Alongside its historical significance as a station on the southern Silk Road, the city of Tengchong in Yunnan Province has, in recent times, frequently drawn upon the natural qualities of a region that, given its position amongst the foothills of the Himalayas.
Project name
Tengchong Observation Tower
Architecture firm
Delugan Meissl Associated Architects (DMAA)
Location
Tengchong, Yunnan Province, China
Design team
Diogo Teixeira, Jurgis Gecys, Ernesto M. Mulch, Tom Peter-Hindelang, Ezgi Özkan
Structural engineer
Bollinger+Grohmann
Typology
Observation Tower
Focusing on the space concept of “Park is Community”, Karv One Design and Shenzhen Vanke started from the exterior facade design inspired by baseball elements, and carried out a full-plan design.
Interior design
Karv One Design
Photography
Chen Ming, Neon Wang
Principal designer
Kyle Chan
Design team
acky Wan, Ally So, Derrick Liang, Bruce Li, Lou Lu, Sherman Lai, Lily Li, Pan Kai, Reeta Wu
Collaborators
Furniture Designer: Hannah Shen, Jessi Ding, Chiron Xiao. Graphic Designer: Sushila Law, Katie Ng. Theme Analyst: Sophie Shu, Larrissa Yan, Neon Wang, Amber Peng
Material
Wood Flooring, White Marble, Mirror Stainless Steel, Dark gray Aluminum Gusset, Copper-colored Stainless Steel, White Latex Paint, Gray Texture Paint, Dark Solid Wood, Blue Light Carpet
Tools used
Adobe Illustrator, Adobe Photoshop
Art has always been the driven force for WIDE HORIZON, a famous real estate developer, to motivate the cohesion of a community. Located at Jiangdong New District, Haikou, the capital of Hainan Province, Luxe Art Gallery is a modest earth-sheltered building that stands in a panoramic ecosystem of oceans, rainforests, rivers and lakes.
Project name
Luxe Art Gallery
Architecture firm
40 Studio
Location
Jiangdong New District, Haikou, China
Photography
Zhu Di @ SHADØO PLAY, He Chuan @Here Space, Here Architecture
Design team
He Ou & Qv Liming
Interior design
ENJOY DESIGN
Civil engineer
China Construction Fourth Engineering Bureau Co., Ltd.
Landscape
Guangzhou Landscape Bidder Design Co., Ltd., Changsha Moby Landscape Planning & Design Co., Ltd., Landscape Architects 49
Lighting
Chengdu Dipet Lighting Design Consulting Co., Ltd.
Construction
Hainan Xingyuan Landscape Engineering Co., Ltd.
Typology
Cultural › Art gallery
Dna Barcelona Architects unveils a Proposal for a New Icon Tower in the skyline of Shenzhen, China. The multi-use program of offices/Hotel and apartments allow us to create one common sky-garden at the center of the tower giving a unique microclimate and sustainable Building.
Project name
Leaf Tower, Shenzhen
Architecture firm
Dna Barcelona Architects
Visualization
Dna Barcelona Architects
Tools used
Autodesk 3ds Max, Lumion, Adobe Photoshop
Principal architect
Aryanour Djalali
Design team
Dna Barcelona Architects
Typology
Commercial › Hotel, Apartments. Offices
The project is the new store of the new-Chinese-style dessert brand “Zolaism” in Aranya, Qinhuangdao, one of the most popular seaside resort communities sitting 3-4 hours drive from the central city of Beijing
Project name
Zolaism Café, Aranya
Architecture firm
B.L.U.E. Architecture Studio
Location
Qinhuangdao City, Hebei Province, China
Principal architect
Shuhei Aoyama, Yoko Fujii, Lingzi Liu, Jiaxi Li, Ziwei Zhou/ B.L.U.E. Architecture Studio
Built area
170 m² (interior), 47 m² (exterior)
Interior design
B.L.U.E. Architecture Studio
Lighting
B.L.U.E. Architecture Studio
Material
Wall: cement coating. Floor: terrazzo. Rock Sculpture: GRC
Typology
Hospitality › Cafe
The project was launched with the ambitious objective of transforming a former coal-mining area into a landscape park, which is not only a model for the landscape design that is so essential in China, but also contains a building infrastructure that can be used for researching into and offering people access to and information about natural ecosyst...
Project name
Taiyuan Botanical Garden
Architecture firm
Delugan Meissl Associated Architects (DMAA)
Location
Jinyuan District, Taiyuan City, China
Design team
Maria Dirnberger, Volker Gessendorfer, Bernd Heger, Tom Peter-Hindelang, Klara Jörg, Rangel Karaivanov, Leonard Kern, Kinga Kwasny, Toni Nachev, Martin Schneider, Petras Vestartas
Collaborators
Institute of Shanghai Architectural Design & Research (Co.,Ltd.), Bollinger + Grohmann Ingenieure, Yiju Ding
Structural engineer
Bollinger + Grohmann Ingenieure, StructureCraft
Environmental & MEP
Cody Energy Design
Landscape
Valentien+Valentien Landschaftsarchitekten und Stadtplaner SRL, Beijing BLDJ Landscape Architecture Insitute Co.,Ltd.
Client
Botanical Garden Taiyuan
Typology
Cultural › Greenhouse, Landscape, Museum, Restaurant
Panda NANA｜We do not aspire to be eternal beings, we only hope things do not lose their meaning and purpose. - Jinan Truly Malaysia’s Home Retail Space
Project name
Jinan Truly Malaysia’s Home
Interior design
Panda NANA
Photography
Liu Xinghao from INSPACE Photography
Principal designer
Lin Jiacheng, Cai Xuanna, Li Poyan
Collaborators
SAC Chen Ziyang (Brand Design), Qingqishi (Installation Design)
Material
Stainless steel, micro cement, precision jade
Visualization
CUN Panda Visualization
Contractor
Mr. Huang's team from Jinan
Typology
Commercial › Retail Store
Appointed in 2017 to expand the resort, Zaha Hadid Architects designed Studio City Phase 2 with new leisure, entertainment and hospitality facilities including one of Asia’s largest indoor & outdoor water parks and a six-screen Cineplex together with extensive conference and exhibition spaces.
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