MAD Architects, led by Ma Yansong, has announced the opening of the Cloudscape of Haikou on the southern tip of China. A unique urban public and cultural space for citizens and visitors to Haikou, this flowing, sculptural concrete form was named as one of the “most anticipated architecture projects of 2021” by The Times of London.
Project name
The Cloudscape of Haikou
Architecture firm
MAD Architects
Location
Haikou, Hainan Province, China
Photography
Arch-Exist, CreatAR Images, Aogvision
Principal architect
Ma Yansong, Dang Qun, Yosuke Hayano
Design team
Qiang Siyang, Shang Li, Sun Feifei, Dayie Wu, Alan Rodríguez Carrillo, Xie Qilin, Beatrice Bavuso
Collaborators
Fu Changrui (Associate in Charge), East China Architectural Design and Research Institute (Executive Architect), RFR Shanghai (Façade Consultant), 2x4 Beijing (Signage Design)
Interior design
Beijing Ling & BuYao Interior design
Lighting
Beijing Ning Field Lighting Design Corp., Ltd.
Material
Fair-faced concrete
Construction
Yihuida Shimizu Concrete
Client
Haikou Tourism & Culture Investment Holding Group
Typology
Educational › Library
The Shanghai-based architecture practice ZJJZ atelier has completed a mushroom-formed wood house in a pine forest of Xin Yu City, Jiangxi Province, China.
Project name
The Mushroom - a wood house in the forest
Location
Xin Yu City, Jiangxi Province, China
Photography
Fangfang Tian, ZJJZ
Principal architect
Sean Shen, Xuanru Chen, Yuying Kate Tsai
Structural engineer
XIE Technologies
Construction
Zhejiang Huzhou deyi Construction Co., Ltd.
Zaha Hadid Architects: Construction works are progressing on the site of the Zhuhai Jinwan Civic Art Centre. The steel structure of its lattice roof canopy has now been installed over two of the centre’s four cultural venues.
Project name
Zhuhai Jinwan Civic Art Centre
Architecture firm
Zaha Hadid Architects
Principal architect
Zaha Hadid and Patrik Schumacher
Design team
Armando Bussey, Marius Cernica, Grace Chung, Nelli Denisova, Xuexin Duan, Kaloyan Erevinov, Nassim Eshaghi, Kate Hunter, Yang Jingwen, Reza Karimi, Ben Kikkawa, Lydia Kim, Julian Lin, Mei-Ling Lin, Valeria Mazzilli, Sareh Mirseyed Nazari, Massimo Napoleoni, Yevgeniya Pozigun, Cao Qi, Qiuyu Zhao, Aurora Santana, Hannes Schafelner, Michael Sims, Patrik Schumacher, Sharan Sundar, Maria Touloupou, Chao Wei, Charles Walker
Interior design
Shenzhen Z&F Culture Construction
Landscape
Beijing Institute of Architecture & Design (South China Centre)
Lighting
Shenzhen Global Lighting Technology
Visualization
Minmud, Slashcube, Methanoia
Tools used
Autodesk 3ds Max , V-ray, Adobe Photoshop
Status
Under construction
Typology
Cultural › Arts Center
The Hangzhou-based pratice DA XIANG Design Studio has recently completed Courtyard Xiaoya, located in the Xucun Industrial Zone, Haining, Jiaxing, in which the architect built an elegant courtyard on the roof of a factory and named it Xiaoya.
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Project name
Courtyard Xiaoya
Architecture firm
DA XIANG Design Studio
Location
Haining, Jiaxing, China
Principal architect
Jianyu Jiang, Huaming Yu, Rui Chen
Design team
Jianyu Jiang, Huaming Yu, Rui Chen
Interior design
DA XIANG Design Studio
Landscape
DA XIANG Design Studio
Construction
Hangzhou Jutie Decoration
Tools used
Adobe Photoshop, Adobe Lightroom
Typology
Commercial › Office
