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The essence of design is "wisdom creates value", and the current market design needs are showing a diversified trend. The design has a technical and comprehensive aspect; there are also personalised, differentiated needs. W&R has been trying to consolidate the foundation of how to balance design services through talent cultivation and reserves. Compared with scale and integration, it is more urgent to guide and cultivate talent and teams with high-quality design senses and special capabilities to reinforce W&R's future competitive advantage, and continuous, steady development.The establishment of One Studio was an important part to W&R's development, as it provided an opportunity to form a pioneering team of creative and energetic designers, and created space for the ongoing development of young designers who dare to do things.Architectural design itself is a discipline and profession that is closely linked with formal beauty. The effect of achievement itself is an important aspect that reflects the level of designers. The best team is incomparably focusing on details, such as the delicacy of diagram paper, logic, the quality of sample reels, and so on. This book is a portfolio of One Studio's architectural design cases, presented through high quality photographs and insightful texts.Text in English and Chinese.

This book, edited by the designer of Shanghai Astronomy Museum, Ennead Architects LLP, is an all-round record of the design and construction process of Shanghai Astronomy Museum, with a foreword written by Ye Shuhua — an astronomer and academician of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, and a preface by Shanghai Science and Technology Museum. The main part of the book unfolds from four perspectives: site, concept, realisation, and engineering and construction, which describes the process of generating the core form of the Shanghai Astronomy Museum, as well as the design ingenuity of the main functional areas inside. The book presents many beautiful images of the museum, and includes texts by the chief designer, Thomas J. Wong. The designers' love for the universe and their great enthusiasm for the project contribute to the essence of this book.Text in English and Chinese.

This book presents the profound architectural philosophy and two decades of built work in China by the renowned French studio Architecturestudio. This volume delves into the studio's innovative "Tracé Bleu" concept—an open-ended framework advocating for ecological sustainability and deep humanistic reflection. It champions a philosophy of "thinking before building," emphasising a return to the land, the protection of ecosystems, and responsible resource management in response to global climate and social challenges. The book illustrates how this forward-thinking approach is translated into a tangible, refined governance framework for the human habitat through specific projects. More than a retrospective, it documents a dynamic, ongoing dialog that redefines the architect's role, fosters interdisciplinary collaboration, and builds a collective vision for alternative ways of living, solidifying the studio's contribution to the integration of architecture, ecology, and culture.Text in English and Mandarin.

Tongji University is committed to cultivating leaders of smart and sustainable design for future industries and lifestyles. In June 2024, the graduation design exhibitions of College of Design and Innovation (D&I), and Shanghai International College of Design and Innovation of Tongji University (Shanghai D&I) were unveiled at the Minghua Sugar Factory on Yangpu Binjiang, once again celebrating students’ academic achievements and showcasing Tongji’s design education accomplishments to society.In 2022, D&I graduation exhibition has adopted the brand of “和｜&”, reflecting the college’s inclusive and diverse culture and the transformative power of design to reconnect seemingly disparate elements, bringing “delight” to the ordinary world. It also embodies the theoretical depth and contemporary relevance of China’s outstanding traditional culture. The undergraduate exhibition’s theme of 2024 is “Generate” while the postgraduate exhibition explores “Connected & Reconstructed.” The college continues to be pioneering, and integrates knowledge with practice, relentlessly exploring the next station of design education. Emphasising interdisciplinary collaboration, we specially introduced an interdisciplinary design programme this year.Text in English and Mandarin.

This book reveals the wild, intimate beauty of Yunnan through striking photographs, drawings, and archival images, tracing how vernacular architecture and settlement patterns emerge from local ecology, materials, and ethnic traditions. Combining visual richness with scholarly insight, it re-examines overlooked cultural potentials and the sustainable, place-based wisdom embedded in Yunnan’s homes and villages. Perfect for architects, cultural researchers, travellers, and anyone drawn to living landscapes and regional identity.Text in English and Mandarin.

This book offers a unique journey into the heart of Gulangyu Island through its most iconic yet overlooked narrators—the banyan trees. More than just botanical features, these trees are the living breath and hidden storytellers of the island, their roots entwined with the very fabric of its urban space, memory, and culture. This book unfolds in four parts: an insightful scientific profile of the banyan tree itself; an exploration of its profound, symbiotic relationship with human life and the city; a detailed presentation of 15 specific banyan sites on Gulangyu, enriched with photographs and drawings; and a compelling oral history section that captures the vibrant, "invisible" life force these trees embody. It is not merely a guide but a cultural map, inviting readers to rediscover the island’s layered narrative and the deep, poetic dialogue between nature, architecture, and human history.Text in English and Mandarin.

Inspired by the book Made in Tokyo, Shanghai architectural scholar Li Xiangning and his team worked closely with its author, Yoshiharu Tsukamoto, to edit this book about the features of Shanghai city and its architecture. This book is a celebration of the particular elements of the architecture and urban design of Shanghai, and brings together 54 places that contribute to the unique DNA of the city. The photography, detailed drawings, and written pieces reveal Shanghai as it is to its residents. Whilst including well-known architectural features of Shanghai, the book also explores the less well-known elements that make Shanghai the city that it is.

Over the past sixteen years, during Dr Li Zhenyu's travels he has amassed a massive collection of aerial photographs of cities. They serve as an alternative way to read cities. This book contains 300+ of the photographs, showing a different way to read a city compared with what is experienced every day on the ground. There are 55 cities showcased, and these are organised into sections by continent.

The concept of Layered Morphologies is a theoretical and methodological approach that investigates the coevolutionary nature of architecture and settlements, to propose an organic and integrated approach to their reading, protection and design enhancement. Transcending some usual spatial ontologies and operating across interdisciplinary fields, it promotes a renewed notion of built heritage as historicised architecture, and landscape as a structure of structures, where any act of modification should start from recognising pre-existing signs, typo-morphological structures, and writing of the ground and formal orders. Advancing critical-theoretical propositions while verifying their operational value in the case study of Fenghuang (Shaanxi) - a famous historic and cultural town in China - the methodology reveals a new reading and the potential underlying of Chinese settlements forms. Architectural and urban-rural design projects are not the colonisation of a void (a tabula rasa) but rather an understanding and interpretation of an existing text with its erasures and absences (tabula plena), which also presents the principles for future writings.

The Beijing Institute of Architectural Design (Group) Co., Ltd (BIAD) is a large-scale state-owned architectural design and consulting institute established in1949, the same year the People's Republic of China was founded. It is afirst-grade, national high-tech enterprise, which has made outstanding contributions in Beijing and China.Since its establishment, BIAD has devoted itself to architectural design services; it has committed toproviding high quality design and developed its key corporate concept -Architecture Serves Society, Design Creates Value - earning a good reputation in the industry, whilst building up the design brand image ofBIAD.The programmes collected in this book show the history of BIAD, and that of Beijing and China. In particular, the programme Phoenix Center presents the level of infrastructure in science and technology today.Text in English and simplified Chinese.

Chinese architect Pu Miao has long explored the development of modern Chinese architecture from a localised perspective. As he has learned from his practice, the integration of architecture and landscape promises to be one of the main directions for localisation. This volume selects 15 architectural designs from Miao’s practice since the 1990s; 12 of them have been constructed and written about in international and Chinese professional journals and books. The building types include restaurant, retail, exhibition, worship, residence, education, and public facilities. The projects illustrate four modes of integrating buildings and landscape: using outdoor spaces as alternatives for indoor activities; architecture and landscape each playing a unique role in a functional pair; architecture partially taking the form of landscape; and gardens as urban public spaces in a building. Through detailed analyses of design concepts, a large number of building photos and drawings (including wall sections for some projects), this book acts not only as a virtual tour of these places, but also provides meticulous design documentation. Today, it is very rare for an architect to practice by him/herself. Pu Miao has proved that such a traditional craftsman’s mode of practice is still possible; more than that, he inspires us to see that the modes of architectural practice need not to be as uniform as many believe. There are actually many possibilities, as long as you dare to imagine and to try. Perhaps Pu Miao’s initial objective was to control the building detailing as much as possible, which he has accomplished, but meanwhile he has also become a special banner of independent practice in China. Text in English and Chinese.

"Common (不二)" is a Buddhist term that comes from the Dictionary of Buddhist Studies. "All matters in the world are originally one and equal, without distinction." This means that nothing is different from each other.Born with a congenital disability, Liu Yi underwent more than 20 operations to slowly stretch his body from the "sphere." He always smiles innocently in life, with paintings, art, and innocence to heal himself while infecting others. Since April 14, 2015, Liu Yi started drawing on his smartphone with his fingers every day. This "assignment" soon became a part of his life.Common Innocence of Liu Yi is a simple yet satisfying read, with hundreds of little drawings created by the artist, accompanied by his thoughts, the names of paintings given by Jian Guoer during their conversations, as well as comments from professionals.Text in English and Chinese.