Shanghai International Design Center in Yangpu, China

The Shanghai International Design Center designed by Lompreta Nolte Arquitetos, Nanda Eskes Arquitetura & Architecture for Humanity is located in Yangpu, China.  The new complex consists of a structure divided into green superimposed terraces, which will host, amongst others things: a hotel, a museum, a library, commercial and office spaces. The landmark building is represented [...]

Tags: Asia, China, City, Exploration, Galleria Matteo Ricci, Marco Polo, Matteo Ricci, Ricci, Shanghai, Shanghai International Design Center, Yangpu

Shanghai Oriental Sports Center in Shanghai, China

The Shanghai Oriental Sports Center designed by gmp von Gerkan, Marg und Partner is located in Shanghai, China.  Water is the overarching theme of both the park and the architecture of the stadiums and the media centre. It is the connecting element between the buildings, which stand on raised platforms in specially constructed lakes. Thus [...]

Tags: badminton, basketball, boxing, China, FINA, FINA World Aquatics Championships, FINA World Swimming Championships, Hall Stadium, media centre, Natatorium, Olympic sports, Recreation, Shanghai, Sports, steel structures, swimming, the FINA World Swimming Championships

Nanjing Heritage Masterplan in Nanjing, China

Nanjing Heritage Masterplan that located in Nanjing, China, was designed by CK Designworks. Team leader, Robert Caulfield from architecture company CK Designworks said that the selection of the CKD/ERM team showed that Australian architects and planners were considered to be as good as any in the world. Apart from CK Designworks and ERM, the consortium [...]

Tags: China, CK Designworks, Jiangsu, Nanjing, Nanjing University, Nanjing University’s Faculty of Antiquities and Heritage, Robert Caulfield, Shanghai, Team leader, Treaty of Nanking, United Nations Educational Scientific and Cultural Organization, Yangtze River Delta

Wuhan Greenland Center, design world’s fourth tallest building in Hubei, China

Designed by Adrian Smith + Gordon Gill Architecture, Wuhan Greenland Center, design world’s fourth tallest building is located in Hubei, China. Entitled Wuhan Greenland Center, the 606m pillar will be located on the intersection of the Yangtze and Han Rivers and will comprise around 200,000 sq m of commercial office space, 50,000 sq m of [...]

Tags: Adrian Smith, China, Geography, Gordon Gill, Greenland, Han River, Hubei, Political geography, Wuhan, Wuhan Greenland Center, Yangtze River

Shanghai Museum of Glass in Shanghai, China

Designed by logon, Shanghai Museum of Glass is located in Shanghai, China. Externally the mass of the building is formed of dark U-shaped glass imported from Germany, which has been delicately sand blasted and enamelled to create a number of transparent glass-related words in a wide variety of languages. During the evening, the building volume [...]

Tags: China, City, Dielectrics, Geography of China, Germany, Glass, Glass art, Materials science, Shanghai, Shanghai Museum, Shanghai Museum of Glass, Visual arts