A Garden in the Sky Becomes the Soul of This Ningbo Apartment.In Ningbo, China, a designer couple reimagined their top-floor apartment around an unlikely starting point: a three-metre-square garden open to the sky. The Inner Garden by OUTIN Design places two Japanese maples and wild ferns at the...
Ippolito Fleitz Group Designs a Next-Gen Workplace in China’s E-Commerce Capital.Ippolito Fleitz Group has turned a five-storey building in Hangzhou into a next-generation workplaces tailored to China's thriving e-commerce industry. The 2,200 square metre show office is designed to prove that work environments can be...
“The Future Ruin” Concept Transforms 1950s Beijing Chemical Plant Into Cycling Hub.Beijing's cycling scene has a new hero space. Aitashop's flagship by Yatofu Creatives occupies a transformed 1954 chemical plant in 751 D·PARK. The design preserves massive desulphurisation tanks as sculptural elements while creating...
Floating Canvases: Industrial Cool Meets Coffee Culture at Atelier tao+c’s Blue Bottle Coffee at West Bund.Blue Bottle Coffee centres on floating ceiling planes that appear to flutter like canvases caught in river breezes, supported by angled timber columns. Smart integration of air conditioning and lighting within these sculptural elements...
A 1950s Beijing Forklift Factory Fosters Creative Synergy Between an Architecture Studio and a Modern Florist.A forgotten industrial 1950s cottage finds new life as a creative sanctuary in Beijing. Office AIO's renovation creates distinct zones for its architectural studio and modern florist Florette, maximising the 90-square-metre footprint...
Vector Architects’ Forest Spa Channels Bond-Worthy Sophistication in China’s Mountains.Nestled among poplar trees in China's Wuling Mountain, Vector Architects' Wulingshan Eye Stone Spring emerges as a concrete poetry of circles and grids. Elevated on columns, this spa sits in dialogue with nature through strategic glazing...
Underground Glamour: Shenzhen’s Garage Reimagines Car Culture.An underground car culture paradise emerges in Shenzhen as DDDD Creative Company transforms 6,900 square meters beneath Poly Theatre into Garage—a retro-futuristic complex celebrating vintage and modified...
Time-Traveling Fashion: Run To The Future’s Debut Store Fuses 80s Nostalgia with Cyberpunk Dreams.Experience retail theatre at its finest in Run To The Future’s debut store. This space in Chengdu’s Cosmo blends artistic installations, vintage elements, and futuristic design to create a shopping experience that transcends time,...
Undulating Wall Creates Spatial Harmony in This 53sqm Hong Kong Home.New York-based Adrian Chan Design and Research Office demonstrates the power of meticulous planning in a compact Hong Kong apartment. The 53-square-meter space features an innovative undulating wall system that defines spaces while...
