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Chinese architecture studio Team BLDG has converted two rural homes outside Shanghai into The Catcher guesthouse, adding three connecting volumes to the existing structures. The 11-bedroom guesthouse is located near the ancient town of Xinchang in Shanghai’s Pudong district, overlooking a series of rice fields to the south and east of the site. Team BLDG

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Architecture studio SoBA Architects has designed the Huachiao Vibrant Sports Park in China, whose shape was informed by the flowing “water sleeves” used in the costumes for Kunqu operas. Located in Suzhou’s Kunshan district, the 6,000-square-metre sports park comprises two basketball courts, a skatepark, table tennis tables, a pavilion and a children’s playground. Its design

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Boulder-shaped canopies of woven bamboo shelter the spaces of LuxeIsland Farm, an eco-farm in China designed by Various Associates. Located along the Zhujia River in the Jiang’an District, the animal farm sits at the heart of a vast, 230,000-square-metre development named LuxeOasis that was initiated by Luxelakes Cultural Tourism to combine art, nature and cultural

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