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By Kai Cui

Sixteen awesome modern chinese language architects and groups from a state-owned large-scale layout company and privately owned layout agencies and person studios, are offered during this booklet. modern chinese language architectural languages and shape, which attach background and this day, with a fusion of chinese language and Western cultures and components, are provided. It files the constructing street of latest structure in China with non-stop attempt through chinese language architects.

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The full view of the ticket hall 4 2 5 108 109 1 1. The sunken plaza and the step greening 2. Section 1-1 3. Part of the roof 4. View of hill scene from the terrace 5. The interior restaurant 2 3 4 5 110 111 1 1 2 3 1. Interior perspective 2. The floor plan 3. Interior consultant and ticket counter 4. Details of stairs 4 2 4 6 1 5 9 3 8 8 7 8 1 112 1. Ticket hall 2. Information and service 3. Exhibition hall 4. Rest and waiting area 5. Main entrance 6. Lobby 7. Dining room 8. Office 9. Shop 10.

Lobby 5. Dining room 6. Meeting room 7. Study room 8. Guest room 9. Courtyard 2 5 2 2 6 1 8 3 4 7 9 2 1. Studio interior, walls are laid with bricks, matching with concise furniture 2. Floor plan 3. Homeowner's studio 4. , Ltd. Construction area: 6,370 sqm Location: Tianjin, China Completion date: 2005 Photographer: Zhou Kai, Wei Gang, Yang Chaoying North Elevation Fengjicai Literature and Art Academy of Tianjin University selected site in the main campus of the university. It is constructed on an upright and foursquare foundation, with the main stadium in the east, the teaching and laboratory building in the south, the saddle-shape gymnasium in the north, and the biggest Youth Lake of the university in the west.

In order to prominent the theme of Jiajing emperor and Ming Dynasty, the proposal gives a general layout simulating the Chinese character “Ming”, which is composed of two characters of “Ri” and “Yue” in structure. The site plan takes the geometry of “Ri” as the main exhibition hall while “Yue” is secondary to it, and space between the two halls together with the loggia provides public and outdoor exhibition spaces that people can freely walk through, making a perfect combination between the character’s structure and the museum function.

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