Sandstorms and pollution create hazardous air quality in Beijing
On Monday, citizens of Beijing woke up to an orange sky, with the air quality recorded as hazardous. As the commuters...
ZHA designs sustainable expansion to China's largest international exhibition center
Beijing's New China International Exhibition Center — the largest international exhibition center in China —...
Northern China’s largest bamboo pavilion covers nearly half an acre
After years of building bamboo houses across rural China, Italian architect Mauricio Cardenas Laverde completed...
ZHA completes LEED Gold-targeted building with world’s largest atrium in Beijing
In China’s capital city, Zaha Hadid Architects has completed the Leeza SOHO tower, a 45-story skyscraper that...
Zaha Hadid Architects completes futuristic, energy-saving airport in Beijing
China has officially opened the Beijing Daxing International Airport, a futuristic transit hub designed by Zaha...
Prefab timber complex shows off net-zero energy technologies in Beijing
Beijing-based architecture firm SUP Atelier has completed the Xuhui Demonstrative Project, a solar-powered community...
MAD Architects to transform an ancient Chinese courtyard into a kindergarten with a "floating roof"
Beijing-based design practice MAD Architects has broken ground on the Courtyard Kindergarten, a striking adaptive...
Hydroponic gardens and a “mini mountain” promote fun and well-being in this creative office
A running track, elevated hydroponic gardens and a miniature “mountain” combine in this fun, new office headquarters...
Martian tiny home prototype champions zero waste and self sufficiency
International practice OPEN Architecture has teamed up with Chinese electronics giant Xiaomi to design MARS Case,...
MAD unveils biophilic “home of the future” that produces all its own energy in China
Beijing-based MAD Architects recently completed its “home of the future” prototype, a net-zero energy pavilion...
Here’s your chance to stay at the first Airbnb on the Great Wall of China
If the climbing the Great Wall of China is on your bucket list, here’s your chance to check it off and take part...
Pollution Pods let visitors taste pollution from around the world
Air pollution is a silent killer responsible for millions of death worldwide. In a bid to highlight the environmental...
First international Serpentine Pavilion will open in Beijing
The Serpentine Pavilion is going global, with its first international debut in Beijing, China. Launched by London’s...
Büro Ole Scheeren completes art museum near Beijing’s Forbidden City
Büro Ole Scheeren recently completed Guardian Art Center, a contemporary art museum heralded as the “world’s...
China’s first magazine library is housed in a renovated Beijing hutong
Local architects Fon Studio breathed new life into a Beijing hutong, converting the historic residence into the...
