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Hengqin International Financial Center Office

Aedas Office Architecture Wednesday, 21 October 2026

Hengqin International Financial Center

Hengqin International Financial Center is a mixed-use tower located on Hengqin CBD Island. The building combines office, conference, exhibition, apartment and retail functions in one whole. Inspired by an ancient Chinese painting known as the Kowloon map, the tower has a continuous spiral form that rises from the ground and splits into four crowns. The height reaches 339 meters, and the typical floor plan measures 44.8 meters in width and depth. Digital modeling and parametric design were used to rationalize the facade panels and control construction cost.

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Maitreya Dharma Hall on Abandoned Mine

Guanghai Cui Hall on Abandoned Mine Architecture Tuesday, 20 October 2026

Maitreya Dharma

The project is inside the Xuedou Mountain Scenic Area, in Xikou Town, Fenghua District of Ningbo City, Zhejiang Province, with a planned land area of 144.997 square meters. The project site used to be an abandoned quarry with an open area in front of it, with complicated topology, where the height difference between the highest point and the bottom of the abandoned quarry is about 35 meters, and a North-Ring underground railway line passes through under the quarry.

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Park1538 Gwangyang Cultural Facility

Unsangdong Architects Cultural Facility Architecture Monday, 19 October 2026

Park1538 Gwangyang

Park1538 is located in a city with a long history of steel. The project turns this industrial past into a cultural place open to the public and introduces visitors to the material, the process, and the history of making steel. Steel is often seen as heavy and rigid, but this project shows another side of the material by expressing flexibility through form and space. A cantilever hall creates an open plaza below, while vertical ribs guide visitors through layered spaces and link the different levels of the building.

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Anji Creative Design Center Urban and Rural Area

Anjihood Urban and Rural Area Architecture Sunday, 18 October 2026

Anji Creative Design Center

Anji Creative Design Center is a shared work and cultural building designed to connect urban and rural life. The center holds public services, co-working areas, an innovation lab, a library and a cafe. Spaces of different sizes are spread across the undulating site and linked by raised corridors and inner courtyards. Slim steel columns and glass curtain walls support vaulted roofs covered with planting, so the building blends into the surrounding tea fields. The design offers digital nomads and creators room for work, study, exhibitions and seminars.

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Golden Key Venue Industrial and Office Building

MADA s.p.a.m. LLC Industrial and Office Building Architecture Saturday, 17 October 2026

Golden Key Venue

Golden Key Venue is an office building in Shanghai, China, created by transforming a former warehouse. Three low-rise blocks are linked to a high-rise zone. A 26 meter cantilever is supported by two tilted columns clad in mirror finish stainless steel. The facade is made of 28,000 red terracotta panels, giving a minimalist campus-like appearance, while ultra-white glass curtain walls form the upper level. Stacked volumes create loft-like interiors. Courtyards, terraces, rooftop gardens and green spaces along Chuanqiao Road connect users with nature.

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Tianjin Zarsion Exhibition Center

FTA Group Exhibition Center Architecture Friday, 16 October 2026

Tianjin Zarsion

Tianjin Zarsion is an exhibition center built beside a tributary of the Yongding River in Tianjin, China. The plan uses a water drop shape set diagonally on the site, which lengthens the approach from the city edge to the entrance. Deep eaves and large glass surfaces create a light roof that appears to float. The structure is mainly wood, supplemented by steel, and 68 radial red pine beams form an umbrella-shaped arched frame. Eight interior wooden columns allow a wide column-free hall. A leaf-shaped skylight is sized to keep the interior light soft and quiet.

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Design of the Day

Design of the DaySpecial CoverageWednesday, 14 October 2026

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