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Shanghai Building News 2018
21 Sep 2018
Carlowitz & CO Co-Working Space
13 Sep 2018
The Springs in Shanghai, Minfu Rd, Jiangwan New Town
Architects: Henning Larsen
Henning Larsen’s design for Tishman Speyer’s The Springs started construction on July 12th, 2018
Danish architecture office Henning Larsen’s design evokes the dramatic mountain landscapes found throughout rural China, mirroring the mountain landscape with tall, terraced towers shel-tering a green public square.
3 Sep 2018
Benoy Shanghai 10th Anniversary News
24 Aug 2018
Space Slice Maotai Road Building Redevelopment, Renovation Project at 567 Maotai Road, Changning District
Design: DYN Architecture
photograph : UnitU
Fashionco-working space in the headquarters of Shanghai Garment Group on Maotai Road, Changning District – a minimalistic office redevelopment.
17 Jun 2018
Historic Colombia Circle Shanghai Revitalization
Design: West 8 Urban Design & Landscape Architecture
image courtesy of architects
The first phase of the Colombia Circle project in Shanghai has opened. West 8 was responsible for the landscape architecture and public space scope of the 4.7 ha site which has a strong architectural legacy and is poised to again become one of Shanghai’s most prominent public spaces.
31 May 2018
Sinan Bookshop in Shanghai
Architects: Wutopia Lab
photo : CreatAR Images
At the invitation of Shanghai Century Publishing Group and Yongye Group, Wutopia Lab transformed Building 25 of the Sinan Mansion into a new bookstore. The goal was to provide a space for learning and thinking for the general public living in the city.
16 May 2018
Fengpu Avenue Master Plan in Shanghai
Architects: Woods Bagot
picture © Woods Bagot
Integration, health, wellness and sustainability are the key elements guiding Woods Bagot’s concept master plan for an 8.62-kilometre stretch of Fengpu Avenue – an important pioneer development axis in Shanghai’s Fengxian New City.
12 Mar 2018
Jian Li Ju Theatre Building, B1 No. 301 East Hongsong Road, Minhang District
Architects: More Design Office (MDO)
photograph : Dirk Weiblen
The Jianliju theatre company, in an interesting examination of typology, offers a unique spectator experience.
27 Feb 2018
NIO House
Design: Schmidt Hammer Lassen Architects
photograph : Raw Vision Studio
Danish architectural firm Schmidt Hammer Lassen Architects has completed the first phase of NIO House, an unconventional showroom for electric car company NIO in Shanghai. Through simple use of tactile materials such as Douglas fir, satin stainless steel, terrazzo and fabrics, the space intends to pose a question to the user: Can we make the car an extension of the home?
24 Feb 2018
Flowing in the Hair Salon Shanghai Interior, XianYang South Road
Design: AaaM Architects
image courtesy of architects
This interior design is for an established Hong Kong hair salon. Currently having 20+ branches in the city of Shanghai, the salon is urgently in need for a precise rebranding exercise to align the ever-changing and growing retail market in mainland.
6 Feb 2018
Huayue Court Restaurant
Design: Golucci Interior Architects
image courtesy of architects
“Fine Chinese Cuisine” – Interpreting a Different Taste of Chinoiserie: fresh and pure blue interior. From ingredients to dishes, from the design to decoration, Huayue Court always interprets a new Chinoiserie restaurant.
10 Jan 2018
Palace Cinema in Raffles City, CapitaLand Raffles City, Changning District
Architects: 4N design architects
image courtesy of architects
Located in a long-developed commercial and residential neighborhood of Puxi Shanghai, the site is only 20 minutes away from Hongqiao airport or popular traveler-spot the Bund. Occupying the top level of this brand new shopping mall developed by the Singapore developer giant CapitaLand, the site has an sun-filled opened atrium that connects the public areas to nine distinct theatre houses.
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Architecture News Shanghai
Shanghai Architectural News for 2017, chronological:
28 Dec 2017
Spatial Renovation of M.Y.Lab Wood Workshop in Shanghai
4 Dec 2017
One Person’s Gallery in the Gap, Shanghai
21 Nov 2017
Shanghai Disney Resort’s Tomorrowland in Shanghai
Design: Grimshaw, Architects
photograph : Stefen Chow
Vincent Chang, Grimshaw’s Managing Partner Group, said: “Tomorrowland speaks with optimism about our future. Its very origins, beginning with Walt Disney’s vision for the earliest parks, focused on the exciting issues of the times: space exploration, and the promise of technology in creating a better tomorrow”.
The Bund Finance Centre in Shanghai
Shanghai East Library in China
CaoHeJing Guigu Creative Headquarters in Shanghai
4 Jul 2017
Plain House in Shanghai
Architects: Wutopia Lab
photograph : CreatAR imagess
Artist Li Bin has two studios. The first and the second studios, respectively, are designed by Isozaki and Wutopia Lab.
5 Mar 2017
Design Shanghai 2017
8 – 11 March 2017
Design Shanghai 2017, Asia’s leading international design event, which will return to the Shanghai Exhibition Centre from 8th to 11th March, has teamed up with famous landmark Shanghai Xintiandi to bring the best of international and local design across the city.
Shanghai Xintiandi
Asia’s leading international design event Design Shanghai, which will return to the Shanghai Exhibition Centre from 8th to 11th March, has teamed up with famous landmark Shanghai Xintiandi to bring the best of international and local design across the city.
Installations at Design Shanghai (at) Xintiandi Design Festival:
• Moon Birdy by Pascal Bosetti, hülsta
• Mesh installation – Public Bench by Zhoujie Zhang
• Malleus by Arnd Christian Müller
• The Signal of light by Lee Lee Nam
• L’Eden by Perrier-Jouët
• The design archaeology of a suitcase by Jamy Yang
• TAN “Growing” immersion installation by Xinyue Du
• Shanghainese Born Matters by since 2020
• Natural Instrument by A&Alison
• Shine Shanghai 8 by David Ding, Lao Hou, Carl Liu, Zhang Zhoujie, Xu Gongwei, Shi Jun, Yang Weijie, Yang Wenqing, Yang Jidong, C.R.LIN, Zhuoran Wang, Wang Yang, Hu Wenkit, Mo Jiao, Alain Chan, Bill Yen
• DUXIANA + Jayson Atienza Live Art Installation
• Biofore Tea House by UPM, D&I
• Mahjong by Fnji
• Bushi Art Museum
• Dragon Tree by Media 10
• New Eastern Making by ZIZAOSHE
• Obsession Extracting Practice by Hung-Chun Wang
• THE HUB Station by Rob Pepper
• MINI Living – ELLE DECORATION x INK-IVY
Design Shanghai
8 – 11 March 2017
Shanghai Exhibition Centre
Jingan District, Shanghai, China
Website: www.designshanghai.com
Design Shanghai (at) Xintiandi Design Festival
6 – 19 March 2017
Shanghai Xintiandi
Website: www.shanghaixintiandi.com
WeChat: xintiandiSH
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photograph : Peter Dixie
BIC Wholesale Store
Design: Beijing Matsubara and Architects
photo : Nacasa and Partners (Eiichi Kano)
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