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Neri & Hu adopts the traditional Chinese courtyard house or siheyuan typology to refurbish an old house that was in the style of the British colonial bungalow with hybrid elements of traditional Malay houses.

Check out how this Chinese designer has articulated space for a personal library at home. Do leave us your views…

UNStudio and Strelka KB designs the first ever cross border #Blagoveshchensk Cable Car Terminal as an expression of the historic connection between two cities of Blagoveshchensk in Russia and Heihe in China. Check it out here…

Alternative design practice, Condition_Lab is known for embracing design as a creative vehicle to help people to leverage design to effect change through purpose. Here they revive interest in traditional rural Chinese architecture by crafting a playful bookhouse for children using only timbre.

Studio CUN Design crafts a single space with a distinctive dual identity - endorsing space as a beacon of Chinese culture and contemporary expression!

Chinese architect Liu Jaikun wins the 2025 Pritzker Architecture Prize. He is known for methodology-driven design philosophy focussing on contextual adaptation rather than imposing a signature aesthetic. The jury commended Liu for "affirming architecture that celebrates the lives of ordinary citizens" and for his ability to create communal spaces in dense urban landscapes. Team IAnD congratulates Ar. Liu for this enormous achievement.

Shanghai-based interdisciplinary architecture and design studio Neri & Hu conceives a Tea House to relocate a relic structure as an urban artefact, drawing from the historical roots of the city of Fuzhou - the exercise serves as a tribute to the distinct heritage of a place at a time when rapid new development has eroded traditional culture and identity.

Encouraging individual unique stories, the Yan Bookstore by Tomoko Ikegai takes one through a journey of self-discovery reinforced through cultural identity. Check out this bookstore in Shenzhen…