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Yueyang Hualinggang Pier Tourist Center / WANG HUI | URBANUS

Andreas Luco — Tue, 04 Nov 2025 00:00:00 +0000

At the end of 2018, the Yueyang Port Industrial Heritage Park officially opened, retaining elements from the industrial era such as gantry cranes, railways, tower cranes, and warehouse structures, while coexisting with both historical districts and the future city. The ecological park is located to the west of Dongting Lake and borders the Yueyang Tower Scenic Area, Bianhe Street, and Dongting South Road, forming the most important public space resource in the historical core of Yueyang. However, one shortcoming was its lack of service facilities in the waterfront area. Although this pitfall received many criticisms, any additional construction in this thoroughly de-industrialized area is impossible due to new zoning restrictions. However, the Tourism Development Conference brought a unique opportunity through special policies, offering a chance to enhance the Yueyang Port Industrial Heritage Park further.

China National Convention Center Phase II / 2Portzamparc

Andreas Luco — Mon, 13 Oct 2025 00:00:00 +0000

Designed by 2Portzamparc, the China National Convention Center Phase II in Beijing is a major convention facility with exhibition and reception halls to host future international conferences and summits of heads of state. The vast building is characterized by its sweeping curved shape and a facade with multiple openings, a poetic evocation of birds taking flight. Beijing is a city defined by its central axis—from the historic spine that begins at the Forbidden City to its Olympic-era northern extension. Along this line, the China National Convention Center emerges as a key point of continuity and renewal. Officially inaugurated in 2025, The China National Convention Center Phase II (hereinafter referred to as CNCC II), marks the northern culmination of this axis and serves as both a functional expansion of Phase I and a symbolic renewal.

Wulingshan Eye Stone Spring / Vector Architects

韩爽 — Wed, 04 Dec 2024 07:00:00 +0000

The spring house sits in a river valley, deep in the forests of Wuling Mountain, a branch of the scenic Yanshan Mountains in the northern part of Beijing. The site abuts a steep rock cliff to the west and opens out onto an expansive view of the alluvial plains to the east and the chain of mountains beyond. The site is densely populated with poplar trees and the ground is covered by reeds and grasses, with a stream slowly meandering from north to south through the site. The construction of a new residential community is underway nearby, where people will approach the building by crossing a steel arch bridge over the stream, strolling through the forest, and arrive at the entrance of the spring house.

ChunYangTai Arts and Cultural Centre / Atelier FCJZ

Pilar Caballero — Wed, 30 Aug 2023 18:00:00 +0000

The 600-year-old ancient village of Langtou is located in the northern suburbs of Guangzhou. As a well-known “accomplished scholars village,” Langtou has many well-preserved old architectural spaces, such as academies of classical learning, ancestral temples, vernacular houses, streets, and alleys,. The word "lang" originally meant the marshland next to the river, and its meaning also extends to lakes or ponds. The ancient village is surrounded by numerous ponds: lotus ponds, fish ponds, and Feng Shui ponds; when the breeze stirs the lotus leaves, it makes a beautiful scenery of Lingnan (south of the Five Mountains) water landscape. ChunYangTai, which we designed, is situated in a lotus pond outside the ancient village.

Exo Towers Ruifeng Digital Finance Center / UUA (United Units Architects)

Collin Chen — Sat, 20 Aug 2022 23:00:00 +0000

In terms of function, contemporary buildings in comparison with those in the past are often faced with a higher level of uncertainties. Within the life cycle of a building, the potential for change of function and pattern of use have become the new normal state. Through a systematic approach, the Exo Towers integrates the spatial layout, structural form, building envelop and mechanical services into a whole , creating a forward-looking and universal space framework which facilitates a building with a higher degree of flexibility and adaptability.
——Yongzheng Li, Co-founder of UUA / Lead Architect

Harbin Opera House / MAD Architects

Fernanda Castro — Wed, 16 Dec 2015 11:45:00 +0000

MAD Architects unveils the completed Harbin Opera House, located in the Northern Chinese city of Harbin. In 2010, MAD won the international open competition for Harbin Cultural Island, a master plan for an opera house, a cultural center, and the surrounding wetland landscape along Harbin’s Songhua River. The sinuous opera house is the focal point of the Cultural Island, occupying a building area of approximately 850,000 square feet of the site’s 444 acres total area. It features a grand theater that can host over 1,600 patrons and a smaller theater to accommodate an intimate audience of 400.

Yuguandi - Sales Pavilion & Gallery / BLVD International

Fernanda Castro — Wed, 27 Feb 2013 00:00:00 +0000

Hangzhou, a core city in the Yangtze River Delta, and one of China’s most famous and picturesque cities, abundant with spectacular natural scenery and the majestic West Lake is the enviable location for this small Sales Gallery and Showroom. Listed as one of the seven Ancient Capitals of China, Hangzhou’s culture and haunting beauty have been an inspiration to a multitude of famous Chinese poets such as Bai Juyi and Su Shi amongst others. Also famous for originating Longjing, a notable variety of green tea of which Xi Hu Long Jing is the most renown, Hangzhou’s economy and culture is still dependant on the tea trade.