China   Used to visiting architecture exhibitions in which buildings are interpreted through plans, drawings and models, the organizers of this event – CIPEA, China International Practical Exhibition of Architecture – tried to make a change and show building

Qingyun Ma   China   The existence of a pass between two hills inspired the design of this house as a pipe, which can be seen at the specific point where it emerges from one slope to then disappear into the next. The house is actually conceived as a fragment of that pipi

Qingyun Ma   China   The ancient city of Ningbo is among the many ports which claim to be the birthplace of the silk trade route, a city which lacks both the arrogance and harshness of continental China and the conformist mentality of the major trading ports. Its commerc

Qingyun Ma   China   The Qingling mountains form the backdrop to an extensive territory, where the landscape of distant and precipitous mountain tops is transformed into a river bed. The range overlooks Jade Valley and an almost endless plateau, and it is here that this