2006 - 2011
Greater China Contemporary Architecture
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Go Where restaurant
(aka "Where to go")
Architect: FAKE Design (Ai Wei Wei)
Small restaurant serves Chinese food. Walls constructed from slabs of cement board and glass.
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The National Stadium
(aka "The Birds Nest")
Architect: Hertzog & de Meuron & Ai Wei Wei
Probably China's most famous piece of contemporary architecture the National Stadium nicknamed ......
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The Aquatics Center
(aka "Water Cube")
Architect: Collaboration of multiple design companies
Located next to the National Stadium is the National Aquatic Center aka "Water Cube". At the end of 2010 .....
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Beijing International Capital Airport (Terminal 3)
Architect: Foster & partners
Specially designed for the Olympics by Foster. Terminal 3 is located north-east on the edge of .......
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Linked Hybrid MOMA (phase 2)
Architect: Steven Holl
Located at the north-east corner of the second ring road. This is a mixed used building with ......
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CCTV Tower
Architect: OMA
The main structure just finished before the Olympics. But the building is still not opened at the.......
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Commune by the great wall
Architect: Shigeru Ban,Kengo Kuma and others
Located north of Beijing near the great wall. You have to pay for visiting the original designs...
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CAFA Art Museum
Architect: Arata Isosaki
Located inside the China Central Academy of Fine Arts (CAFA) campus near the north entrance...
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National Centre for the Performing Arts (NCPA)
Architect: Paul Andreu
This egg shaped theater was build near the main entrance of the forbidden city. The use of materials...
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Opposite House
Architect: Kengo Kuma
One of Beijings most outstanding interior projects. And open to public except for ...
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SIEEB
Architect: Mario Cucinella & Milan Polytechnic
Sino-Italian Ecological and Energy Efficient Building (SIEEB). Located on...
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China National Film Museum
Architect:
This museum is hard to reach it is located between the airport and city center. Shows......
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Parkview Green FangCaoDi
Architect:
This building holds the record for postponing opening. Currently it has issues with getting a fire safety licence, it's groundbreaking technology (for China at least) does not fit in the Chinese fire regulation. The building claims to be in the forefront of energy efficiency in China.
Phoenix international media center
Architect: BIAD UFo
Spectacular donut shaped building near Chaoyang Park and restaurant center block 8.
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Diaoyutai Hotel Beijing, Lama Temple
Architect: Tadao Ando
Luxery hotel near 2 of Beijings most interesting Temples, Lama Temple and Confucius Temple.
Jiaolou Business Hotel
Architect:
A random pattern of brickwork is combined with black Chinese style "broken ice" ...
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Renovation Fuxinglu No.B59-1
Architect: Li Xinggang
This renovation project is basically a glass skin is molded around an existing stripped...
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Puli Hotel & Spa
Architect: Layan Design Group
Luxury Hotel close to a lively area of Shanghai...
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Z58
Architect: Kengo Kuma
The Zhongtai Lighting Group commissioned Kengo Kuma to design this multi functional office building. It mainly...
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Shanghai Pudong Airport Terminal 1
Architect: Paul Andreu
Basic relatively simple structural design but still an striking sight...
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Shanghai Pudong Airport Terminal 2
Architect: Richard Rogers
A very elegant design. Every time I visit the airport...
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UK pavilion - World Expo 2010 Shanghai China
Architect: Heatherwick Studio
Hundreds upon hundreds of seeds cast in light translucent rods. A circular routing...
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World Expo 2010 Shanghai China
Architect: multiple architects
Hot, crowded and humid that's how I mostly remember the Shanghai Expo...
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MADA S.P.A.M. office
Architect: MAD s.p.a.m
Office building of the renowned Chinese architecture studio....
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Hong Kong
Chanel Mobile Art
Architect: Zaha Hadid
Chanel's Contemporary Art Container toured around the world and....
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Taiwan
