into a public cultural hub that connects culture, community, industry, and commerce—thereby pointing toward a more open, abundant, and continuously evolving community center.

PARENTS’ House / YES.ARCH

Andreas Luco — Thu, 19 Feb 2026 01:00:00 +0000

The First Act of Organization: Tracing the Trajectory of Life — The existing three-story building sits on terraced terrain, accessible from both north and south. Years of habit had formed a vertical functional zoning: the second floor, connecting to the vehicular road in the southern community, served as the main entrance, housing the living room, garage, guest room, balcony, and atrium; the first floor, backing against the hillside retaining wall and facing the rear garden, connected to the pedestrian secondary entrance and consisted of the dining room, kitchen, and entertainment room; the third floor was the most private sleeping area, containing two bedrooms and a study. After continuous discussion and comparison of schemes, this zoning was retained in the renovation. The thinking focused on how to release the spatial potential of the house to become a catalyst for the evolution of future life.

Chongqing Luxerivers Café / Wide Horizon + Epiphany Architects

韩爽 - HAN Shuang — Thu, 05 Feb 2026 01:00:00 +0000

Chongqing is a city shaped by the continuous interplay between mountains and water. Its complex topography overlaps with a dense infrastructural network, where elevated roads, steep terrain, and waterfronts together form a highly charged urban landscape. Located at the convergence of these conditions, the Luxi Lake Café is conceived as a small architectural insertion that responds to the relationships between urban infrastructure, natural geography, and everyday public life through a light and restrained spatial intervention.

Yeeii Teahouse / Vari Architects

韩爽 — Sat, 20 Dec 2025 03:00:00 +0000

In the dense crevices of this mountain city, there exists a natural oasis that holds the city's peace and stillness. This time, continuing the Natural Tectonic approach, we shaped a breathing teahouse among the wooded slopes—embedding a Scandinavian rationality and warmth into the urban fabric, and through it, attempting to reweave the relationship between humans, nature, and the modern metropolis.

Clouhaus Hotel / RooMoo Design Studio

Pilar Caballero — Tue, 09 Dec 2025 00:00:00 +0000

Cloudhaus Hotel is located 1,200 meters above sea level on the northern slope of Jinfo Mountain in Nanchuan District, Chongqing, China. Originally built as a sales office for a resort development, the five-level concrete structure has been sustainably transformed into a 24-room boutique hotel that reflects the mountain's natural character and local craftsmanship.

Studio On the Cliff / AKINTECTS

韩爽 — Wed, 12 Feb 2025 03:00:00 +0000

The new location of our design studio is in the pavilion on the second floor of the Houbao Promenade. After the renovation of the promenade, some shops have been added, sharing the community landscape with consumer tourists. As one of the shops, while meeting the needs of office and reception, we hope to reserve an open riverside space for the public. Therefore, the following operations were carried out during the design process:

Xanadu Chongchongshan / Wilburban Architects

Pilar Caballero — Wed, 20 Nov 2024 00:00:00 +0000

The project is located just 60 kilometers from downtown Chongqing, in Banan, where the mountains stretch endlessly and forests are dense. The distance between urban life and nature is not as far as one might imagine, but rather deeply intertwined.

The 2024 Largest Cities in the World by Population

Maria-Cristina Florian — Thu, 11 Jul 2024 06:30:00 +0000

More than half of the world's population resides in urban areas, with over 4 billion people depending on cities as their main environment. According to the United Nations’ latest report on populations in cities, this number is expected to continue to increase over the next 50 years, prompting cities worldwide to strive to find better ways to accommodate their growing population while transitioning to more sustainable urban practices. To highlight this responsibility, the United Nations has declared July 11th the World Population Day.

A Skyscraper in China and Headquarters in France: 8 Unbuilt Offices Submitted by the ArchDaily Community

Nour Fakharany — Tue, 02 Jul 2024 04:00:00 +0000

In the evolving landscape of workplace design and office architecture, the boundaries of creativity and functionality are constantly being pushed. From futuristic skyscrapers to co-working spaces, the future of work environments respond to the dynamic needs of modern businesses and their employees. This week's curated selection of Unbuilt Architecture focuses on office, workplace, and administrative buildings submitted by the ArchDaily Community.

The Planning Exhibition Center of Liangjiang Collaborative Innovation Zone, Chongqing / Tanghua Architects & Associates

Collin Chen — Fri, 12 May 2023 00:00:00 +0000

The Planning Exhibition Center of Liangjiang Collaborative Innovation Zone is located in the south of the Innovation Zone and to the west of Huanhu Road. It is designed to cover an area of around 16,670 square meters. The plot is a hillock, which is at a high point of the Innovation Zone's 6.8-square-kilometer core area. To the east of the site is a cliff, below which there lies Mingyue Lake and its surrounding ecological belt. Enveloped in a natural environment, the site is not close to municipal roads. Looking into the distance from the top of the hill, visitors will capture a faint view of Longxing Ancient Town.

Anaago Bistro / Vari Architectural Design

Collin Chen — Sun, 07 May 2023 02:00:00 +0000

Anaago Bistro in Chongqing's Ziwei Road is a captivating city block and a new experimental site for urban reconstruction. The design aims to create a vibrant community gathering place.

Chongqing Lijia Smart Hall / Gensler

Collin Chen — Tue, 14 Mar 2023 00:00:00 +0000

Sitting at the Lijia Intelligent Park in the municipality of Chongqing, the 15,000 square meters Lijia Smart Hall is expected to become a central stage for the annual Smart China Expo, a professional event to encourage global exchanges of smart technologies and smart industry. Envisioning an iconic architecture piece that both lives up to its role and is fully integrated with surrounding lavish vegetation, the Gensler team developed the design focusing on eight principles—simplicity, relevance, timelessness, distinction, scalability, technology, experience, and connectivity.

Chongqing Huguang City Exhibition Hall / SUZAO Architects

Collin Chen — Mon, 19 Dec 2022 20:00:00 +0000

Chongqing is a "fantasy" city built in the mountains. The cascading buildings make up the city's special landscape. Our project is to create a temporary building in the city. Behind the project, the site is modern high-rise buildings, and in front is the architectural heritage - Huguang Guild Hall. The landscape in the distance is the Dongshuimen Bridge and the Yangtze River. The front is history and nature, and the back is the magical city. I hope that our new buildings should be integrated into this fantastic and historical city.

Joybo Farm Museum / WT Architects

Collin Chen — Tue, 01 Nov 2022 00:00:00 +0000

What does the village look like? What does the village itself want to be? When modern architecture enters the traditional village, the unusual form brings connection and conflict, and the simple volume and space inherit the unchanging temperament.