Drawing inspiration from traditional Chinese courtyard houses, Bean Buro designed an intuitive, sociable workplace for Warner Music Group

Retro-futuristic eatery SUPERFLY channels the history of Sichuan cuisine and the energy of China’s youth culture. We spoke with AvroKO founding partner William Harris to find out more about the his firm’s approach to blending iconic historic typologies with a vision towards the future in this intriguing new space

Offhand Practice recently designed Single Person gallery in Shanghai, but it was this residential project that got them the job

T.K. Chu Design has recently completed a model apartment in a mixed-use development in Zhuhai, taking design cues from the ocean vista and incorporating curves and arches to reference the sea and travel

A pebble-washed facade and recessed doorway mark Single Person’s street presence in Shanghai's Xuhui district, while beyond the low, rounded doorway is a cave-like vintage design gallery

In designing the Shou County Culture and Art Center, Studio Zhu-Pei drew on the traditional vertical courtyard houses and narrow lanes of the ancient walled city to conceive a contemporary urban cultural space that is at once introverted and inviting

In Chengdu’s creative East Music Park, restaurant Da Ya Li was designed by Beijing studio IN • X to represent Sichuan food culture and introduce new customers to the 20-year-old restaurant brand

Chinese designer Xu Ming and French architect Virginie Moriette founded Studio MVW in 2006 in Shanghai. We spoke with the duo to find out more about their backgrounds, inspirations, processes and approach to interior design, architecture and limited-edition objets d'art and furniture

Design studio IN • X seamlessly blended references to traditional Chinese architecture with a contemporary colour and materials palette in the Dashilan street outpost of Peking duck restaurant Siji Minfu. We spoke with lead designer Wu Wei to find out more about how he embedded culture and tradition within the dining experience

PANORAMA Design Group conceived MeeHotel as an urban resort where bamboo, soothing natural tones and organic forms predominate

The owner of independent clothing boutique Naqu Shui Yue Dian called on architect Wang Daquan of Tanzo Space Design to create her brand’s second location in the trendy Wudaoying Hutong. Daquan took the site’s heritage and original architecture as his starting point, creating an emotive shopping experience that centres around a calming courtyard pond

Curves, foliage and natural materials characterise the Green Experience Pavilion, a contemporary health store and wine bar in Foshan. We speak with designer Myron Kwan of Hong Kong-based M.R. Studio to find out more about the project

Local firm STUDIO8 designed craft cocktail bar and restaurant Charcohol to reflect the transformative nature of charcoal. Here, STUDIO8 co-founder Shirley Dong tells us more about her team’s approach to the architecture and interiors

At this spring’s Design Shanghai, Design Anthology sat down with Furong Chen, recipient of the inaugural show’s Emerging Chinese Designer award who has now returned as an exhibitor. Chen talks about his journey as a designer, what he’s learned along the way and how the award has helped shape the early years of his career

This new Hangzhou bar was designed by Hong Kong firm M.R. Studio as an elegant and dramatic homage to the art of whisky making

For the 8th Bi-City Biennale of Urbanism\Architecture (Shenzhen), Leon Liang Xu, lecturer at The Chinese University of Hong Kong’s School of Architecture, created the Double-Wall Pavilion at the centuries-old Dapeng Fortress. Here he shares more about the project, which was inspired by the ancient structure and its context

Beijing-based architecture firm odd (okamoto deguchi design)’s fit-out of new Japanese restaurant Kan comprises a series of private dining rooms inspired by traditional juubako stacked lunchboxes

Shanghai-based dongqi Architects was commissioned by sneaker retailer Concepts to renovate a historic Shikumen-style building into its first concept store in China. Here dongqi’s founder Jiang Nan shares more about his team’s design approach

Li Jia of GE Space Design discusses her design for an innovative ‘cocktail facility’ in Sichuan’s capital

This new landmark designed by emerging practice WallaceLiu has been built out of the ruins of a defunct steelworks in homage to the city’s industrial heritage. We speak with co-founder Jamie Wallace about the landmark project