The campaign explores the relationship between graphic identity and natural motifs, with the S-check pattern reinterpreted through cherry blossom imagery, establishing a contrast between graphic order and natural variation.
With an annual operating budget of $7.5 million, the CJM got into major debt during the pandemic, taking out a $28 million loan. In November 2024, the organization announced that the museum would be closing and laying off 80% of its staff, and taking a year-long hiatus to regroup.
The project is structured around the concept of 'Abstract Landscape,' drawing from principles in Chinese landscape painting that prioritize spiritual interpretation over literal representation. Rather than replicating historical forms, the design translates landscape qualities into geometric compositions and spatial sequences. Abstract volumes reference the condition of distant mountains and nearby waters, while controlled color contrasts establish a clear visual framework.
Turn the circular base, and the whole structure begins to respond, gears catching one another as movement travels upward through its stacked layers. The form borrows from a celebration cake, with layered rings rising one above the other, soft in appearance yet precise in construction. Inside, one tier moves forward, and the next reverses, creating a continuous back-and-forth rhythm.
Rural construction is mostly spontaneous, giving rise to a rich diversity of built forms. Within this organic complexity, our strategy is not to assert ourselves through contrast, but to inhabit the context with quiet modesty.
Text description provided by the architects. The Douban museum is located in Ande Town, within the prime irrigation area of Dujiangyan, where traditional farming culture intersects with modern sauce production, echoing the organic texture of the Western Sichuan Linpan. Surrounded by woodlands and bamboo with dotted farmhouses, it possesses a strong ecological foundation. Protecting this ecology became the project's guiding principle.
The design by 1Y Architects approaches this silence as material rather than absence. Instead of clearing the debris scattered across the site, the team gathered bricks, concrete fragments, and broken tiles from former factory buildings. These remnants form the structural fabric of the sound museum itself.
Baqiao bridges, including the nearby Shisanba Bridge, typically appear in areas where the difference between river level and embankment is relatively small. Their upstream piers are shaped like tapered spindles with slightly raised tips, creating a distinctive structural profile. Stone slabs span between the piers, forming a bridge deck assembled through interlocking construction methods.
Wuzhou Elementary School is a public primary located in central , designed by People's Architecture Office (PAO) to support contemporary educational models that emphasize creativity, exploration, and experiential learning. The project responds to Shenzhen's broader transition from an industrial economy to one oriented toward innovation by reconsidering how architectural space can support evolving modes of education. The school is conceived as a three-dimensional 'Learning Landscape,' replacing conventional classroom-and-corridor arrangements with a continuous field of varied spatial conditions.
Wen Studio + 16 Interior Designers: say architects Area of this architecture project Area: 247 m Completion year of this architecture project Year: 2025 Photographs:Wen Studio Brands with products used in this architecture project Manufacturers: Kvadrat Lead Architects: Zhang Yan, Shan Jianan Category: Retail, Retail Interiors Design Team: Zhou Yao(Project Manager), Jiao Xinyue Engineering: Zhejiang Nuoyin Furniture Co., Ltd., Lighting: Hangzhou Light Track Lighting Design Co., Ltd.
Jiaxing High-Speed Rail New Town Cultural Center sits at a key node in the city's water and landscape network, with open waterfronts to the north and west and major roads to the south and east. Conceived as the City Living Room and Eye of the Town, it anchors the community core, surrounded by residences, schools, and the hospital. It aims to provide the public with a high-quality, all-day accessible experience.
PENG & PARTNERS treats Marble as architectural medium Dreamer Stone House is a spatial project by PENG & PARTNERS that examines as an architectural medium rather than a surface finish or display material. Conceived as an immersive environment in , the project repositions stone as an active element shaping spatial rhythm, atmosphere, and sequence. Instead of presenting marble as a static object, the design integrates it into a continuous architectural narrative that unfolds through movement and perception.