Following two exciting weeks of nominations, ArchDaily’s readers have evaluated over 700 projects and selected 10 finalists for the Building of the Year Award China. Architects and enthusiasts participated in the nomination process, choosing projects that exemplify what it means to push architecture forward. These finalists are the buildings that have inspired ArchDaily readers the most, which also reveal the growing trend of Chinese architecture.
Before we get to shortlisted nominees, we want to highlight the values of this awards process — as the world’s largest platform for architecture we are acutely aware of our responsibility to the profession, and to the advancement of architecture as a discipline. Since our mission is directly related to the architecture of the future—inspiring and educating the people who will design the urban fabric of the future—, the trust placed in us by our readers to reflect architectural trends from regions around the whole world creates challenges that we are eager to rise to. The democratically-voted, user-centered Building of the Year Awards is one of the key pillars of our response to these challenges, aiming to tear down established hierarchies and geographical barriers. Here are the 10 finalists of the 2023 China Building of the Year Award, and the voting period will run from March 23rd to April 3rd at 23:59(BJT). The final winners will be announced on April 4th, 2023. Click here to see the details and how to vote.
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Renovation of Yunnan Dazhixianxian B&B / ruanxiaozhou design studio
Wood Pavilion / LIN Architects
Chinese Tujia Pan-Museum Complex / Professor Li Baofeng's Studio of HUST
Quzhou Lixian Future Community Resettlement Housing / gad
Yaoli Village Courier Station / SuiPingYiLi Architecture Studio
Begonia Inn / atelier mearc
DJI Sky City / Foster + Partners
Shanghai Library East / SHL
Xi Hall / say architects
Qintai Art Museum / Atelier Deshaus
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