Urbanus Architecture & Design

China Awards 2012: Maillen Hotel and Apartments

Mon, 16 Jul 2012 12:00:00 -0400

Contemporary housing design in China usually follows a standard real-estate formula to reduce the developer's marketing risk as much as possible.

China Awards 2012: OCT LOFT Renovation

Mon, 16 Jul 2012 12:00:00 -0400

For most of the past decade, the architecture firm Urbanus has been slowly transforming one of Shenzhen's first factory complexes into a lively, mixed-use district catering to the needs of start-up companies and creative professionals.

China Awards 2010: Tangshan Urban Planning Museum and Park

Sat, 01 May 2010 00:00:00 -0400

“Graceful” is not a word often used to describe the business of development, especially in China, where cities move forward at sometimes ruinous speeds.

China Awards 2010: OCT Art & Design Gallery

Sat, 01 May 2010 00:00:00 -0400

“Every city is looking for a facelift”, states Wang Hui, a principal of Urbanus Architects, while talking about his firm’s OCT Art & Design Gallery in Shenzhen.

Vanke Experience Centre

Sat, 19 Apr 2008 00:00:00 -0400

Urbanus, an architecture and design firm with offices in Shenzhen and Beijing, first made a name for itself designing public open spaces; some of its earliest commissions in the late 1990s were for squares, plazas and parks, mostly in Shenzhen.

Dafen Art Museum

Sat, 19 Apr 2008 00:00:00 -0400

With thousands of artists in the area busily forging famous (and obscure) paintings, Dafen is an intriguing place for an art museum. A “village” within the city of Shenzhen, it features streets and alleys packed with studios producing counterfeit paintings, many of which are bought to decorate hotel rooms in the United States and elsewhere.