RIBA has teamed up with the Shanghai Windows Project, a series of shop installations in Shanghai's Xintiandi area.

Liu Lubin in Beijing, alongsing Tsinghua University and Nanjing University have worked on a micro house concept. Made from reinforced fibre, this concept is modular and can be easily transported, fitting within the confines of a standard shipping container.

AZL Architecture, the studio run by Zhang Lei in Nanjing have recently released images of their Xixi artist clubhouse. Based in the wetlands of Hangzhou, the development is comprised of a cluster of Y shaped volumes with framed views of the park.

Beijing based Vector Architects have just completed the Riverside Park Pavilion in Kunshan. Vector Architects have previously been on EightSix here and here. The multi-use space has a permeable facade which frames views over the river. The fragmented volumes interplay with the forest surroundings whilst also incorporating a sunken garden below.  

Design duo Neri & Hu have finished work on the Split House, in Tianzifang in Shanghai. The old 1930′s townhouse, previously a single residence for one family has been split into 3 apartments with a combined living and dining space. “The blurring of both the private and the public acts as the central concept that...

Trace Architecture Office  (previous projects here and here) have been nominated for the Aga Khan Award for architecture with their Museum of Handcraft Paper in Yunnan. The building is an exhibition space for locally produced ancient paper crafts and artifacts with the 6 galleries clustered around a courtyard.

As part of the 24 house development of the Chinese International Practical Exhibition of Architecture (CIPEA) in Nanjing, Zhang Lei of AZL Architects has designed a four storey house with layered concrete walls resembling Chinese scrolls. 20 houses are planned for the site (but will not be lived in), with 11 by Chinese architects and...

MAD have recently finished their China Wood Sculpture Museum in Harbin, north China. Completely clad in metal, the 200 metre building is nestled within a residential area and its highly polished surface mirrors the surrounding residential buildings.

A new Arts Museum has been opened in Songzhuang, Beijing by Daipu Architects – their first completed project. From Dezeen Dai Pu previously worked for Beijing studio MAD, where he was project architect for Hutong Bubble 32, a bubble-shaped extension to a traditional Chinese courtyard house. Tree Art Museum is his first project since launching Daipu...

PURE design have completed a Clubhouse in Chongqing in Hong’en Temple Forest Park, which is being used as a real estate sales centre. Built over two floors, the first floor is based around the concept of a pristine glass box whilst the second floor echoes the silhouette of the mountains which lay behind the building....

TAO, or Trace Architecture Office have recently finished work on a viewing pavilion in Tashan Park, Weihai in Shandong Province. The concept is based upon 3 viewing ‘tubes’ with different views of the coastline and city. The building has two levels, one buried into the slope with framed views of the city, and a viewing...