Beijing has been designated as the UNESCO-UIA (International Union of Architects) World Capital of Architecture 2029, UNESCO announced on Wednesday.
August 6, 2026
2026-08-06
At Paimio Sanatorium in southwestern Finland, long patient wings reach toward the sunlight amid a pine forest, while terraces once allowed tuberculosis patients to rest outdoors.
August 5, 2026
2026-08-05
China's National Pavilion has launched an open call for curatorial proposals for the 2027 Venice International Architecture Biennale, which will be held in Venice from May to November 2027.
July 28, 2026
2026-07-28
Digital technology has recreated a Qing dynasty imperial garden that remains partly closed to the public, in a light-and-shadow exhibition running at the National Library of China through Dec. 6.
July 27, 2026
2026-07-27
An exhibition in Beijing is charting the six-decade career of Wang Juyuan, the scholar who made landscape architecture an academic discipline in China, three decades after his death.
July 26, 2026
2026-07-26
The Beijing Ancient Architecture Museum opened its doors to the public free of charge on Monday in celebration of International Museum Day.
May 19, 2026
2026-05-19
The Long's Courtyard in Hunan was a historic residential complex first built in the Song Dynasty (1127-1279) with buildings predominantly of brick-and-wood construction. Today, 48 residences still exist in the complex, connected by criss-crossing stone-paved alleyways.
May 11, 2026
2026-05-11
In the Chaoshan region of Guangdong province, rooftops are adorned with intricate displays made from colored porcelain fragments, creating stories in ceramic that last for generations.
January 28, 2026
2026-01-28
Amid efforts to preserve the millennium-old traditional design and practices for building Chinese wooden arch bridges, advanced and accessible technology, including AI and VR, is injecting new vitality into the timeless craft.
December 19, 2025
2025-12-19
In order to study the construction and renovation history of the Forbidden City, a team of Chinese researchers has successfully pinpointed the growth years of three ancient timbers in this complex and traced their geographical origins via oxygen isotope analysis.
December 11, 2025
2025-12-11
Auspicious creatures are often seen on the rooftops of ancient architecture in north China's Shanxi Province.
December 4, 2025
2025-12-04
The World Travel Market (WTM) London 2025 on Friday announced the winners of its annual Best Stand Awards, with the China Pavilion among the winners of Best Stand Design for its innovative and eco-friendly approach.
November 8, 2025
2025-11-08
September 21, 2025
2025-09-21
From Huangshan in east China's Anhui Province to the banks of Main River in Frankfurt, traditional Hui-style architecture connects international visitors with Chinese culture and aesthetics.
June 17, 2025
2025-06-17
A cultural and ecological renewal project at Daji Xiang in Beijing's Xuanwu cultural core area has brought new life to the city's historic courtyard neighborhoods.
June 5, 2025
2025-06-05
Boasting a history of hundreds of years, the Zhou Family Courtyard and the Hu Family Courtyard, with their houses crisscrossing in a tightly structured and meticulously arranged layout, showcase a long history and rich cultural heritage of traditional Chinese villages.
March 28, 2025
2025-03-28
When asked about his favorite architectural form, Liu Jiakun, the newly crowned Pritzker Architecture Prize laureate, did not mention soaring skyscrapers or grand monuments, but instead simply said, "Wells."
March 24, 2025
2025-03-24
When asked about his favorite architectural form, Liu Jiakun, the newly crowned Pritzker Architecture Prize laureate, did not mention soaring skyscrapers or grand monuments, but instead simply said, "Wells."
March 24, 2025
2025-03-24
Sakyamuni Pagoda of Fogong Temple, well known as the Wooden Pagoda of Yingxian county, was built in the year 1056 AD with tenon-and-mortise work.
March 21, 2025
2025-03-21
Shaxi, a remote township in Jianchuan County, was once an important trading hub for tea, herbs, silk and salt on the ancient Tea Horse Road, a trade route dating back to the Tang Dynasty (618-907).
March 18, 2025
2025-03-18
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