24 City Modern Chengdu development focuses on youth market in Chengdu, China

The 24 City Modern Chengdu development focuses on youth market designed by Callison is located in Chengdu, China. Just seven months ago 4.8 million residents in China were made homeless and more than 69,000 killed by the Sichuan earthquake which measured 7.9 on the Richter scale. Less than three months later this devastation was overshadowed by an international force as the Olympics came to Beijing. Chengdu... 

Tags: Beijing, Chengdu, China, China Resources Land Limited, Environment, indoor/outdoor retail center, Natural Disaster, Sichuan, the Olympics

Nanjing Sifang Art Museum First museum in China

The Nanjing Sifang Art Museum First museum designed by Steven Holl Architects is located in China.  Over the past few months WAN has covered a plethora of concept designs in the Tier Two city of Nanjing in China, including Populous’ masterplan for the 2014 Youth Olympic Games, the Nanjing City Concept by CK Designworks and BDP’s Nanjing Medical University. The capital of Jiangsu Province is a... 

Tags: BDP’s Nanjing Medical University, Beijing, China, CK Designworks and BDP’s Nanjing Medical University, energy, Holl, Jiangsu, Nanjing, Nanjing City, Nanjing Sifang Art Museum, Nanjing Sifang Art Museum First museum, Olympic Games, recent architect, Shanghai, Steven Holl, WAN, Yangtze River Delta

National Museum of China in Beijing, China

Designed by gmp von Gerkan, Marg und Partner, National Museum is located in  Beijing, China. In 1959, ten major public buildings were commissioned for Tian’anmen Square in Beijing, in close proximity to imperial palace The Forbidden City, many of which are now viewed as key milestones in China’s architectural journey. Several years ago, ten international practices including OMA, Kohn Pedersen... 

Tags: Beijing, China, Chinese History Museum, Chinese National Museum, City, Forbidden City, Hamburg, Kohn Pedersen Fox, National Museum, National Museum of China, palace The Forbidden City, The Forbidden City, Tian’anmen Square

National Museum of China Expansion in Beijing, China

Located in Beijing, China, National Museum of China Expansion was designed by RTKL, a global architecture and engineering practice, headquartered in Baltimore, Maryland has won an international competition to expand the National Art Museum in China. The Museum, which was completed in 1962 as one of ten buildings commissioned for the commemoration of the ten-year anniversary of the Founding of the People’s... 

Tags: Architecture, Art museum, Baltimore, Beijing, China, City, Geography, Maryland, National Art Museum, National Museum of China, National Museum of China Expansion, Royal Ontario Museum, RTKL Associates Inc.

The Largest Christian Church in Beijing, China

The Largest Christian Church that located in Beijing, China, was designed by gmp von Gerkan, Marg und Partner. This design for the largest Christian church in China is characterized by a Chinese type of “triple p”, meaning public-private partnership with commercial spaces on the ground floor, and by its striking facade rod system. With its free, curved shape, the building forms a solitaire... 

Tags: Beijing, China, Christian Church, Cultural Tower, media facade, Zhongguancun, Zhongguancun Cultural Tower