In the last six years, 12 acres of land on the banks of Shanghai’s Huangpu River ... best known for designing Central Park and other urban parks in late 19th-century America. He notes, “The essence of ...

Architecture studio Linehouse has wrapped a food market in a Shanghai laneway neighbourhood around a central atrium informed by Victorian greenhouses. Named Foodie Social, the 2,000-square-metre ...

Built in the 19th century, this film studio languished for decades ... a fresh take on the industrial look A-Cold-Wall* has a new flagship store in Shanghai, designed by architecture practice ...

(Getty Images)| When it comes to contemporary architecture, Shanghai stands apart from the ... from Gothic Revival to Georgian to Victorian, making it a dream destination for design and history ...

And even in protected zones old architecture has been displaced ... Modernization has reshaped Shanghai before. In the mid-19th century, the British, Americans and French forced China to sign ...

While it is hardly a classic representative of colonial-era architecture, the Moller Villa hotel is one of six landmarks recently added to Shanghai’s growing list of 20th century architectural ...

It starts with the narrow but towering entrance, a feature derived from the high gates and slender alleyways typical of Shanghai’s 19th-century Shikumen architecture. The oval atrium—featuring ...

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