On an underused plot on one side of the Lu Xun Memorial Museum stands this pavilion that hosts a variety of cultural activities. The local firm SHISUO Design office – established by Sanif and Shangshan in 2023 – had to work on a limited budget and a
The warehouse of an old cotton textile factory outside the Chinese capital has been refurbished to harbor the main office and the retail concept store of a historical pastry brand. In allusion to their baking-industry uses, the brick buildings were t
Combining curved and rectilinear forms, the complex is divided into five concrete blocks separated by gardens themed around the four seasons and connected by raised semi-outdoor corridors. Oriented inward, the project draws inspiration from the nearb
Amid the tourist boom that the region is undergoing, a young art center has endeavored to relieve its tight installations with an urban landmark that will give it more visibility.
Two hours by car from the center of Beijing, this open-air concert hall is a work of the firm OPEN, led by Li Hu and Huang Wenjing. Set amid mountains, the concrete building is an inverted cone, textured like a rock where each striation cantilevers o
In 798, an entire cultural district located on land which was formerly occupied by Soviet factories, a new art museum completes the program offered by a series of existing sheds. The building’s structure presents brickwork that respects the industria
Located in the city of Guilin, in China’s Guangxi region, thirteen wooden cabins tightly interspersed with lush trees, rising as high as their tops, form the Guilin Lebei Homestay Hotel, a work of the Beijing firm aoe architects. Each containing 27 s
