China

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Pavilion in nature: Rong Xi Zhai by Ni Zan

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[caption id="attachment_347535" align="alignnone" width="1233"] This scroll was created by Ni Zan in 1372. The title describes a room so sm...

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Negotiating the aid paradigm: Sixten Rahlff, Joshua Bolchover and John Lin in conversation

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Part of the winning team of the inaugural 1999 AR Emerging awards, Sixten Rahlff of 3RW Arkitekter speaks to previous finalists Joshua Bolchover and John Lin about building in...

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A forbidden history of Tiananmen Square
A 1375 atlas of the mediterannean region, drawn in colour on parchment

Experimental Saharanism: exploiting desert environments
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Houses without architects, China: demolition postcard
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Outrage: legacies of Covid-19 in Shanghai

 

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Revisit: Bridge School in Xiashi Village, Fujian Province, China, by Li Xiaodong Atelier

Li Xiaodong Atelier’s 2009 community space for Xiashi Village in south‑east China has been renovated to meet climatic and changing demographic needs

A thriving green lotus pond with tall buildings in the background

Li Hongzhang ancestral hall pond in Nanjing, China, by School of Architecture, Southeast University and AESEU

In Nanjing, a team of university architects negotiate the complex legacy of the late Qing dynasty reformer Li Hongzhang in a subtle restoration of a lotus pond

A cluster of buildings sitting atop the foundations of a historic wall in Shenzen

Bricolage houses in Shenzhen, China, by ARCity Office
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Petrol station in Dongying, China by Situate Architecture
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Steel life: Grand Canal Steelworks Park in Hangzhou, China by Jiakun Architects and TLS Landscape Architecture
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Village hall in Jieshou, China, by Wang Weijen Architecture
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Yang’s Residence in Guiliu village, China by Mume Design
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Modular furniture for subdivided units by Domat in Hong Kong, China
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The Playscape in Beijing, China by WAA
Floating Islands of Sky in Chengdu, China by Unarchitecte

Floating Islands of Sky in Chengdu, China by Unarchitecte
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