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Ole Scheeren and Shigeru Ban team up to design art and cultural destination in Hangzhou
by Tom Walker | 31 Dec 2020
Büro Ole Scheeren and Pritzker Prize-winning architect Shigeru Ban have been appointed to create a masterplan for the Hangzhou Wangjiang New Town project in China. Together, the architects will establish a new art and cultural destination in the historical city on behalf of New World Development Company, a Hong Kong-based group focused on property, infrastructure and hotels – and one of the largest foreign direct investors in mainland China. With
Benthem Crouwel and Powerhouse release concept for 2022 Asian Games inspired by 'Phoenix bloodstones'
by Luke Cloherty | 24 Aug 2018
Buildings whose red facades represent 'phoenix bloodstones' could feature at the athletes' village for the 2022 Asian Games in Hangzhou, China, as part of a scheme by Benthem Crouwel Architects and Powerhouse Company. Phoenix bloodstones are a type of precious gemstone local to the region. The village would be built on land recently reclaimed from the sea and has been dubbed ‘Sponge City’, because of a vast rainwater collection and
UNStudio completes Hangzhou 'city in a city' with wave-like tower complex
by Kim Megson | 19 Sep 2017
Dutch design practice UNStudio has completed a vast leisure complex in Hangzhou, with a pair of sinuous towers providing a dramatic new landmark for the Chinese city. The 400,000 sq m (4.3 million sq ft) Raffles City development – nine years in the making – has been conceived as a lively vertical neighbourhood and transit hub for the Qianjiang New Town district, featuring apartments, a Conrad hotel, restaurants, shops, sports
Enormous steel petals form the shell of NBBJ's Hangzhou Sports Park in China
by Kim Megson | 21 Dec 2015
Work is nearing completion on a vast international sports complex in Hangzhou, China, created by international architects NBBJ Design. The Hangzhou Sports Park has been designed in collaboration with architects and engineering firm China Construction Design International (CCDI). It will host international sports fixtures and the 2022 Asian Games. Covering a project area of 400,000sq ft (37,000sq m), the park will be the largest of its kind to open in
BLUA draws up concept plans for Hangzhou Civic Sports Center
by Pete Hayman | 17 Aug 2012
Image: The roof will boast a 'sports landscape' Chinese design practice Bin Lu Architecture (BLUA) has completed work on a new urban concept masterplan for the development of a new sports complex in west Hangzhou. Plans for the 72,700sq m (782,536sq ft) Hangzhou Civic Sports Center scheme have been drawn up on behalf of Hangzhou Sports Development Group. The development - inspired by the Olympic flame - has also involved
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