Winning Projects From Around China Show That Good Design Is Good Business

Architectural Record presents the winners of the fourth “Good Design Is Good Business” China Awards. The program honors architects and clients who work together to create projects that demonstrate the power of design to advance the goals of businesses, public agencies, and private organizations.

The awards jury — which included editors from Architectural Record and respected Chinese architects and experts, selected 17 projects in seven categories.

“The building boom in China has brought with it strikingly innovative and useful designs,” said Cathleen McGuigan, editor-in-chief, Architectural Record. “Today we celebrate the best of these projects, illustrating that beautiful buildings can also be brilliantly practical as well, fusing form and function for the greater good.” 

— Clifford A. Pearson

Waterhouse at South Bund
Neri&Hu Design and Research Office
Honor Award

Photo © Pedro Pegenaute

iSquare
Rocco Design Architects Limited
Honor Award

Photo © Marcel Lam, Gammon Construction Ltd.

InterContinental Sanya Resort
WOHA and Institute of Architectural Design & Research Taiyuan University of Technology
Merit Award

Photo © Patrick Bingham-Hall, InterContinental Hotels Group

Sanlitun SOHO
Kengo Kuma and Associates (master plan and exteriors)
SAKO Architects; Ministry of Design; and SPACES Ltd (interiors)
Merit Award

Photo © Lei Tan-tan/SOHO China LTD.

Guanganmen Green Technology Showroom
Vector Architects
Merit Award

Photo © ShuHe Photography

EcoPark Administration Building
Aedas Limited
Merit Award

Photo © Aedas Limited

The Opposite House
Neri&Hu Design and Research Office
Honor Winner

Photo © Shen Zhonghai

Chongqing Mountain and City Sales Office
One Plus Partnership
Merit Award

Photo © Ajax Law Ling Kit & Virginia Lung Wai Ki

Shanghai Dow Center
Gensler
Merit Award

Photo © Gensler

Cofco Agricultural Eco Valley
Moore Ruble Yudell Architects & Planners
Honor Award

Photo © Moore Ruble Yudell Architects & Planners

DongQian Lake New Town Center Detailed Master Plan
AECOM Design + Planning
Merit Award

Photo © AECOM Asia Ltd.

Jin Jiang River Corridor Master Plan
Johnson Fain
Merit Award

Photo © Johnson Fain

OCT LOFT Renovation
Urbanus Architecture & Design
Honor Award

Photo © Qiwei Wu

Xiaoquan Elementary School
TAO (Trace Architecture Office)
Honor Award

Photo © Yao Li/TAO

Gaoligong Museum of Handcraft Paper
TAO (Trace Architecture Office)
Honor Award

Photo © Shu He/TAO

Guangzhou Opera House
Zaha Hadid Architects
Honor Award

Photo © Hufton and Crow

Maillen Hotel & Apartments
Urbanus Architecture & Design Inc.
Honor Award

Photo © Qiwei Wu