Shenzhen Rural Commercial Bank Headquarters

Building on SOM’s tradition of pioneering structural engineering solutions, the 158-metre-tall Shenzhen Rural Commercial Bank Headquarters showcases innovative applications of existing concepts of natural ventilation and diagrids. SOM inserted a floating diagrid—similar to an exoskeleton—that serves as both the building’s structure and an important solar shading system against the region’s hot tropical sun onto the […]

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A ‘maze’ of public gardens enliven the rooftop of Idea Factory

In line with our ongoing student competition FuturArc Prize (FAP) 2022: Reinterpretation, we are highlighting projects that follow the theme. Click here to learn more about the FAP brief; submit your entries by 25 February 2022! Shenzen Special Economic Zone—often dubbed the Silicon Valley of China—is best known for its technology and manufacturing industries. Its […]

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798 Vision Plan: transforming historic factories into an art district

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In line with our ongoing student competition FuturArc Prize (FAP) 2022: Reinterpretation, we are highlighting projects that follow the theme. Click here to learn more about the FAP brief; submit your entries by 25 February 2022! At the time of the plan’s development, Beijing developers were razing and rebuilding much of the city. Rather than […]

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Strung together: a hybrid retail emerges from an unused structure

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In line with our ongoing student competition FuturArc Prize (FAP) 2022: Reinterpretation, we are highlighting previously published projects that follow the theme. Click here to learn more about the brief and to submit your entries for FAP! The existing building was initially constructed to be part of the Pudong landscape, but it had fallen into […]

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Tianheng • Bayview

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To create a healthy and pleasant living environment for residents of Tianheng • Bayview in Zhuhai, China, the architects focused on five aspects since the planning stage: health and wellness; ecology; smart technology; living convenience; and culture. Traditional artforms of painting and gardening inform the landscape experience, which varies from high to low elevations and […]

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Green Shore Residence Phase II

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This waterfront residential project sits at the tip of Luoxi Island in Panyu, Guangzhou, bordered on three sides by the Pearl River stream. It consists of eight towers of varying heights that are arranged in pairs, which open up into wide viewing corridors between them. This architecture is a response to the relationship between the […]

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Shi Ban Qiao Mixed-Use Development

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This schematic design for a large mixed-use development at the centre of Hangzhou’s historic Shi Ban Qiao district won the design competition that was a part of the Hangzhou Future City project. Conceived as a large-scale urban regeneration development, it seeks to transform an area in the old city centre that is in need of an update into a vibrant community that adds to and integrates itself into the new cultural and green belt that runs across the city. […]

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Jingdezhen Plugin House

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Jingdezhen, known as China’s Porcelain Capital, has been producing ceramics for at least 1,000 years, starting from the Han Dynasty up until the present. The Jingdezhen Plugin House is a series of Plugins created for a historic greenware room, which is a ceramic greenware drying workshop, equivalent to today’s raw material preparation and moulding workshop. […]

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URBN Hotel

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The architectural team turned a trio of old buildings, including a former artificial limbs factory and a post office, into a boutique hotel. It holds the record as China’s first-of-its-kind carbon-neutral establishment. The architects’ radical approach conveys sensitivity to the environment while redefining what a hotel stay should be like. While the attention to sustainability […]

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Shanghai Greenland Center

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At first glance, one would not think that Shanghai’s largest urban park belongs to a shopping mall. The 20,000-square-metre green slope—named Urban Farm—is designed in such a way that the boundaries between the inside and outside have been blurred, creating a lush and spacious arena not only for shoppers but also for the neighbouring community, […]

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Shenzhen Energy Mansion

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Images by Chao Zhang Designed by Bjarke Ingels Group (BIG) as a ‘green’ landmark serving as a model for the 21st-century skyscraper, the state-owned Shenzhen Energy Company’s headquarters in the cultural, political and business centre of China’s Silicon Valley features an undulating building envelope, created to maximise sustainable performance and workplace comfort. Having won the […]

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