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- The Winter Olympics could melt away due to climate change Wed, 9 Feb 22, 5:30amOnly one out of the 21 cities that have hosted the Winter Olympics in the past 50 years will have a suitable climate for winter sports by the end of this century, a new study predicts...
- Sandstorms and pollution create hazardous air quality in Beijing Wed, 17 Mar 21, 4:30amOn Monday, citizens of Beijing woke up to an orange sky, with the air quality recorded as hazardous. As the commuters woke up to carry on with their daily activities, they came face to face with a thick cloud of dust across...
- ZHA designs sustainable expansion to China's largest international exhibition center Tue, 16 Mar 21, 1:30amBeijing's New China International Exhibition Center — the largest international exhibition center in China — is set to become even larger with Zaha Hadid Architects' competition-winning Phase II designs...
- New Covid-19 Outbreak in Beijing, China Tue, 29 Dec 20, 9:00pmAccording to SCMP, Beijing has gone into "emergency response mode" to contain a new Covid-19 outbreak, which has been detected near Beijing International Capital Airport.
- Northern Chinas largest bamboo pavilion covers nearly half an acre Wed, 18 Mar 20, 3:30amAfter years of building bamboo houses across rural China, Italian architect Mauricio Cardenas Laverde completed his largest bamboo project yet — the Bamboo Eye pavilion, a 1,600-square-meter structure constructed entirely...
- ZHA completes LEED Gold-targeted building with worlds largest atrium in Beijing Sat, 23 Nov 19, 6:30amIn China’s capital city, Zaha Hadid Architects has completed the Leeza SOHO tower, a 45-story skyscraper that boasts the world’s largest atrium at 194.15 meters in height. Designed to anchor the new Fengtai business district...
- Zaha Hadid Architects completes futuristic, energy-saving airport in Beijing Sat, 12 Oct 19, 3:30amChina has officially opened the Beijing Daxing International Airport, a futuristic transit hub designed by Zaha Hadid Architects with the world’s biggest terminal spanning 700,000 square meters...
- Prefab timber complex shows off net-zero energy technologies in Beijing Thu, 17 Jan 19, 8:30amBeijing-based architecture firm SUP Atelier has completed the Xuhui Demonstrative Project, a solar-powered community complex that serves as a demonstration project for net-zero energy technologies in Beijing...
- MAD Architects to transform an ancient Chinese courtyard into a kindergarten with a "floating roof" Thu, 15 Nov 18, 6:30amBeijing-based design practice MAD Architects has broken ground on the Courtyard Kindergarten, a striking adaptive reuse project that transform a traditional siheyuan courtyard from the 1700s into the site of a creative and...
- Hydroponic gardens and a mini mountain promote fun and well-being in this creative office Wed, 7 Nov 18, 6:30amA running track, elevated hydroponic gardens and a miniature “mountain” combine in this fun, new office headquarters for the non-profit Leping Foundation in Beijing, China...
- Martian tiny home prototype champions zero waste and self sufficiency Thu, 11 Oct 18, 5:30amInternational practice OPEN Architecture has teamed up with Chinese electronics giant Xiaomi to design MARS Case, a futuristic proposal for Martian living that takes inspiration from Henry David Thoreau’s Walden...
- MAD unveils biophilic home of the future that produces all its own energy in China Wed, 26 Sep 18, 2:30amBeijing-based MAD Architects recently completed its “home of the future” prototype, a net-zero energy pavilion that aims to blur the lines between indoor and outdoor living...
- Heres your chance to stay at the first Airbnb on the Great Wall of China Sat, 4 Aug 18, 2:15amIf the climbing the Great Wall of China is on your bucket list, here’s your chance to check it off and take part in a one-of-a-kind overnight experience...
- Pollution Pods let visitors taste pollution from around the world Thu, 26 Apr 18, 6:45pmAir pollution is a silent killer responsible for millions of death worldwide. In a bid to highlight the environmental problem, British artist Michael Pinsky set up five interconnected geodesic domes, dubbed the “pollution...
- First international Serpentine Pavilion will open in Beijing Thu, 1 Feb 18, 10:01pmThe Serpentine Pavilion is going global, with its first international debut in Beijing, China. Launched by London’s Serpentine Galleries and Beijing’s WF CENTRAL, this major international collaboration will be designed...