Seeking a stronger connection with his adopted city, Edoardo Allegranti revamps a lilong house in China’s bustling municipality.

From the ground up, Hiding House combines natural forms, textures, and materials to theatrical effect.

Dark and structurally unsound, a narrow, three-story home needed to be brightened up.

In space-strapped Shanghai, local architects look to rotating boxes and playful pops of colors to create a delightful modern home.

Herschel Supply Co.'s modern office in Shanghai looks to the city’s fast-disappearing architectural heritage for inspiration and...

The Scandinavian architectural firm wins an international competition to design the Shanghai Library, a glass-and-concrete...

Three generations live harmoniously in this teensy pad thanks to hardworking storage, flexible furniture, and a zigzagging layout.

The developer of Three on the Bund gallery gives us a behind-the-scenes tour of the creative side of Shanghai.

There seems to be no end to the superlatives being used to describe cities in China: the buildings there are the biggest, the...

At Dress Codes, the current exhibition and third triennial at the International Center of Photography in New York, I saw a...

If you can't get enough of historic architecture, then consider one of these heritage hotels that have been modernized in all the...

The designer shares her favorite Shanghai finds, from sandalwood soap to excellent Italian food.

Celebrate the Lunar New Year with these forward-thinking designs by Chinese firms.

When it comes to repurposing old buildings, warehouses hold tons of potential.

Stacked, cantilevered rooms provide forest views and privacy for guests at this small hotel in the Qiyun Mountain area of China.

These crafty interventions in China and Hong Kong are a testament to out-of-the-box thinking.

Tasked with revitalizing a rural area with agricultural tourism, Shanghai–based firm ZJJZ builds a minimalist cabin cluster...

Defying convention, these unconventional front doors turn thresholds into design opportunities.

From a cat-shaped kindergarten to a robot-like skyscraper, these postmodern buildings have a hearty sense of humor.

Sited in a remote Canadian forest, a luxurious cabin rental embraces indoor/outdoor living.

Gestalten’s latest page-turner is an ode to the best bookstores in the world.

This bookshop in Hangzhou, China, features an interior that provides a variety of unique and immersive environments for reading...

These projects utilize clever solutions to make the most out of homes that measure up to 850 square feet.

Exploring themes of traditional masculinity, femininity, and assigned gender roles, His and Her House comprise part of an exhibit...

We pay homage to renowned architect I.M. Pei, who recently passed away at the age of 102.

Japanese architect Arata Isozaki receives the ​industry's highest honor.

The design brief of this Sydney project was to evoke the "relaxed sophistication" of the popular Australian beach locale.

Designed by ZJJZ Atelier, the shingle-clad pods—known as The Seeds—provide an off-grid retreat in a lush area in Jiangxi, China.

We’re all familiar with iconic furniture pieces made of fiberglass that were brought to market in the midcentury era—most notably...

At the age of 92, William Krisel—the pioneering architect who brought elegant modernism to Southern Californian suburban tract...

The home took 20 years to complete—and during its construction, Pedersen’s firm designed some of the world’s tallest buildings.

Keep up with the design world: Zaha Hadid's only private residence is completed in Russia, nature reclaims an abandoned fishing...

The Patton New Century House treads lightly on the land while providing wide-open living spaces.

Six stories high, crowned with a pool, and with a direct lineage back to the Bauhaus, a new town house in Tel Aviv manages to...

As cities continue to explode in population despite diminishing space for expansion, we have to wonder—what does the future hold...

Stein Wang and Topher Kong’s studio, Hi Thanks Bye, refers to their no-time-wasted approach to furniture design—prioritizing...