The Shanghai Poly Grand Theater is a massive glass-and-concrete rectilinear building that features circular cutouts and recesses—like holes on a block of Swiss cheese—that are open to the public and exposed to the air.
CTF is the world’s fifth tallest skyscraper, according to the Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat, and comprises 111 stories and includes offices, a conference center, hotel, and subterranean shopping concourse that connects to public...
This bright, airy live-work space makes use of the structure’s original skylights, exposed-steel trusses, and high, gabled ceilings, which clock in at nearly 20 feet tall.
Has the saga of the futuristic "straddling bus" come to an end? A local reporter in the Chinese city where the vehicle was being tested tracked down the prototype and found it gathering dust in a shed.
The $145 million replica is destined to be a unique tourist draw. Tickets to stay in the enormous vessel went on sale way back in 2005 for about $435 a night.
Instead of buying a new apartment in a high-rise, the client chose to renovate her childhood family home in the neighborhood of Changchun Jie with a plug-in instead—for a thirty times less than what it would cost to buy a new home.
Built as part of the Futian Cultural District—Shenzhen’s new urban center—MOCAPE comprises seven stories over 861,000 square feet and rises 131 feet tall.
Hutongs, traditional Chinese housing made up of narrow alleyways and courtyards, continue to be ripe for small living wizardry. The latest example? A 460-square-foot Beijing home for a family of six.
Brick, a material as old as time, may just be the edgiest thing in architecture right now. Over in Shanghai, a new brick facade seems to defy dimension, looking like some mysterious sci-fi force is ripping right through it.
The 607 feet long and 13 feet high Lucky Knot bridge undulates in several strands and connects the banks of the Dragon King Harbour River in the Meixi Lake district.
Snaking up the side of China’s "Grand Canyon," the world’s longest escalator is now taking tourists from Hubei province’s Qixing Village resort to a scenic lookout roughly 650 feet above its base. More than 600,000 people are expected to take the...
In 2013, Dutch designer Daan Roosegaarde unveiled a proposal for a giant "electronic vacuum cleaner" that would help clear the sky in pollution-ridden Beijing. Three years and a $150,000 Kickstarter campaign later, the giant air purifier has just...
Created as a mixed-use building, the impressive structure will house a hotel, a 2,100-seat conference center, 500-seat concert venue, office space, and basement parking.
The clean-lined, white-and-pale-wood-loving modern look has gone mainstream, just ask the rebranded TGI Fridays in Texas or every other Airbnb rental, or this refreshing new dental clinic in Tianjin, China.
This traditional rammed-earth house in Pingtian, a village located in the Sidu Township of Songyang County in China, has been converted into a design-forward youth hostel by architect He Wei that utilizes plastic walls to create highly adaptable...
Demand for high-quality, design-forward, western-style furniture is increasing in China, where the growth of the urban middle class continues to explode. Because of the country’s massive manufacturing capabilities and consumer base, its fledgling...
