Tag / Beijing
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DAS Transform Qianmen’s Urban Composition into a Lively Axonometric Mural
by Dima Stouhi Artistic expression is often undisciplined. Sometimes, the riot of colors and explosion of lines and forms help unleash a 2D illustration out of its medium, which is precisely what Drawing…
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Port Apartament Xizhimen / SZA
Text description provided by the architects. On the urban stage, “Iconic” buildings play a leading role which attracts the most attention, but those “unremarkable” buildings act the invisible role in our daily life…
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Zhengtong BMW Museum | Crossboundaries
Text description provided by the architects. A museum of vintage BMWs is opening this month in Beijing, China. Crossboundaries’ design for the gallery space brings forth the exclusiveness of the cars while…
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Da Chang Muslim Cultural Center | Architectural Design & Research Institute of SCUT
Text description provided by the architects. Cultural architectures have always been academician He Jingtang’s “specialty”. Project Dachang National Palace is no doubt another masterpiece. Located in Dachang Hui Autonomous County, Langfang, Hebei…
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All under one roof: how malls and cities are becoming indistinguishable
Suburban malls may be a dying breed, but in cities from New York to Hong Kong, new malls are thriving by seamlessly blending into the urban fabric. By Stefan Al “We…
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Galaxy Soho | Zaha Hadid
London firm Zaha Hadid Architects has completed a 330,000-square-metre retail, office and entertainment complex in Beijing. The Galaxy Soho building comprises four main domed structures, fused together by bridges and…
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Lezza Soho | Zaha Hadid
The construction, which is still underway, is a 207 meter skyscraper designed by Zaha Hadid Architects in Beijing, which will feature a huge sprawled atrium that is expected to be the highest…
