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Architects: AUBE CONCEPTION
- Area: 110051 m²
- Year: 2020
Foshan Meisha Bilingual School / AUBE CONCEPTION
YueCheng Courtyard Kindergarten / MAD Architects
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Architects: MAD Architects
- Area: 10778 m²
- Year: 2020
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Professionals: MAD Architects, Supercloud Studio, ECOLAND Planning and Design Corporation
Jiading Mini Block, An Urban Experiment / Atelier FCJZ
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Architects: Atelier FCJZ
- Area: 70086 m²
- Year: 2020
21cake Baoshan Store / Atelier FCJZ
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Architects: Atelier FCJZ
- Area: 167 m²
- Year: 2020
Why Don’t We Teach Chinese Architecture in the United States?
This article was originally published on Common Edge as "Why Don’t We Teach Chinese Architecture?"
How many U.S. architecture professors know that there is a Chinese treatise equivalent to Vitruvius’ Ten Books of Architecture? Very few, I suspect. I taught architectural history for more than 20 years before I discovered the marvelous Yingsao Fashi, a Song Dynasty book by a prominent court official who, as far as we know, was not an architect or builder. In fact, prior to the Ming Dynasty no prominent temple, palace, or shrine in China was designed by an architect because the concept of a single mastermind in charge of a building project was foreign to the East Asian way of designing environments of any kind.
Blurring the Line Between Architecture and Furniture
An emerging design trend is filling the gap between furniture and architecture by shaping space through objects at the intersection of the two, creating a dynamic and highly adaptable environment. Either a consequence of the increased demand for flexibility in small spaces or the architectural expression of a device-oriented society, elements in between architecture and furniture open the door towards an increased versatility of space. Neither architecture nor furniture (or perhaps both), these objects operate at the convergence of the two scales of human interaction, carving a new design approach for interior living spaces.
Suzhou Urban Planning Exhibition Hall / AUBE CONCEPTION
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Architects: AUBE CONCEPTION
- Area: 29789 m²
- Year: 2018
Tea House in Li Garden / Atelier Deshaus
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Architects: Atelier Deshaus
- Area: 12 m²
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Professionals: x, July Cooperative Company
Best Modern Examples of Ancient Courtyard Renovations in China
Chinese courtyard houses are one of the most common housing typologies spanning all the way from the northern capital of Beijing to the poetic southern cities Hangzhou and back to the picturesque regions of Yunnan. Typically referred as heyuan, these courtyards homes are simply a “yard enclosed on four sides."
Security Entrance to the 2019 SUSAS / TJAD Original Design Studio
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Architects: TJAD Original Design Studio
- Area: 1400 m²
- Year: 2019
Xingfu Park Office Renovation / Atelier xy
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Interior Designers: Atelier xy
- Area: 200 m²
- Year: 2019
Winners of the ArchDaily China Building of the Year 2020 Awards
Another year, another successful ArchDaily China Building of the Year Awards! With more than 20,000 votes gathered over the past 20 days, the results of the 2020 edition are in! Once more, the award has proved to be the largest architecture prize centered around people’s opinion. Crowdsourced, the most relevant projects of the year were nominated and selected by our readers.
This year we celebrate three projects -- highlighting a wide range of interventions, typologies, scale, material and locations, the winners are a mere reflection of the vast outreach of the profession. With new names surfacing every year, this edition, as the previous ones did, honors well-established practices and the newcomers. High-profile figures include Atelier FCJZ with its bridge museum in the Chinese countryside, Neri&Hu Design and Research Office and its sculpture art center, and Atelier Lai's Bamboo Bridge.
True to its status, ArchDaily China, the most far-reaching Chinese architectural website, is and will always be a platform for all architecture enthusiasts. Curating the best in the world, thanks to the trust of architectural firms and the devotion of our readers, ArchDaily’s realm keeps expanding exponentially. For that, we are grateful!