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Designer: Kris Lin Project: Club House Classification: Hospitality Published: Thursday, 22 October 2026

Leaves

Leaves is a club house for a residential community, located halfway up a mountain in Changsha, China. The interior covers 2000 square meters on two floors. The first floor holds a reception lobby, a swimming pool and a gymnasium, and the second floor is a leisure area with a book bar. A lighting installation of custom made LED leaves is held by white painted aluminum steel cables that also act as conductors. Light control technology shifts the glow of each leaf to imitate autumn wind. The rolling ceiling of the former building is retained to recall a wavy mountain.

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Designer: Luxi Chen Project: Restaurant Classification: Hospitality Published: Wednesday, 21 October 2026

Timber and Table

Timber and Table is a restaurant created through the adaptive reuse of a vernacular courtyard house in Zhejiang, China. Original timber beams, brick walls, tiled roofs and worn thresholds were retained and restored with traditional craft techniques. Concealed steel supports and modern building systems were added to meet current safety and service needs. A transitional space and a staircase connect the front and rear volumes. The central courtyard was reimagined as a reflecting pool with koi fish, offering a quiet pause for guests.

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Designer: Kris Lin Project: Sale Center Classification: Hospitality Published: Tuesday, 20 October 2026

Star Fall

Star Fall explores the residential entrance lobby as more than a transitional space, shaping it into a layered experience of arrival. Organized around a circular void, the design integrates light, structure, and material to support spatial clarity and a sense of belonging. A custom chandelier composed of multiple light elements is positioned within the void, contributing to the spatial atmosphere. Through the coordination of spatial order, lighting, and material selection, the project presents an approach to entrance design that emphasizes continuity, comfort, and everyday use.

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Designer: Naoyuki Aoki Project: Simple Lodging Classification: Hospitality Published: Monday, 19 October 2026

The Bamboo Forest

The Bamboo Forest is a glamping accommodation facility located next to a zoo in Ichihara City, Chiba Prefecture. The site covers a gross floor area of 2000 square meters and holds six accommodation buildings made of steel tents, cotton tents and wooden structures. Each building has an interior named after and inspired by an animal from the neighboring zoos. Guests can eat breakfast beside giraffes and feed capybaras and lemurs. The quiet bamboo grove setting is intended to offer rest and learning for visitors from nearby cities.

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Designer: Min Liu Project: Resort Hotel Classification: Hospitality Published: Sunday, 18 October 2026

Pu Shine

Create a natural hotel in the valley. Zen is the main idea. There is no limit to what you do. The hotel building is a long strip, based on the surrounding environment, built according to the mountains and streams, and in the architectural form of scattered fields, cottages, small bridges and flowing water, creating a pure, quiet and far-reaching feeling of space. Create a Japanese Zen and minimalist hotel between Chinese mountains and rivers.

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Designer: Qingdao Hiron Commercial Cold Chain Co.,Ltd. Project: Freezing Display Cabinet Classification: Commercial Appliance Published: Saturday, 17 October 2026

Avatar

Avatar is a freezing display cabinet designed for commercial use. The cabinet has a wide box structure and large capacity baskets, providing 351 litres of internal storage. Double opening glass doors and two side observation windows enlarge the display area, so goods can be seen from several angles. A detachable display board inside the top holds advertisements and price tags. Temperature zoning and small hanging baskets allow different products to be stored together. An intelligent management system monitors inventory and interior data in real time.

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