Populous has won the competition to design the mater plan for the 2014 Youth Olympic Games in Nanjing, China. + Project description by Populous The master plan for the 2014 Youth Olympic Games in Nanjing, China has been awarded to Populous, the world’s pre-eminent firm for the design of sporting special events including Olympic Games, [...]
In Beijing, China-based architectural studio Atelier 11 has successfully converted the 30 years old factory building into the contemporary Inside-out Art Center. A simplistic aesthetic was adopted for the interiors of the Art Center with the intention to keep some characteristics of the previous industrial building, as a reflection to the history of the site. [...]
Multi-award-winning masterplanners and exhibition designers MET Studio have been commissioned to create three galleries for China’s new Ningbo Science Exploration Centre, due to open in Spring 2012. The 50,000 sq m new-build centre will house six permanent galleries in total, across two storeys, and MET Studio (in a joint undertaking between the company’s London and [...]
GuangZhou Opera House designed by Zaha Hadid is soon unveiled, located in the new city of Pearl River, the Guangzhou Opera House has become one of China’s three biggest theaters. If you are in China, or you plan to visit China next year, let’s take this chance to meet the world-renowned architect in GuangZhou Opera [...]
Designed by the Chinese architecture studio Atelier 11, this is a church located in Pan Long Gu, a national scenic area at Ji County in the city of Tianjing, China. As a religious facility built for a neighboring Spanish-style residential development, the design of the church takes the reference from the European architectural language and [...]
LANDCARPET is a modern area rug, inspired by nature and farmed landscapes. It shows the world from straight above, as we usally see it only out of the window of a plane. A fascinating landscape image, a satellite-like aerial view to touch, LANDCARPET is a piece of nature in your apartment. As each country deals [...]
Interior Lifestyle China, an international trade fair for household products and accessories. Interior Lifestyle China is being held from October 13-16, 2010 at the Shanghai Exhibition Center in Shanghai, China and is a Messe Frankfurt event. Not only will products from China be featured, but also items specially crafted in Hong Kong, Germany, France, Italy [...]
If you now are in China, you probably have a chance to attend the lectures by world renowned architects Wolf D. Prix/ COOP HIMMELB(L)AU. Here are the time and venue during Wolf D. Prix’s schedule in China. Shenzhen, China Venue: Shenzhen Municipal Urban Planning Bureau, 2nd Floor, Trade Hall, No. 8009 Hongli West Road, Shenzhen [...]
The latest interior design project by OOBIQ Architect has just been completed. Drop Shanghai, which is considered to be the hottest spot in Shanghai (China) night life, opened last month. The design presents a feeling that reminds European classic interior. DROP Shanghai: A contemporary classic. This was a brainstorming between the Client (DROP Shanghai) and [...]
OOBIQ Architects, an Italian design firm based in Hong Kong has recently completed the retail design for Alla Scala Concept in Shen Zhen, China. + Project description, text by Samuele Martelli, Giambattista Burdo Approaching to a concept design for a new brand is generally very challenging for designers. When in our daily work we cooperate [...]
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PALAZZO DEL LAVORO (Palace of Labour) \ Alberto Apostoli
Italian Architect Alberto Apostoli signs the renovation of a building in which colors and details of the facade redefine the volume through a geometrical but refined language. The project starts from a building renovation from the 60’s that was partially wrecked by the terrible earthquake that seriously damaged the old town of L’Aquila (the heart [...]
Private Colege in Oporto \ OVAL – Avelino Oliveira
Photographer João Morgado shared with us his recently photography of the Private Colege in Oporto designed by OVAL – Avelino Oliveira. A group of buildings for the new facilities of the College Cebes (secondary school), which is situated in Foz do Douro, in the municipality of Porto. The project proposes a building that is based [...]
Sejong Art Center Winning Proposal / designcamp moonpark dmp
Sejong Art Center (hereafter SAC) is designed for various performing arts such as musical, ballet, dancing and etc. There are two theaters, a main theater with more than 800 seats and a medium sized theater with 300 seats, and a film theater with 250 seats and art gallery in SAC. It is located in the [...]
