With a design philosophy drawn from traditional “shanshui ... the CCTV Headquarters to the Guardian Art Center seems to reflect the shift in Chinese architecture itself – both extremes ...

Renowned architect and founder of MAD Architect, Ma Yansong Photo: Courtesy of MAD Architect. China has officially opened its ...

Traditional Chinese architecture ... should elevate human character and foster connection. Good architecture is art - it reminds us, amidst the flood of the mundane, to strive to be better ...

MAD co-founder Ma Yansong says that Chinese cities should draw more from the country's traditional architecture, rather than aping the style of western buildings, in the second part of our ...

As China's oldest timber-framed building, the Hanging Temple in Northwest China’s Shanxi province, represents a classic ancient architectural art, combining the Three Chinese Religions ...

Traditional Chinese architecture has a long history and glorious achievements. The buildings not only have practical functions, but also bear important artistic values. How do they combine the two?

In 2003, nearly two dozen of the biggest names in international and Chinese architecture ... sway as traditional tourist capitals Shanghai or Beijing, the city’s Sifang Art Park is a fascinating ...

Liu Fang Yuan (Garden of Flowing Fragrance), located at The Huntington Library, Art Museum and Botanical Gardens in the city of San Marino, is a newly built masterpiece of Chinese flora ...

it summons ancient Chinese architectural motifs in its use of dramatic tiered balconies. Another, the Luyeyuan Stone Sculpture Art Museum in Chengdu, from 2002, evokes a traditional Chinese garden ...

“The question of the proper relation of the present to the past is particularly timely, for the recent process of urbanization in China invites debate as to whether architecture should be ...

With a design philosophy drawn from traditional “shanshui ... the CCTV Headquarters to the Guardian Art Center seems to reflect the shift in Chinese architecture itself – both extremes ...