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The Screen / Li Xiaodong Atelier

April 09, 2014

+ 15

Architects: Li Xiaodong Atelier
Area: 600 m²
Year: 2013

Yongjiang Tennis Club / Zhang Jingang

January 13, 2014

+ 19

Architects: Zhang Jingang
Area: 15843 m²
Year: 2013

schmidt hammer lassen Wins Competition to Design Ningbo's New Central Library

December 10, 2013

schmidt hammer lassen architects has been announced as the winners of a competition to design a large new central library in Ningbo, one of China's oldest cities with a population of seven million. The building will house the library's significant collection of over two million historic and ancient books, and will aim to double the library's daily visitors to around 8000 per day. Situated on the edge of a new ecological wetland area, the proposal will also form a new cultural hub within the city. As the latest in schmidt hammer lassen's long list of libraries (including the Royal Library in Copenhagen) with eight completed and four currently under construction, Ningbo's will be the practice's first in China.

Ningbo Facade / LAB Architecture Studio

May 19, 2013

+ 10

Architects: LAB Architecture Studio
Area: 18100 m²

Yinzhou Fantasy Island / DeStefano and Partners

August 16, 2009

DeStefano and Partners have created a new commercial center for Ninbgo, China. Extending the existing canal system, the Yinzhou Fantasy Island master plan fuses the current wetlands and parks with the commercial aspects of the city as a way to balance the ecological with the cultural. The plan will not only include retail areas, but also entertainment, business, leisure and cultural facilities placed strategically along pedestrian boulevards in close proximity to mass transit systems.

More about the plan after the break.