Global design firm Benoy has created some of China’s most distinctive architectural landmarks since the UK-based studio first opened its doors in Shanghai in 2008. Today, as the firm celebrates the ten-year anniversary of its first office in mainland China,… Read More>>
Benoy Blends Heritage and Innovation with New Hangzhou Art Center Sponsored Feature
The eastern Chinese city of Hangzhou has sought to raise its profile as a centre of both innovation and culture, equally notable for its UNESCO World Heritage sites and its tech credentials as home to e-commerce giant Alibaba.
Within this… Read More>>
Turning Nanjing’s Historic Waterfront into a Social Shopping Hub Sponsored Feature
The city of Nanjing is undertaking a $2 billion project to rebuild a three-kilometre stretch of riverfront which has long been home to an array of decaying factories and workshops, into a new urban district providing homes, workplaces and centres… Read More>>
Benoy Appoints Darren Cartlidge as Regional Operations Director
Global design firm Benoy announced today that it has appointed Darren Cartlidge as its Regional Operations Director based in Hong Kong, giving the 20 year industry veteran responsibility for projects in China, Southeast Asia and the other Australasia for the… Read More>>
Is Xi Turning His Sights From Corrupt Officials to Creative Architects?
China’s President Xi Jinping has been busy this year fighting off fears of an economic collapse, rooting out corrupt officials and attempting to calm protests in Hong Kong, but the leader of the world’s most populous nation still had… Read More>>
Twin 1km Tall Wuhan Phoenix Towers are Latest Supertall Scheme
A matched pair of hyper-green, male and female, towers are set to stretch a full kilometre from the ground in the central Chinese city of Wuhan, if a local chemical company and some London architects succeed in a recent architectural… Read More>>
Shenzhen Online Music HQ Designed to Visualise Downloads
Listening to downloaded music has been around for decades, but now – thanks to a Guangdong-based architecture firm – you can see the music that you’re downloading. (But only if you’re walking past the headquarters of the right online music company… Read More>>
Vanke Plans Retail Canyon Among Xiamen Residential Peaks
China’s largest developer by sales has joined with a Dutch design firm to create a man-made shopping valley linking eight residential towers in the southeastern Chinese city of Xiamen, in Fujian province.
China Vanke’s Vankely (for Vanke alley) is designed… Read More>>
Shenzhen Airport Becomes World’s Biggest Colander as Rain Rushes In
When it opened last year, Terminal Three at Shenzhen’s Bao’An International Airport was hailed as a milestone in China’s improving design universe, with a ground-breaking honeycomb skin that filled the structure with natural light.
Unfortunately, while the design may have… Read More>>
DC-Based Architect Creates Design for Shaoxing Cultural Park
A design by Washington DC-based architect Liu Xiang has been selected for a new commercial real estate development in the city of Shaoxing in China’s Zhejiang province.
The architect believes that the design for the 160,000 square metre cultural centre… Read More>>
