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Jiayuan Zhang
Landscape
Sunday, 13 September 2026

Cloud Mansion

Cloud Mansion is a landscape design for a commercial site of 5,080 square meters in Lishui. The design captures the intuitive qualities of clouds: lightness, cleanliness, floating and transparency. Dislocated feature walls, hollowed feature walls and transparent blocks soften the sense of enclosure at the boundaries. Ultra-white glass, dark gray transparent glass and rainbow glass provide different degrees of permeability. A waterscape with a black marble base reflects the sky. Long gray marble benches offer places to rest.

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Paul Bo Peng
Garden
Saturday, 12 September 2026

Poly Tianhuan

Poly Tianhuan Garden is a landscape design for a residential site in Foshan, Guangdong. The garden covers 19368 square meters and forms artificial green hills within the city. Undulating topography and curved surfaces recall the qualities of a natural environment. The design extends into the interior of the buildings, so the boundary between inside and outside is softened. Natural stone, wood and planting are used, with white hemp granite paving, concrete for the curved surfaces and perforated metal for the furniture. The layout is inspired by traditional Chinese gardens.

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Hsu Fu Chu
Landscape
Friday, 11 September 2026

Eastern Garden

Eastern Garden is a landscape design for a residential community. The entrance is arranged in two sections to guide movement and protect the privacy of the residents. Layers, framed views, curved paths, light and shadow follow eastern garden traditions. A stainless steel sculpture stands beside a pool and is reflected in the water. Large floor-to-ceiling windows link the hall with the outdoor space. Native trees of southern Taiwan and diverse plants form a habitat that supports biodiversity. The pool also helps to moderate the local microclimate.

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Yuannan Xu
Landscape
Thursday, 10 September 2026

La Chapelle HQ

La Chapelle Headquarter is a landscape design for a corporate headquarters in Shanghai. The site is located on South Lianhua Road and covers an area of 41860 square meters. The design is inspired by the sakura, or cherry blossom, and this element is repeated across the grounds. Tree varieties were selected according to the preferences of the client and to local culture. The building layout and the differences in ground level required careful research and spatial analysis. The work took one and a half years and seeks a balance between the building and the landscape.

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Shanghai Lacime Design Co. Ltd.
Demonstration Area
Wednesday, 9 September 2026

Donde Cloud Valley

Donde Cloud Valley is a demonstration area landscape completed in 2018 in Wuhan, China. The project follows an integrated approach to landscape and architecture, in which the building form and volume are maximized. The building works as a place for social interaction and as a landscape in itself. Clear geometric volumes give the project a modernist character and form a gate of art together with the surrounding buildings. Deer themed installations welcome visitors and are made with irregular cut surfaces and reflective mirror material.

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Sun Hu
Kindergarten
Tuesday, 8 September 2026

CIFI Donut

CIFI Donut Kindergarten is attachedto a residential community. In order to create a preschool education activity place integrating practicability and beauty, it tries to combine the sales space with the education space. Through the ring structure linking the three-dimensional spaces, the building and landscape are harmoniously integrated, forming an activity place full of fun and educational significance.

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