China plans to go carbon-neutral by 2060
China, the world’s biggest source of carbon dioxide, is aiming for carbon-neutrality by 2060. President Xi Jinping...
A charming timber train station highlights nature and play in China
In the outskirts of Jiaxing, China, a nature reserve has been transformed into a multipurpose recreational zone...
Winning design unveiled for nature-filled Shenzhen Children’s Hospital
A vertical "secret garden", green-roofed terraces and mountain-shaped massing define B+H Architects’ winning...
Mysterious seeds from China arriving in mail across America
Agricultural officials from several states have expressed alarm over unsolicited packages of seeds delivered to...
Rehabilitation Center of China is topped with a healing roof garden
Stefano Boeri Architetti’s Chinese office has won an international competition with its design for the Rehabilitation...
NBBJ to design Tencent’s futuristic “Net City” in Shenzhen
Global design firm NBBJ has won an international competition to design Net City, a 2-million-square-meter masterplanned...
Tiered timber tea house embraces a Chinese ginkgo forest
On the outskirts of the Chinese city of Jiaxing, European architecture practice MADAM has completed the Gingko...
Air pollution climbing back to pre-pandemic levels
Last month, news media around the world heralded cleaner skies as a byproduct of the pandemic-induced quarantines....
An abandoned Chinese village is reborn as an interactive art destination
With 1 billion people estimated to be living in Chinese cities in 2050, China is seeing hundreds of thousands of...
This colorful prefab school was created in only 13 months
When Crossboundaries was tapped to design the Jinlong School, an educational campus with classrooms and...
Sasaki weaves an ecological landscape into Tianfu Vanke City
Sasaki Associates has recently completed the first phase for its landscape design of Tianfu Vanke City, a new 173-hectare...
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...
Abandoned amusement park to gain new life as a nature park in Suzhou
In Suzhou, China, an abandoned amusement park is being transformed into a 74-hectare nature park that will include...
ZHA unveils LEED Gold-targeted OPPO headquarters in Shenzhen
Zaha Hadid Architects has won an international competition to design Chinese tech giant OPPO’s new headquarters...
Tencent gets proposal from MVRDV for green smart city
After two years of development, MVRDV has unveiled its competition entry for Chinese tech giant Tencent’s...
China plans to phase out single-use plastics by 2025
As the world’s most populous country, with close to 1.5 billion denizens, China also produces the largest quantity...
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...
A lush public park grows on the roof of a luxury Wuhan mall
When Los Angeles-based design studio 5+design was tapped to create a high-end mall in Wuhan, China, the firm was...
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...
Rammed-earth walls make up a beautiful retreat hidden in the Zhejiang mountains
Hidden in the misty mountains of Zhejiang, a new eco-sensitive resort made from local materials entices visitors...
UNStudio designs terminal for world’s first cross-border cable car connecting Russia with China
After completing cable car designs in Gothenburg and Amsterdam, UNStudio has won a competition to design the Blagoveshchensk...
MAD’s ethereal Yiwu Grand Theater will “float” on Zhejiang waters
Beijing-based architectural firm MAD Architects has won a competition for Zhejiang’s Yiwu Grand Theater with...
Sculptural YULIN Artistic Center dramatically tops a Chongqing cliff
On the edge of a steep precipice in Longxing, Chongqing, Chinese architectural firm CHALLENGE DESIGN has completed...
Henning Larsen wins bid to design a sustainable business district for Shenzhen
Danish architectural firm Henning Larsen Architects has won an international competition for the design of the...
10 shipping containers make up this modern, mixed-use structure in Shanghai
Yiduan Shanghai Interior Design has transformed 10 shipping containers into a striking mixed-use structure on Shanghai’s...
Robots weave a 100% carbon-fiber love shrine for China’s countryside
In the countryside of Zhejiang, China, Shanghai-based design studio Wutopia Lab has completed the Shrine of Whatslove,...
Ennead designs a striking nature preserve to protect China’s most important river
Ennead Architects and Andropogon Landscape Architects have won an international competition for the Shanghai Yangtze...
Site-sensitive Woodhouse Hotel promotes agricultural tourism in Guizhou
In China’s southwest province of Guizhou, Shanghai-based architectural practice ZJJZ has completed the Woodhouse...
Are bioenergy facilities the solution to the growing garbage problem?
Have you ever heard of bioenergy? Or, have you ever wondered where your garbage goes once you throw it out? For...
China hopes to bring solar power to space
China is looking to be the first country in the world to install a solar power outlet in space. Scientists at the...