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Kris Lin
City Exhibition Hall
Tuesday, 12 May 2026

Snail Bay

Snail Bay is a city exhibition hall in Kunming, China, created through the reconstruction and reuse of old buildings. The hall covers 6800 square metres and presents the future development of the Snail Bay area. The external walls were removed while the original structure and spatial pattern were preserved. A large glass curtain wall faces the natural landscape and opens the interior view. Lake water is drawn into the building, where a regular pool overlaps visually with the lake surface. A corridor connects indoor and outdoor space.

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Lars Gitz Architects
Student Housing
Monday, 11 May 2026

BaseCamp Lyngby

BaseCamp Lyngby is a student housing campus built on a relatively flat site within a green neighborhood in Kongens Lyngby, Denmark. The building rises gradually from ground level to a maximum height of six floors. A serpentine path runs along the full length of the roof, where gardens and small trees form a park-like landscape open to residents and visitors. The curved form wraps around several small courtyards, creating defined and intimate spaces where students can meet, read or relax. The green roof also buffers rainwater and reduces energy use.

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Tengyuan Design
Ocean Park
Sunday, 10 May 2026

Rizhao

Rizhao is an ocean park that combines an aquarium with a plant and bird park. The design was inspired by the golden sea surface at sunrise. A non-linear parametric method shapes soft patterns that recall ripples on the water. The aquarium facade is clad in golden perforated aluminum panels, while the plant and bird park is enclosed by a glass curtain wall. A spherical single-layer grid skylight with a span of 40 meters crowns the aquarium, and natural light reaches more than 60 percent of the water body. Visiting routes and pools are interspersed to create varied exhibition spaces.

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Tengyuan Design
Exhibition Center
Saturday, 9 May 2026

Yuexiang Lake

Yuexiang Lake is an exhibition center located in Yuhong District, Shenyang. The building follows a new Chinese style that draws on traditional courtyard culture. The garden is divided into four courtyards arranged along two axes, north and south, so each area offers a different atmosphere. The entrance gate is 9 meters high and 32 meters wide and is made of Portuguese Beige stone. A cantilevered canopy 32 meters long guides movement into the site. A sunken club with a height of 6.6 meters adds spatial depth within a limited area.

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Colega Architects
Single Family Home
Friday, 8 May 2026

Crestridge Residence

Crestridge Residence is a single family home created through the full remodel of a dated tract house. The new layout stays within the existing footprint of 2100 square feet on a down-sloping lot of 21,000 square feet. A vertical louver system in natural iron wood with black oxide hardware gives privacy along the front elevation. A vaulted great room and large windows open to a view of the Los Angeles basin. Two private wings at opposite ends of the house allow family and guests to live together with privacy.

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GOA (Group of Architects)
Exhibition Hall
Thursday, 7 May 2026

Fengqi Chang’an Aesthetics Museum

Fengqi Chang'an Aesthetics Museum is an exhibition building in Chang'an, China. The design is inspired by nature, traditional Chinese gardens and landscape paintings. Functional volumes of different sizes are combined with courtyards and verandas to form a continuous and flexible garden space. Each courtyard serves a purpose, such as display, communication, meditation or activities, and crisscrossed corridors link them. Glass surfaces, wide door leaves and large overhanging eaves create an orderly frame. The building covers 6,400 square meters on a 16,000 square meter site.

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