Xian: The Latest Architecture and News

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• Architects

  RENGARCH

• Location

  Building 9, Min Park, Xi'an, Shanxi, China

• Category

  Retail

• Lead Architects

  Rengran Zhang , Xintong Shi

• Design Team

  Rengran Zhang , Xintong Shi,Dayong Liu

• Area

  241.8 m2

• Project Year

  2018

• Photographs

  Zhongrui Zhao

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• Interiors Designers

  Wutopia Lab

• Location

  67 Ming Guang Lu, Weiyang Qu, Xian Shi, Shaanxi Sheng, China

• Category

  Store

• Architect in Charge

  Ting Yu

• Project Architect

  Chen Lin

• Design Team

  Jie Lv, Jianming Zhu, Mingcheng Du, Liyuan Lu

• Area

  1886.0 m2

• Project Year

  2018

• Photographs

  CreatAR Images

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• Architects

  China Architecture Design Group Land-based Rationalism D.R.C

• Location

  251 Tai Hua Nan Lu, Xincheng Qu, Xian Shi, Shaanxi Sheng, China

• Category

  Refurbishment

• Architect in Charge

  Kai Cui, Keyao Wang，Rubing Zhang, Aurelien Chen

• Design Team

  Keyao Wang，Rubing Zhang, Aurelien Chen, Yang Liu, Fan Gao, Yang Cao

• Landscape Designer

  Jun Feng

• Construction Drawing

  China Northwest Building Design Research

• Collaborators

  Western Institute of Seismic and Building Design + Design Institute of Xi’an University of Architecture And Technology

• Paper model

  Jianjun Song

• Award

  Second Place at 2A Asia Architcture Award 2016 Old and New category – Vienna

• Area

  84790.0 m2

• Project Year

  2014

• Photographs

  Frederic Henriques, Guangyuan Zhang, Aurelien Chen, Jun Feng, Keyao Wang, Lin Li

A 100-meter-tall air purification tower in Xi’an, China – believed to be the world’s largest air purifier – has significantly improved city air quality, results from its preliminary run suggest.

According to researchers from the Institute of Earth Environment at the Chinese Academy of Sciences, the tower has managed to produce more than 10 million cubic metres (353 million cubic feet) of clean air per day since it was launched a few months ago. In the 10-square-kilometer (3.86-square-mile) observed area of the city, smog ratings have been reduced to moderate levels even on severely polluted days, an improvement over the city’s previous hazardous conditions.

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• Architects

  China Northwest Architecture Design and Research Institute

• Location

  Xi'an, Shaanxi, China

• Category

  Historic Preservation

• Design Team

  Zhao Yuanchao, Zhi Pu, Wang Dong, Hui Qiannan

• Area

  69000.0 m2

• Project Year

  2014

• Photographs

  Chen Su

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• Architects

  FLOscape Landscape Design Company

• Location

  Yan Nan Si Lu, QuJiang ShangQuan, Yanta Qu, Xian Shi, Shaanxi Sheng, China

• Category

  Landscape Architecture

• Design Team

  Kai Fu, Lei Guo, Lixing Pan, Shiqian Luo, Jianhao Sun, Xiaoyin Wang, Shuyi Zhang

• Area

  5000.0 m2

• Project Year

  2017

After winning a recent international design competition, EID Architecture out of Shanghai aims to redefine high-density mixed-use development in Asia through their design for the OCT Xi’an International Center (OXIC) in Xi’an, China. The architects consider their approach an exploration of vertical urbanism; the project consists of a 320-meter tall tower for offices and a boutique hotel, a 220-meter tall apartment tower, and a 12-floor podium full of retail and entertainment spaces. Visualized as an icon and cultural landmark, the design is strategically organized horizontally and vertically to create a vibrant, permeable urban center.

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• Interiors Designers

  Hallucinate Design Office

• Location

  Xi'an, Shaanxi, China

• Category

  Offices Interiors

• Project client

  Maike Group

• Area

  326200.0 sqm

• Project Year

  2015

• Photographs

  Javier Callejas Sevilla

The Royal Institute of British Architects (RIBA) has awarded unconditional RIBA Part 1 accreditation to the undergraduate program at Xi’an Jiaotong-Liverpool University (XJTLU) in Suzhou, making it the first Chinese architecture program to be certified by the UK architecture body. The accreditation marks another first for XJTLU's partner university at Liverpool, which pioneered the RIBA accreditation system by becoming the first certified course in the world in 1906, and officially marks the program at XJTLU as on a par with other architecture schools around the world.

PLASMA Studio's latest project in Xixian City's Eco-Park isn't just a restaurant – it's also a greenhouse, hydroponic garden, and indoor playground. The project, which broke ground this past July, will twist and fold across the green landscape. Future dinners will enjoy meals featuring local ingredients and in-house produce (which they will also have the opportunity to pick themselves), echoing the sustainable approach taken by the rest of the park. Keep reading after the break to learn more about the interrelated, mixed-use program.

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• Architects

  Aedas

• Location

  Xi'an, Shaanxi, China

• Category

  Exhibition center

• Area

  2110.0 sqm

• Project Year

  2014

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• Architects

  Lacime Architectural Design

• Location

  Xi'an, Shaanxi, China

• Category

  Crypts & Mausoleums

• Design Team

  Song Zhaoqing, Li Jing, Zhao Jinxin, Chen Cheng and Zhang Tengfei

• Collaborators

  Chen Cheng, Zhang Tengfei

• Area

  7000.0 sqm

• Project Year

  2011

• Photographs

  Yao Li

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• Architects

  Plasma Studio

• Location

  Xi'an, Shaanxi, China

• Category

  Exhibition center

• Architect in Charge

  Eva Castro, Holger Kehne, Ulla Hell

• Area

  4000.0 sqm

• Project Year

  2011