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Design of Complementary Building Sales Centre

Jun Tang & Yaozong Han Sales Centre Architecture Sunday, 22 June 2025

Design of Complementary Building

Design of Complementary Building is a facade renovation of a sales centre at the main entrance of the Qin Lake Scenic Area in Taizhou, China. The original outer skin was removed, and the west facade was rebuilt as a wind curtain wall clad in reflective stainless steel, which brightens the narrow passage between the two building volumes. A large canopy marks the entrance and completes the curtain wall. The east facade uses a perforated aluminium curtain wall to enrich light and shadow. The renovation adapts the building for new use as an exhibition hall.

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Chinese Quadrangle Hotel

Zhang ZhaoYong Hotel Architecture Saturday, 21 June 2025

Chinese Quadrangle

Chinese Quadrangle is a hotel built in the form of a traditional Chinese courtyard house in Luoyang. The project covers 5460 square meters and was completed in 2019. A brick screen wall marks the entrance, followed by heads shaped as the twelve Chinese zodiac signs. The arrayed brick walls are made entirely of grey recycled bricks. The second inner courtyard holds guest rooms and public facilities, reached through a winding veranda, and the third inner courtyard contains the reception hall. Layered spaces bring the landscape into the courtyard.

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Mermaid Town Cultural Architecture

Yue Xu Cultural Architecture Architecture Friday, 20 June 2025

Mermaid Town

Mermaid Town Reception Hall is a cultural building in Zhouning, Fujian, China. The complex covers 12000 square meters and serves as a tourism distribution center and a cultural activity center. The design combines square and circular forms, inspired by the local earth fort architecture. A circular corridor marks the boundary between the two buildings and gives shelter from strong summer sun and from rainy, cold winters. Exterior walls are finished with white texture paint and handmade gray brick. Spatial axes link the halls to a nearby brook, a lake and a mountain.

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Medieval Rethink Cultural Center

QUAD studio Cultural Center Architecture Thursday, 19 June 2025

Medieval Rethink

Medieval Rethink was a response to a private commission to build a Cultural Centre for a small undisclosed village in the Guangdong Province, which dates back 900 years to the Song Dynasty. A four storey, 7000 sqm development is centred around an ancient rock formation known as the Ding Qi Stone, a symbol of the origin of the village. The project’s design concept is based on showcasing the history and culture of the ancient village whilst linking the old and the new. The Cultural Centre stands as a reinterpretation of an ancient village and a transformation into contemporary architecture.

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Shared Yard

Tianqi Guan Yard Architecture Wednesday, 18 June 2025

Shared

Shared Yard is a rural guest house located in Beijing, China. Shared Yard was created by reconstructing an abandoned dwelling typical of northern China, with wooden window frames, brick walls and tiled roofs. The old house was preserved and connected to new buildings made of carbon steel plate, concrete and white oak finish. Existing trees shade the new volumes, which are placed in ventilated positions so that air conditioning is not needed in summer. Rainwater and purified water are used to irrigate the surrounding fields.

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Journey of Nature Sales Center

Chao Yen Chen Sales Center Architecture Tuesday, 17 June 2025

Journey of Nature

Journey of Nature is a sales center completed in 2019 in Kaohsiung City, Taiwan. The property covers 2426 square meters. The main space uses cultural references, while three model houses present contemporary, modern flat and neoclassical styles. Facilities include a meeting area with five tables, a coffee table area, two VIP rooms and a parent-child playground. A shallow water pond and grassland border a long hallway made of wood-plastic composite. The exterior layers stone balls, vermiculite, gray marble tiles, blackened steel and natural timber bark.

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