The roofline, with its three wide gables, gives only a hint of what lies within the rammed-earth and copper-clad building recently completed by Shanghai-based Neri&Hu in the southern Chinese city of Fuzhou. But, inside, a Qing-dynasty (1644–1912) timber structure—once framing the house of a high-ranking official—stands like a forest of richly carved wood, dappled by natural illumination as it emerges from the shadows of the interior.