This suspended box designed by New York architect Steven Holl is home to the Sifang Art Museum, near the former Chinese capital of Nanjing.
Sifang Art Museum —
This suspended box designed by New York architect Steven Holl is home to the Sifang Art Museum, near the former Chinese capital of Nanjing.
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The 115-acre site is home to 20 buildings designed by international and Chinese architects. Finnish architects Matti and Pirjo Sanaksenaho designed The Boathouse, which opens onto a lagoon.
The Boathouse —
The 115-acre site is home to 20 buildings designed by international and Chinese architects. Finnish architects Matti and Pirjo Sanaksenaho designed The Boathouse, which opens onto a lagoon.
Sifang Art Museum
With its bamboo perimeter wall, this house by Spanish architects Luis M Mansilla and Emilia Tunan is designed to make you feel like you're outside in the forest even when you're indoors.
Fo-Shou —
With its bamboo perimeter wall, this house by Spanish architects Luis M Mansilla and Emilia Tunan is designed to make you feel like you're outside in the forest even when you're indoors.
Sifang Art Museum
This building by Chinese architect Zhou Kai is named Hermit. The building is designed to follow the terrain and to merge with its surroundings.
Hermit —
This building by Chinese architect Zhou Kai is named Hermit. The building is designed to follow the terrain and to merge with its surroundings.
Sifang Art Museum
The San-He Residence was designed by Chinese architect Wang Shu. It was inspired by a traditional Chinese courtyard house.
San-He Residence —
The San-He Residence was designed by Chinese architect Wang Shu. It was inspired by a traditional Chinese courtyard house.
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The interior of San-He Residence. The complex comprises a three-walled building with one side open to the outside.
Chinese courtyard house reinvented —
The interior of San-He Residence. The complex comprises a three-walled building with one side open to the outside.
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A tunnel of densely packed bamboo leads to the entrance of this villa designed by David Adjaye.
Light Box —
A tunnel of densely packed bamboo leads to the entrance of this villa designed by David Adjaye.
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Named "Light Box," Adjaye's villa is designed to harness the natural light and setting.
Natural light container —
Named "Light Box," Adjaye's villa is designed to harness the natural light and setting.
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This residence by Chilean architect Mathias Klotz has a ramp that leads up to a rooftop lily pond.
Pond Lily —
This residence by Chilean architect Mathias Klotz has a ramp that leads up to a rooftop lily pond.
Sifang Art Museum
Concrete "pads" act as stepping stones guiding visitors to a hidden spiral stairwell that takes them down into the house of Pond Lily.
Secret entrance —
Concrete "pads" act as stepping stones guiding visitors to a hidden spiral stairwell that takes them down into the house of Pond Lily.
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Six concrete blocks make up the residence designed by Chinese dissident artist Ai Weiwei.
Six-Room —
Six concrete blocks make up the residence designed by Chinese dissident artist Ai Weiwei.
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The six blocks are independent units (6x6x6 meters) connected by a corridor. The austere exterior reveals a light and airy living space.
Ai Weiwei's rooms —
The six blocks are independent units (6x6x6 meters) connected by a corridor. The austere exterior reveals a light and airy living space.
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Mexican architect Alberto Kalach designed the Waterside Pavilion. It's mainly made of wood, with an undulating tiled roof.
Waterside Pavilion —
Mexican architect Alberto Kalach designed the Waterside Pavilion. It's mainly made of wood, with an undulating tiled roof.
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Set in the Laoshan National Forest Park, the fiercely modern architecture sits comfortably in the natural landscape.
Architects' wonderland —
Set in the Laoshan National Forest Park, the fiercely modern architecture sits comfortably in the natural landscape.
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