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Chinese Architecture follows contemporary building in mainland China alongside its long tradition of courtyards, timber frames and gardens. ArchEyes coverage includes Vector Architects’ Alila Yangshuo hotel, built around a former sugar mill, Wutopia Lab’s projects in Shanghai and Suzhou, LUO Studio’s timber pavilions, IAPA’s courtyard hotel in Xi’an and Snøhetta’s Shanghai Grand Opera House. Many of these works reinterpret vernacular materials, rural settlements and landscape traditions for new cultural, residential and hospitality programs.
Chengzhong Church, also known as Xinchang City Church, is an interior adaptation of an existing concrete church shell in Shaoxing, China. Atelier d’More reorganized the sanctuary with a continuous white…
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HI CUP Cafe is a 60-square-meter renovation in Hangzhou’s Binjiang District that reorganizes a compact existing shell around a timber bar, retained vegetation, and a sequence of framed garden views…
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Xicheng Canal Landscape – Opposite Parks reshapes 169.7 hectares of former industrial land in Jiangyin, China, into a four-kilometer canal corridor divided between an adaptable cultural park on the East…
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Haikou Workers’ Activity Center is a 57,411-square-meter cultural and sports complex in Haikou, China, organized as a porous, shaded public landscape. Its stepped steel structure, planted terraces, water systems, and…
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West-line Studio’s renovation of the Shidada Historic Settlement in Chishui, Guizhou, repairs a dense river-port district by restoring its stone lanes, courtyard houses, timber structures, and communal spaces. Developed over…
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West Garden Florist is an 84-square-meter park amenity in Haidian Park, Beijing, where a flower shop and refreshment counter are organized beneath a planted timber canopy. Set among existing trees…
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Banyan Tree Mount Emei is a 34,070-square-meter hospitality complex at the foot of Mount Emei in Sichuan, organized as a low-density network of courtyards, pavilions, terraces, and guest villas embedded…
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Yeyeland Mineral & Dessert Concept Store by STUDIO 4/301 organizes mineral collecting, retail display, and dessert service within a 240-square-meter interior on South Wulumuqi Road in Shanghai. The project uses…
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Chongqing Bay is a 4,066-square-meter clubhouse interior on Nanbin Road in Chongqing, organized as a sequence of arrival, reception, social, dining, and wellness spaces. Designed by OTN, the project translates…
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Hé Showroom is a 300-square-meter fashion retail interior in Nanyou, Shenzhen, organized as a sequence of display, fitting, conversation, and lounge settings. The project uses mobile concrete volumes, vaulted circulation…
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Chang’an Academy and Xi’an Public Library is a 70,016.90-square-meter cultural complex on the Ba River in Xi’an, where a broad civic roofscape frames a library interior organized around reading, circulation…
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Bihailou Art Village is a 6,500-square-meter mixed-use cultural complex under construction in Shatoujiao, Shenzhen. Organized as a seven-level stack of differently scaled volumes, it combines a theatre, museum, retail, food…
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LAGO Italian Family Kitchen by vari architects adapts an existing waterfront pavilion in Yihe Ecological Park, Chongqing, into a small lakeside restaurant organized around a new timber-and-galvanized-metal frame. Set between…
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Heart Fields by Wutopia Lab reworks a group of abandoned rural houses in Shanglin Village, Suzhou, into a compact bookstore where reading, gathering, and overnight stays are arranged through a…
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