Tag Open Architecture

20-07-2022

OPEN Architecture: Pinghe Bibliotheater in Shanghai

As part of the plan for Shanghai’s new Pinghe school district, OPEN Architecture built the Bibliotheater, combining books with the performing arts: a landmark that looks “a bit like a blue whale and a bit like a transatlantic liner” connecting the school with the community.

14-01-2022

OPEN Architecture - Li Hu

Li Hu, guest of this appointment, is a brilliant, young architect, who has worked for almost a decade at Steven Holl Architects in New York, becoming a partner in the practice, opening and leading Holl’s office in Beijing, responsible for some of the most influential projects completed in Asia. In 2005, Li Hu and his partner, Huang Wenjing, co-founded their own studio, Open architecture.

11-11-2020

OPEN Architecture: Pingshan Performing Arts Center

Located to the northeast of Shenzhen, Pingshan formed a new district measuring 168 square kilometres in 2009 and had no theatre until 2019, when the Pingshan Performing Arts Center opened in a building designed by Chinese studio OPEN Architecture after winning the design competition.

10-04-2020

OPEN Architecture: Tank Shanghai Art Centre

Designed by OPEN Architecture, Tank Shanghai represents a new type of artistic institution, a blend between city and environment. Created by way of the renovation of 5 fuel tanks from the old Longhua Airport, Tank Shanghai is not just a cultural centre, but also a large park that runs alongside the Huangpu River.

11-07-2018

OPEN Architecture Pingshan Performing Arts Centre in Shenzhen

Pingshan Performing Arts Centre in Shenzhen, designed by OPEN Architecture, is in the final stages of construction: the wrapper has been completed and work is underway on the interior and on the landscaping outside the building.

24-04-2018

The best architectures for education chosen by the AIA

From nursery schools to high schools, the best architectures for education have been chosen by the Committee on Architecture for Education of the American Institute of Architects (AIA) for the first edition of the Education Facility Design Award.

21-06-2017

Open Architecture: Tsinghua Ocean Center Shenzhen, Cina

In Tsinghua Ocean Center in Shenzhen, Open Architecture has designed a symbolic building inspired by the sea, in which the model of the university campus with pavilions take the form of a broken-down asymmetrical tower which Open Architecture paints in all the colours of the abyss.

28-04-2017

OPEN Architecture: a prototype of the HEX-SYS system in Guangzhou, China

Continuing their research into optimisation of design work, the Chinese studio Open Architecture has created a prototype of the HEX-SYS system for an exhibition centre in Guangzhou, China. Open Architecture’s HEX-SYS is a flexible construction system which is easy to dismantle and rebuild.

24-04-2017

Open reveals plans for Shanghai’s Pudong Art Museum

The die is cast, but nobody knows yet which is the winning project for the Pudong Art Museum in Shanghai. The finalists in the competition are OPEN, SANAA, Jean Nouvel and David Chipperfield.