Banyan Tree Nanjing Garden Expo is a luxury hotel located on Tangshan Mountain, which was once a paradise dense with clouds and mists. However, the exploitation and destruction by humans have stripped its vegetation, changed the geography, eroded the soil, and damaged landscape, turning Tangshan Mountain into devastated industrial ruins.
Project name
Banyan Tree Nanjing Garden Expo
Architecture firm
Cheng Chung Design
Location
Nanjing Garden Expo, Jiangsu, China
Completion year
October 2021
Collaborators
Art consulting: CCD · WOWU Art Consultancy
Interior design
CCD / Cheng Chung Design (HK)
Material
Concrete, Wood, Glass, Steel
Client
Nanjing Garden Expo
Typology
Hospitality › Hotel
When you enter the apartment the first thing that catches your eye is the soaring wooden volume, a cabinet suspended between two walls. Behind it you can immediately see the general area of the apartment. This solution, like many in this interior, is both aesthetic and functional.
Project name
VTB Arena Park
Architecture firm
Artem Babayants
Location
Moscow, Russian Federation
Photography
Sergey Krasyuk
Principal architect
Artem Babayants
Design team
Babayants Architects
Collaborators
Style by Yes We May
Interior design
Babayants Architects
Environmental & MEP engineering
Material
Wood, natural stone, artificial stone, glass
Visualization
Babayants Architects
Tools used
3D Max, Corona Render, photographed by Hasselblad
Typology
Residential › Apartment
The client's wish was to create a home that would provide a feeling of airiness and spaciousness and at the same time, they desired the possibility to separate the daily activities so the members of the household will not disturb each other.
Architecture firm
Formafatal
Location
Prague, Czech Republic
Principal architect
Katarína Varsová
Environmental & MEP engineering
Material
Massif oak – dining table. Concrete – ceiling. Black Terazzo – sills. Oak parquet – floor. Ceramics – walls of bathrooms. Metal – frames, pipes for cables, handrails
Typology
Residential › Apartment
The rich and fertile land of west Sichuan has given birth to countless special flavours that dominate people’s food throughout the year.CHUAN HSI PA TZU·Teahouse has decided to rekindle the ties of friendship and pass on the heritage of hotpot in the unique building that sits on Jiaozi Avenue.
Project name
CHUAN HSI PA TZU
Architecture firm
HDC Design
Location
No.456# Jiaozi Avenue Chengdu Hi-Tech Industrial Development Zone, China
Principal architect
Jiajun Tang, Rene Liu
Design team
Jiajun Tang, Rene Liu, Dana, Yuqing He
Collaborators
Furniture and equipment design: TimeStone Design
Material
Concrete, Wood, Glass, Bamboo
Typology
Restaurant, Hospitality, Teahouse
Moos is located in Spaarndammmerbuurt, a neighbourhood best known for Het Schip, a housing complex designed in the Amsterdam School style. These buildings display all the hallmarks of this early 20th century architectural movement: ornate brickwork, a multitude of decorative elements, overlaying patterns in a variety of materials, and a love of cra...
Location
Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Photography
Maarten Willemstein
Design team
Studio Modijefsky; Esther Stam, Moene van Werven, Natalia Nikolopoulou, Agnese Pellino, Ivana Stella, Felicia Urena, Blerina Xhigoli
Built area
108.5 m² interior; 45 m² terrace
Interior design
Studio Modijefsky
Tools used
SketchUp, AutoCAD, Adobe Photoshop
Material
Concrete, Wood, Glass
Client
3WO, Joost Lebesque
Typology
Hospitality, Cafe, Bar
The White Section Homestay designed by Wutopia Lab in Suzhou was opened in October 2021 in West Lindu Village on the shore of Taihu Lake. It is invested by Jingcheng Culture Tourism Development (Suzhou) Co., Ltd, a subsidiary of TONGCHENGTRAVEL, and managed by Taolu Brand homestay. The White Section Homestay is the first prototype building that is...
Project name
Suzhou Section Homestay
Architecture firm
Wutopia Lab
Location
No.1 West Lindu, Shanglin Village, Hengjing Street, Wuzhong District, Suzhou, Jiangsu. China
Photography
CreatAR Images
Principal architect
Yu Ting, Huang He
Design team
Li Ziheng, Zhuang Yinfei (Intern)
Collaborators
Document Development: Shanghai Sunyat Architecture Design Co., Ltd.; Development Team: Zhu Yumei, Hu Wenxiao (Structure), Shi Jiaying, Mao Bo, Mao Yaqian, Wang Can, Yu Bing, Shen Rui.; Plant Consultant: Liu Yuelai, Xie Wenwan
Lighting
Chloe Zhang, Wei Shiyu, Chen Xingru, Liu Xueyi
Material
Exterior Wall Paint, Aluminum Veneer, Steel, Aluminum Composite Panel, Volcanic Rock, Micro Cement, Terrazzo
Client
Jingcheng Culture Tourism Development (Suzhou) Co., Ltd
Typology
Hospitality, Hotel
We decided to break the silence and present our new project — Jolly Beauty Salon in Kyiv. The salon is temporarily closed because of the war, but soon it will open its doors again. And each of us should find strength to continue our job and move towards our bright future.
Project name
JOLLY beauty&care
Architecture firm
Rina Lovko Studio
Photography
Yevhenii Avramenko
Principal architect
Rina Lovko
Design team
Rina Lovko, Daryna Shpuryk
Visualization
Daryna Shpuryk
Tools used
Autodesk 3ds Max, Adobe Photoshop
Material
microcement, travertin, stainless steel, oak veneer, caesarstone
Client
Alina Zakharchenko, Christina Maznaya
Typology
Wellness, Beauty Salon
Located in The Mixc World, Shenzhen, the project is a new store that Onexn Architects designed for Dishao Optical, which supplies handmade eyeglasses from multiple Japanese brands. The client asked for a novel way of expressing a Zen atmosphere in the store, and an interpretation of Oriental philosophy in a contemporary context.
Project name
Dishao Optical
Architecture firm
Onexn Architectural & Spatial Design Office (Shenzhen) Co., Ltd.
Location
The Mixc World, Shennan Avenue, Nanshan District, Shenzhen, China
Photography
Yanming Photo
Principal architect
Wang Jingjing
Collaborators
Props: GOOPAK
Completion year
July 30, 2022
Typology
Commercial, Store
