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[by Chinese Architecture | 7 Oct 2009 | No Comment | 1,259 views]
SOHO Shangdu/Peter Davidson of LAB architecture studio

SOHO Shangdu is designed by Peter Davidson of LAB architecture studio, which was responsible for the design of the renowned Federation Square in Melbourne, Australia. Inspired by the forms and patterns which have built the natural world, SOHO Shang Du’s architectural design is yet another breakthrough with its avant-garde character. The design consists of a low-rise commercial galleria with 37,000 square meters of retail space, and two medium-rise towers. One tower holds offices and the other is devoted to residential and studio use and integrates SOHO China’s vertical warehouse shell …

Foreign architects's works in China, Headline, News »

[by Chinese Architecture | 7 Oct 2009 | No Comment | 1,289 views]
Chaoyangmen SOHO III/Zaha Hadid’s New Work In BeiJing

zaha (16  July  2009,  Hong  Kong)  SOHO  China  has  unveiled  the  innovative  model  with unconventional  features  of Chaoyangmen SOHO  III  in  the  showroom  of  the  project  on East  2nd Ring Road  in Beijing. The  design  is  the work  of world  famous  architect  Zaha Hadid.
 
Zaha Hadid  is a British architect described by Chairman of SOHO China, Pan Shiyi, as one “having tremendous creativity”. She worked with SOHO China in 2003 on the logistics port  “SOHO City”, which has  impressed  the entire architectural community  in China.  In 2004,  Zaha  was  awarded  the  …

Featured, Headline, World Expo »

[by Chinese Architecture | 25 Sep 2009 | One Comment | 1,385 views]
China Pavilion

The China Pavilion is designed with the concept of “Oriental Crown.” The traditional Chinese wooden structure element, Dougong brackets, is introduced.

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[by Chinese Architecture | 25 Sep 2009 | No Comment | 517 views]
“Dancing Books Tower”, CRLand Wuhan

Design 2007/9-2007/12

The Dancing Books Tower are situated in a densely populated downtown area near Hongshan Plaza of the historic district of Wuchang, with Yangtze River about two Kilometers to the south, Dong Hu Lake 1.5 km to the north, and the well known Huang-He Lou Watch Tower about 5 km to the west.
The project is comprised of two160-meter skyscrapers and twelve exclusively high-end courtyard houses at the foot of the towers. Of the two skyscrapers, one is a one unit per floor apartment, with a typical floor about 400 square …

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[by Chinese Architecture | 25 Sep 2009 | No Comment | 325 views]
Urban Backyard, Beijing

Located on Chengfu Road between Beijing University and Tsinghua University, urban backyard is renovated from part of a 10-module typical factory space. About 280 square meters in its size and measures at 12m(width) x 24m(depth) x 8m(height), the space occupies 2 modules of the overall 10 module industrial space.