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post updated 5 November 2025

China Architecture Designs – chronological list

5 November 2025
Cloudhaus Hotel, Yunlin Resort Area, northern slope of Jinfo Mountain, Nanchuan District, Southwestern China
Architects: RooMoo

photo : Wen Studio

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26 November 2024
The Glade Bookstore, Chongqing
Architects: HAS design and research

photo : Yu Bai
The Glade is a cultural brand as well as a compound bookstore, providing a new lifestyle. It is a place for a bookstore, coffee, afternoon tea, restaurant, bar, cultural and creative industries, and irregular exhibitions.

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Chongqing Architectural News

Chongqing Architecture Design News in southwest China, chronological:

28 Nov 2022
ChangXin Memory Technologies in Chongqing China, Shou County, Anhui
Architects: PH Alpha Design

image : PH Alpha Design
ChangXin Memory Technologies is located in the center of the northern new area of Liangjiang New District in Chongqing, CIFI Group Yuelai Commercial Project is in the key junction port of “Belt and Road” and “Yangtze River Economic Belt”, which is a strategic spot of the China Western Development. It is also the financial center and innovation center in the upper reaches of the Yangtze River.

24 Aug 2022
Twisting Tower – Chongqing Gaoke Group Ltd Office Building
Design: Aedas

photo : Arch-Exist
This new Chinese office tower building utilises a simple elegant form. It is derived from the northern light, which creates the twisting shape of the 180m tall tower to form expressive double-curved surfaces on the building façades.

27 July 2022
Jinke Zhaomushan Jinke Group Headquarters Project
Design: Aedas

photo : Arch-Exist Photography
Aedas’ new mixed-use project, Jinke Group Headquarters, is located in Chongqing – a young metropolis secluded within central China’s rolling mountains. Inspired by the mountain city’s undulating landscapes, Aedas Executive Director Yao Chun Wen and Global Design Principal Kevin Wang jointly led the team to vitalise the headquarter for Jinke Group.

21 Jun 2022
Chongqing Liangjiang Yuzui OPN Area Concept Planning>, Longsheng area, Chongqing, southwestern China
Design: Aedas, Dpall Engineering (Sh) Co.,Ltd

image courtesy of architects practice
Aedas and Dpall Engineering (Sh) Co.,Ltd. have joined forces to create the urban design scheme for Chongqing Liangjiang Yuzui OPN Area Concept Planning & TOD Central Area.

13 Jun 2022
HARMAY Chongqing Commercial Development
Design: AIM Architecture

photo : WenStudio, Bowen Gu
Steep height differences, winding streets, public spaces and buildings connect multi-tiered terrains creating exciting spatial experiences and unconventional underground spaces. The HARMAY site, in the heart of the city, is a tired shopping-mall but magically intertwined with a sloped public plaza. The interior space is set underground, with minimal contact to the outside world connecting both ends of this Cathay mall.

26 May 2022
LuxeRivers Chongqing Apartments
Design: SAOTA

image : PrismImage
LuxeRivers is a new mixed-use development in Chongqing, a large city in southwest China, on a steep site at the confluence of the Yangtze and the Jialing Rivers. It comprises several blocks of luxury apartments, residential villas and commercial elements woven together with extensive infrastructure, including bridges and tunnels, landscaping, paths, water features and recreational facilities.

14 Apr 2022
Former Baowu Steelworks Chongqing masterplan
Design: BDP

image courtesy of architects practice
An interdisciplinary design team, led by BDP, will deliver a landmark renewal of the urban space, based on modern planning concepts and contemporary design aspirations whilst promoting industrial regeneration and retention of important industrial heritage. The new steelworks site will become a benchmark for innovative food, beverage and hospitality industry in China and present a new tourist and leisure destination within a unique, mixed-use offering for the local community.

29 Mar 2022
Chongqing Cuntan Cruise Terminal TOD
Architecture: Aedas, Beijing Institute of Architectural Design (BIAD), China Railway Eryuan Engineering Group (CREEC)

image courtesy of architects practice
Aedas, Beijing Institute of Architectural Design and China Railway Eryuan Engineering Group triumphed in an international design contest to create the conceptual scheme for the Chongqing Cuntan Cruise Terminal TOD. The project site sits within the Chongqing’s Cuntan Port area, the city’s key connectivity node along the Yangtze River since ancient times.

13 Jan 2022
Chongqing Cuntan International Cruise Centre, Liangjiang New Area
Design: MAD Architects with the China Academy of Building Research (CASR)

image courtesy of architects practice
The project site, currently a cargo terminal covering 66,000 square meters, is located in Chongqing’s Liangjiang New Area. The site and associated cruise terminal sit within the Cuntan Port area, allowing access to the Yangtze River. Under MAD’s plans, the site will become a 65,000-sqm international cruise terminal and city complex, hosting a 15,000-sqm cruise port and 50,000 square metres for commercial space.

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29 Dec 2021
Chongqing Guanyinqiao Sincere Centre Phase II, Guanyinqiao
Architects: Aedas

photo : Arch-Exist Photography
The Sincere Centre Phase II comprising a Grade-A office tower, a serviced apartment tower and a retail podium, is in the core area of the Guanyinqiao business district in Chongqing. Designed by the major international architecture office Aedas it is in close proximity to the city’s main arteries, and to its southeast stands Phase I.

8 Dec 2021
The Ring Chongqing Landscape Design, Yubei District
Architects: ASPECT Studios

photos by Wenjie Wang, xf photography, Hongkong Land, ASPECT Studios
The Ring pushes the boundaries of the traditional retail environment, which has been turned on its head in recent years by online shopping culture and the pandemic. As the first of Hongkong Land’s new experience-based retail destinations, the project shifts the emphasis from commercial exchange to social exchange and connection to nature.

20 Oct 2021
Chongqing Jiangbei International Terminal 3B
Architects: Nordic — Office of Architecture

images by Turzen, UDG and Nordic — Office of Architecture
Nordic’s winning concept for the Chongqing Jiangbei International Terminal 3B interior integrates elements of wellbeing with engaging programmes and experiences. Inspired by the local rivers, a journey is formed where passengers travel through a history of Chongqing’s rich culture and scenery.

2 June 2021
Wide Horizon Clubhouse Chongqing
Architects: 10 Design

image © Arch-Exist
The clubhouse, a circa 9,000sqm building spread across 5 floors, is located on a steeply sloped hillside adjacent to the main entrance of a new residential development.

21 May 2021
Raffles City Chongqing Development
Design: Safdie Architects with P & T Group International Ltd

image courtesy of CapitaLand
Raffles City Chongqing, Singapore’s and CapitaLand’s single largest development in China, has scored a hat-trick at the prestigious 2021 Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat (CTBUH) Awards. It was named the Overall Category Winner for Best Tall Building Award (300 to 399 metres); and the winner of the Award of Excellence in two other categories: Structural Engineering Award and Fire & Risk Engineering Award.

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14 Dec 2020
SAMO Store, L1 Paradise Walk, Guan Yin Bridge
Design: So Studio

photograph : Yuhao Ding

31 Oct 2020
Geek Community Project, Chongqing, south west China
Design: PLP Architecture

image courtesy of architects
The Geek Community Project is a dynamic new intelligent district being developed across an extensive site in Chongqing.

24 Aug 2020
Yifang Art Center in Yubei District, Chongqing, south west China
Design: YIHE Landscape Architecture

photo : Arch-Exist

5 June 2020
The Crystal Exploration Deck Raffles City Chongqing
Complex Design: Safdie Architects with P & T Group International Ltd

image courtesy of architects practice
One of the year’s most eagerly awaited attractions in China, the 250-metre-high Exploration Deck Viewing Gallery (Exploration Deck), a star feature of The Crystal sky bridge at Raffles City Chongqing, opened to the public last weekend.

18 May 2020
One Sino Park Offices & Spa Chongqing
Architects: aoe

photography : Huang Ligang
This architectural project consists of a cliffside building, designed and constructed into its surrounding mountain façade. The designers have deconstructed and reconstructed its internal spaces with an infusion of architectural elements conducive to the topography.