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Steven Holl Architects’ Sliced Porosity Block Tops Out

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Courtesy of Steven Holl Architects

The Sliced Porosity Block—the Raffles City development designed by Steven Holl Architects in Chengdu—celebrates its topping out at 123 meters. Located just south of the intersection of the First Ring Road and Ren Min Nan Road, the 3 million square feet mixed-use complex consists of five towers with offices, apartments, retail, a hotel, cafes, and restaurants. More images and complete press release after the break.

China as Architectural Testing Ground

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Photo by low.lighting - http://www.flickr.com/photos/low-lighting/. Used under Creative Commons

The emergence of China on the global economic stage has been discussed at nauseum in myriad publications. But this emergence has had an impact on the world of architecture, providing a testing ground where architects can experiment with new ideas about sustainability and urban growth. These new ideas have been realized in recently completed structures, and more are just beginning construction or have been proposed for the future. More on these new buildings after the break.

Chicony Plaza / Goettsch Partners

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Chengdu, China

Southern Island of Creativity / Chengdu Urban Design Research Center

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Designed by Chengdu Urban Design Research Center, the “Southern Island of Creativity” is the start-up phase land of the Eastern New Town which endeavors to develop creative industry and is one of the 13 strategic function zones of future Chengdu, China. The Eastern New Town consists of three “Islands” based on their varied topography. The southern one is located in hallow hills, which stands adjacent to the art village which came into being spontaneously. The design team for this project consisted of architects Liu Gang, Zhang Yang, Yu Jia, Lan Mi, and Xu Xin. More images and architects’ description after the break.

Yanlord Landmark / NBBJ

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Chengdu, China
  • Architects: NBBJ
  • Area Area of this architecture project Area:  2010
  • Year Completion year of this architecture project Year:  2010

New Chengdu City Center / RTKL

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Signaling the growing influence of China’s inland cities, global architecture, engineering and urban design practice RTKL, announced the groundbreaking of the first phase of Pearl River New Town, an 80-acre district in Chengdu that will form the heart of the city’s westward growth and modernization. More images and architect’s description after the break.

Zhixin Hybrid Office Building / P-A-T-T-E-R-N-S

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Eifini / SAKO Architects

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Chengdu, China
  • Architects: SAKO Architects
  • Area Area of this architecture project Area:  160
  • Year Completion year of this architecture project Year:  2008