Chinese Small Scale Architecture
Small-scale architectural projects that explore intimate spaces, cultural expression, and localized design solutions.
E PLUS DESIGN Stacks a Chongqing Shopping Complex into a Terraced Hillside Beside Green Heart Park
At LUXERIVERS in Chongqing, a 22,535 m² retail and art complex steps down toward Luxi Lake as planted terraces, open atriums and public stairs.
say architects Builds a 140 m² Shenzhen Footwear Flagship Around Louvered Timber Cabinets and a Lounge
In Shenzhen Bay Phase II, PANE's new flagship trades the sneaker wall for timber shutters, stone columns and a generous rest area built for lingering.
ZIAD Twists Two Glass Office Slabs Around a Garden Atrium for Tiansong Headquarters in Wenling
In Wenling, Taizhou, Tiansong Headquarters pairs two stepped glass slabs with a public plaza and a timber-lined atrium where old town meets new district.
Atelier Guo Bends One Long Roof Along a Flood-Control Canal for a Restaurant Beneath a Guilin Cliff
In Yangshuo, Guilin, a 380 m² restaurant follows a flood-control canal beneath a cliff, its tapered piers imprinted with the bamboo grove beside it.
HCCH Studio Wraps Two Stalled Black-Box Theatres on Shanghai's West Bund in Aluminium Mesh and Fins
On a former cement factory site by the Huangpu River, a shell left pending for a decade becomes bars, shops and a live house through modest moves.
Atelier Liu Yuyang Architects Strings Fan-Shaped Timber Libraries Along a Park Canopy in Xinyang
In Xinyang's Hundred Flowers Park, CLT reading rooms, polygonal kiosks and a tiled restroom pavilion share one winding membrane canopy.
TJAD and DCA Arrange a Huizhou-Inspired Art Museum on a Triangular Grid Beside a Hefei Campus Lake
On the Anhui University of the Arts campus in Hefei, white render, slate and pitched roofs pinwheel around skylit courtyards on a triangular grid.
Atelier Diving Bell Stitches a Hangzhou Food Court Together with a Louvered Steel Canopy
In Hangzhou's Liangzhu Culture Village, a 1,400 m² food court renewal uses canopies, tree benches and props to turn a passage into a place.
Office Canopy of Architecture Turns a Standard Hangzhou Market into a Park by the Xixi Wetland
Near Xixi Wetland in Hangzhou, a three-storey market sheds its planter barriers for timber canopies, play pockets and a planted roof rim.
TAO Sinks a Stone-Walled Visitor Center into an Abandoned Gas Station Site in Rural Yunnan
In Bawan Village, Baoshan, a 244 m² concrete-and-stone visitor center steps down a roadside slope, trading object for terrace and shadow.
DoDesign Shelters a Chongqing Buddha Shrine Inside Walls of Loose Cedar Logs That Visitors Can Rearrange
On a cliff above the Yangtze in Chongqing, a 325 m² pavilion of black steel and timber turns a local pilgrimage site into a shrine its visitors help build.
Zen Architects Terraces Five Chongqing Towers Down a 25-Metre Slope with Water Courts and Planted Balconies
In Chongqing's Guanyinqiao, Eternal Land turns a steep residential plot into stacked lobbies, sunken gardens and a skyline-reflecting water court.
