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In practice: Soak it up – flood prevention nature’s way
Celebrated landscape architect Kongjian Yu tells Rob Wilson how he developed the Sponge City concept and about water’s importance in fighting climate change
Tag: China
Chinese architect Liu Jiakun wins 2025 Pritzker Prize
Chinese architect Liu Jiakun has been awarded the 2025 Pritzker Prize for creating people and community-focused buildings of ‘deep coherence and constant quality’ over a 40-year career
Heatherwick Studio creates ceramic-clad culture business district in China
The new 155,000m² neighbourhood in Xi’an combines a retail podium, offices, apartments and green spaces with a vertical park
Zaha Hadid Architects selected for Shaoxing arts and culture centre
Zaha Hadid Architects (ZHA) has landed the job to design a new arts centre in Shaoxing in China’s eastern Zhejiang province
Council refuses Chipperfield’s Chinese Embassy plans ahead of inquiry
Tower Hamlets Council has again symbolically refused David Chipperfield Architects’ plans for a Chinese Embassy in central London – although communities secretary Angela Rayner will make the final decision on the scheme
Chipperfield’s China embassy plans raised at Starmer-Xi Jinping meeting
David Chipperfield Architects’ contentious plans for a new London Chinese embassy came up this week during Keir Starmer’s first meeting with China’s president
Chipperfield and Parry embassy schemes caught up in UK-China ‘tit-for-tat’
China is blocking Eric Parry Architects’ proposals for a new British ambassador’s residence in Beijing in response to delays to China’s own London embassy plans, designed by David Chipperfield Architects
PLP builds ‘world’s first’ AI research lab in Shanghai
London-based architect PLP has built what it says is the world’s first purpose-built artificial intelligence (AI) laboratory in China
Boom time: Heatherwick’s profits up by £14m as turnover doubles
Heatherwick Studio has reported a 450 per cent increase in profits and a doubling of turnover, to a record £49.6 million, following an ‘extraordinary’ year
Child-friendly B&B resort, GuangShan
An open international ideas contest – featuring a £16,600 (150,000 RMB) prize fund – is being held for a new child-friendly holiday resort in GuangShan, China [Deadline: 31 January 2024]