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Unsangdong Architects
Cultural Facility
Wednesday, 6 May 2026

Park1538 Gwangyang

Park1538 is located in a city with a long history of steel. The project turns this industrial past into a cultural place open to the public and introduces visitors to the material, the process, and the history of making steel. Steel is often seen as heavy and rigid, but this project shows another side of the material by expressing flexibility through form and space. A cantilever hall creates an open plaza below, while vertical ribs guide visitors through layered spaces and link the different levels of the building.

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Kris Lin
Exhibition Center
Tuesday, 5 May 2026

Snow Park

As the exhibition center for the world's largest indoor ski resort, the project integrates the design language of Ice, Light and Art, to create an immersive exploration experience through six themed scenes, showcasing ice and snow culture alongside urban innovation. Its flexible spatial layout ensures a seamless transition from exhibition to future commercial operations, delivering lasting economic and cultural value while driving the rise of ice and snow tourism in southern China.

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Masakatsu Matsuyama
House
Monday, 4 May 2026

Fuma

This house for a family of four stands along a railway line in Fukuoka Prefecture, Japan. To adapt to the site's exposure to train noise, vibrations, and flood risk, reinforced concrete was used. The second floor cantilevers 5.6m toward the street and 3.2m toward the parking area, allowing for single-story-style living on the second level within a three-story structure. Plants are placed throughout the architecture, such as in gardens and terraces, creating spaces where greenery and the built form intertwine, blending the home seamlessly with nature.

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Haodong Liu
Restaurant
Sunday, 3 May 2026

Xingshufu Banouet

The overall space blends oriental aesthetics with a contemporary modern western approach, leading to differences in spatial forms. Western art forms and ideas have a constantly changing spirit of rational criticism, while Eastern art forms have a consistent aesthetic trend and cultural spirit. Creating a familiar cultural experience in this city in the contemporary context will focus on the extension of humanistic charm, elegance, and value recognition, integrating them into modern lifestyles, and achieving the ultimate in the presentation of this space.

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Xiang Wang
Moutai Experience Center
Saturday, 2 May 2026

Wen Shan Hai

Green hues dominate the palette, with layers of verdant tones evoking the exquisite tones of Longquan celadon. The design captures the undulating green waves of a lake, reflecting the beauty of jade. The hanging mountain-style roof forms the indoor framework, sloping gently from the center to the sides. Under the embrace of this enchanting setting, the atmosphere becomes increasingly warm and jewel-like, enveloping visitors in a world of elegance and tranquility.

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Li Xiang
Bookstore
Friday, 1 May 2026

Huai’an Zhongshuge

The Huai'an Zhongshuge bookstore reimagines architectural space as a cosmic journey, blending surrealism with structural precision. Dominated by exaggerated three dimensional forms, the interior evokes celestial mechanics through concentric rings and irregular geometric structures that mimic astronomical instruments. Bookshelves curve and spiral like planetary orbits, their dynamic arrangements echoing the motion of celestial bodies. Scattered books, akin to fragments of infinite worlds, nestle within these sculptural shelves.

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Design team of the day
Special Coverage
Wednesday, 29 April 2026

World's greatest design teams.

Sometimes you need a very big team of talented designers to come up with truly great designs. Everyday, we feature a distinct award-winning innovative and creative design team. Explore and discover original and creative architecture, good design, fashion, graphics design and design strategy projects from design teams worldwide. Get inspired by the original works by grand master designers.

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