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37 Interactive Entertainment HQ Highrise Building

Guowei Zhang Highrise Building Architecture Monday, 18 May 2026

37 Interactive Entertainment HQ

37 Interactive Entertainment HQ is a high-rise headquarters building in China. Modules are used across the plan and the elevation, which reduces construction time and cost while keeping the quality of the work. Office modules, conference modules and event modules are arranged within a standard rectangular space, and their number and position can be changed on typical floors. A modular facade system responds to the climate of the Lingnan region. The shading pattern is denser on the east side than on the west, so natural light is kept while solar radiation and energy use are reduced.

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Nanning Tanjing Display Center

Quincy Li Display Center Architecture Sunday, 17 May 2026

Nanning Tanjing

Nanning Tanjing is a display center located in Nanning, China. The building group is integrated with the surrounding landscape. Curves drawn from local mountain and water forms shape the facade, and rock slices are stacked into spreading curves at the main entrance. The complex includes an entrance square, landscape steps, an art corridor, a semi-outdoor swimming pool and a health technology clubhouse. A tandem circulation route guides visitors through the spaces and reduces crowding. Open courtyards return public space to the city.

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Skyboat Cafe and WalkOn Glass

XinY Cafe and WalkOn Glass Architecture Saturday, 16 May 2026

Skyboat

Skyboat is a two-storey building set above a 613 metre deep sinkhole in Leye, China. Hotel rooms are placed on the ground floor, a cafe on the first floor and a viewing platform on the roof. The platform includes a walk-on glass floor measuring 10 by 12.5 metres. The building spans the narrow passageway at the top of the sinkhole and cantilevers 34 metres and 22 metres to each side of the mountain ridge. A low centre of gravity allows the structure to balance itself. Only five supports are used, which limits damage to the local plants.

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Kaisa Yuebanshan Community Center

Shenzhen TIANHUA & Kaisa Group (Shenzhen) Co.,Ltd. Community Center Architecture Friday, 15 May 2026

Kaisa Yuebanshan

Kaisa Yuebanshan is a community center in Zhongshan, China. The building covers 2100 square meters and is organized on two floors. A three-story volume connects two terraces with a height difference of about four meters. The design draws on local Lingnan architecture, including patio spaces and curved walls. Arc-shaped white walls are repeated to give the facade a soft and rhythmic appearance. A 12-meter span and a 5-meter cantilever keep the interior open. Public spaces on both floors support daily life and frame the mountain views to the north and south.

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Slab Hill Lifestyle Lab

Greentown China Holdings Limited Lifestyle Lab Architecture Thursday, 14 May 2026

Slab Hill

Slab Hill is a lifestyle center built in Changsha, China. The building covers 2071 square meters and is formed from 45 umbrella-shaped structural units. Three unit sizes, based on a three meter module, are combined into a plan that can grow. Almost all interior walls are removed, so the spaces between the umbrella columns stay open and flowing. The umbrella surfaces are clad in glass fiber reinforced concrete with a horizontal cascading texture in earthy colors. The intent is to place a small artificial hill within an everyday suburban landscape.

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West Suburban Elegance Display Center

Quincy Li Display Center Architecture Wednesday, 13 May 2026

West Suburban Elegance

West Suburban Elegance is a display center in Sijing Town, Shanghai, China. Sijing has a history of more than a thousand years, and the design follows the local settlement form to create a rich sequence of spaces. Small scattered volumes echo the surrounding residential texture, while flat and sloped roofs are combined to vary the ceiling height. Corridors, courtyards, water, stone and planting are arranged with traditional garden techniques and a modern architectural language. The building covers a floor area of 600 square meters on a site of 3,300 square meters.

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