Beijing Architecture

Beijing has a long architectural record, from traditional siheyuan courtyard houses in the old city to large-scale modernist and contemporary buildings. Designers working here must often balance dense urban fabric, heritage protection, and rapid change. The city's industrial districts in particular have become test sites for adaptive reuse.

Community work under this topic examines how new interventions sit within existing courtyards, brick and timber structures, and former factories. Projects range from a steel structure suspended over a historic house to studios and cultural spaces built within the 798 art district and reworked industrial buildings.