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Best Designs featuring great design, architecture, fashion, graphics and innovation from across the globe.

 

QUAD studio
Future Rail City
Wednesday, 7 October 2026

Light Portal

Light Portal is masterplan of Yibin Highspeed Rail City. A reform of lifestyle recommends to all age all year round. Next to Yibin High Speed Rail Station which operated since June 2019, Yibin Greenland Centre comprises of 160m tall mixed-use Twin Towers integrate architecture and nature with the 1km long landscape boulevard. Yibin has a history for more than 4000 years, accumulating wisdom and culture just like the sediment in the river marked the development of Yibin. The Twin Towers serve as a light portal to guide visitors as well as a landmark for residents to assemble.

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Hsu Fu Chu
Public Park
Tuesday, 6 October 2026

Yong Quan

Yong Quan is a public park created on the site of a former sugar factory. The park covers 22672 square meters and keeps the traces of the old factory railway. A circular trail surrounds a central lake that follows the route of the former main railway line. An observation deck extends from Fuxing Road Bridge toward the lake, and an elevated wooden deck reaches an island. A wide square beside the main factory building can hold a large crowd. Springs and gravel layers feed the lake, which supports aquatic plants and water birds.

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David Chen
Urban Park
Monday, 5 October 2026

Heito 1909

Buildings and lands have been constantly removing and rebuild in this era, every project is a bit of “Tabula Rasa”. Transformation of Heito 1909 is a rare project of adaptive reuse, instead of being obsessed with iconic buildings, everything in the park is designed inside out as the extension of the ruins. The unique design creatively incorporates the ruins and damaged structures into the urban facilities for citizens to experience. Significantly, the park provides a place for people to engage in quality natural environments within a metropolitan city.

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Liu Jinrui
Industrial Park
Sunday, 4 October 2026

Fibonacci Spiral

Fibonacci Spiral is an industrial park planned for intelligent medicine in Shanghai. The site is surrounded by rivers that divide it into several islands, with the Dynamic Island at the center. Spiral sequences replace the central radial structure and link all the islands through boulevards. Circular podiums hold a testing center, an exhibition center, offices and social spaces. Most points lie within 300 meters of the Dynamic Island, where restaurants, shops, cafeterias and fitness rooms are placed. The islands create varied waterfront public spaces.

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gad
Mixed Use Development
Saturday, 3 October 2026

Lixian Future Community of Quzhou

Lixian Future Community is an urban design plan for a mixed use district in Quzhou, Zhejiang Province, China. The plan places a platform above the traditional transportation level, where garden landscapes are arranged. Community groups are set in small blocks of low density with abundant planting, creating a pleasant spatial scale. A neighborhood center is combined with a bus terminal to form a transit oriented system that connects all nodes. The architecture joins traditional and futuristic elements and supports active street life.

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NDA Group
Resort Masterplanning
Friday, 2 October 2026

Sanjiao Eco Island

Sanjiao Eco Island is a resort master plan for an uninhabited island in southern China. The plan covers a site of 90 hectares and a total building area of 100,000 square meters. Eight themed zones are arranged around the island, each shaped by the existing terrain and linked by a shared ecological theme. Planned facilities include a water park, a sailing school, a nature preserve and several hotels. Stone and planting are the main materials, recalling the former stone quarry on the site. Only green vehicles are permitted, and the development is planned in phases.

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Design interview of the day
Special Coverage
Wednesday, 30 September 2026

Design interview of the day

Read the latest interviews and conversations on design, creativity and innovation between design journalist and world-famous designers, artists and architects. See latest design projects and award-winning designs by famous designers, artists, architects and innovators. Discover new insights on creativity, innovation, arts, design and architecture. Learn about design processes of great designers.

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