Hao Chen

Lens Office / TAO - Trace Architecture Office

May 07, 2018

Architects: TAO - Trace Architecture Office
Area: 1113 m²
Year: 2017

Can Architecture Save China’s Rural Villages? DnA’s Xu Tiantian Thinks So

Subscriber Access | April 20, 2018

Travel seven hours by car in a Southwest direction from Shanghai and you will arrive in Songyang County. The name is unfamiliar to many Chinese people, and even more foreign to those living abroad. The county consists of about 400 villages, from Shicang to Damushan.

Here, undulating lush green terraces hug the sides of Songyin river valley, itself the one serpentine movement uniting the lands. Follow the river and you will see: here, a Brown Sugar Factory; there, a Bamboo Theatre; and on the other side, a stone Hakka Museum built recently but laid by methods so old, even the town masons had to learn these ways for the first time, as if they were modern methods, as if they were revolutionary.

And maybe they are. Songyang County, otherwise known as the “Last Hidden Land in Jiangnan,” may look like a traditional Chinese painting with craggy rock faces, rice fields and tea plantations, but it has also become a model example of rural renaissance. Beijing architect Xu Tiantian, of the firm DnA_Design and Architecture, has spent years surveying the villages of Songyang, talking to local County officials and residents, and coming up with what she calls “architectural acupunctures.”

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Vanke Experimental Kindergarten / Atelier Liu Yuyang Architects

April 09, 2018

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Architects: Atelier Liu Yuyang Architects
Area: 6500 m²
Year: 2017
Professionals: Shanghai Xinyang Construction co. LTD

Tongji University Affiliate Elementary School / Atelier Liu Yuyang Architects

March 20, 2018

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Architects: Atelier Liu Yuyang Architects
Area: 26200 m²
Year: 2016

Lost Villa Boutique Hotel in Yucun / NATURALBUILD

February 07, 2018

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Architects: NATURALBUILD
Area: 1491 m²
Year: 2017
Professionals: Hongyong Wang, Lost Villa Boutique Hotel

ZhangJiang IC Harbor Phase I / Atelier Archmixing + Atelier Liu Yuyang Architects

February 01, 2018

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Architects: Atelier Archmixing, Atelier Liu Yuyang Architects
Area: 54700 m²
Year: 2017
Manufacturers: BRIGHT Intelligent Curtain Wall, SKK
Professionals: CIMA Project Consultancy Co. Ltd. Shanghai, Shanghai Construction No.2 (Group) Co. Ltd

Wujiachang Kindergarten / Atelier Fronti

January 16, 2018

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Architects: Atelier Fronti
Area: 2300 m²
Year: 2016

The 50 Most Popular Architecture Photographs of 2017

Subscriber Access | January 07, 2018

At ArchDaily, we're lucky enough to know a fantastic network of architecture professionals, allowing us to share the world's best architecture with our audience. But our articles wouldn't be the same without the many photographers who dedicate themselves to making incredible, inspiring images. For that reason, here we present the 50 most popular architecture images of 2017.

Hidden Valley House / SU Architects

December 20, 2017

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Architects: SU Architects
Area: 800 m²
Year: 2017
Professionals: Brick-Concrete Structure

Architect's Studio / Atelier TAO+C

October 26, 2017

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Interior Designers: Atelier TAO+C
Area: 77 m²
Year: 2017
Professionals: Shanghai TIANCI construction CO.

Plot C - Auto Innovation Park / Atelier Z+

October 24, 2017

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Architects: Atelier Z+
Area: 47171 m²
Year: 2016

20 Amazing Images of Architecture as Seen from the Sky: The Best Photos of the Week

Subscriber Access | September 24, 2017

This week we have prepared a special selection of 20 images of architecture as seen from the sky. This style of image, made possible by the emergence of drones, is increasingly used in architectural photography. It makes it possible to understand, in a single image, the totality of a project, and to see how the project interacts with the context in which it is immersed. Read on to see a selection of renowned photographers such as Hufton + Crow, Fernando Guerra, NAARO, and Jesús Granada.

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Half House / Atelier Lai

September 14, 2017

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Architects: Atelier Lai
Area: 400 m²
Year: 2015

World Photo Day 2017: Our Readers’ 100 Most-Bookmarked Architectural Photographs

Subscriber Access | August 19, 2017

This August 19th is World Photo Day, which celebrates photography on the anniversary of the day on which France bought the patent for the daguerreotype, one of the earliest photographic processes, and released it to the world for free in 1839. At ArchDaily, we understand the importance of photography in architecture—not only as a tool for recording designs, but also as a discipline that many of us enjoy. To celebrate the occasion, we decided to reveal the most popular images ever published on ArchDaily, as selected by you, our readers. Using data gathered from My ArchDaily, we have ranked the 100 most-saved images from our database; read on to see them.