Christina Yao

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Seven exhibitions that celebrate Australian-made design at Melbourne Design Week

1 week ago | dezeen.com | Christina Yao

Retrospectives of designers Trent Jansen and Volker Haug's work and 100 lights from emerging and established creatives across Australia were among the key exhibitions at Melbourne Design Week 2025. As the largest design week in Australia, Melbourne Design Week this year highlighted local design talents that embraced a unique Australian cultural identity and its home-grown manufacturing.
Sibling Architecture's Deep Calm exhibition aims to recreate the feeling of a hug

2 weeks ago | dezeen.com | Christina Yao

Australian studio Sibling Architecture has created an exhibition that explores sensory design in architecture for Melbourne Design Week. The Deep Calm exhibition, which will run from 15 to 25 May during Melbourne Design Week, features custom rugs and a series of weighted soft forms in a warm pink room. Deep Calm was showcased as part of Melbourne Design WeekVisitors are invited to lay on the rugs, and place the soft form over their body or be fully engulfed by it.
A New Normal exhibition aims to turn Melbourne into a zero-carbon city

2 weeks ago | dezeen.com | Christina Yao

Environmental consultancy Finding Infinity has invited leading Australian architecture studios to propose concepts that could transform Melbourne into a zero-carbon city by 2030. Eleven proposals were showcased as part of the exhibition A New Normal at Boyd Baker House during Melbourne Design Week. Melbourne-based Finding Infinity has been researching and developing strategies for Australian cities to become completely self-sufficient in terms of energy, food and water and to be zero-waste.
Indigenous Australian design

3 weeks ago | dezeen.com | Rima Sabina Aouf |Jon Astbury |Christina Yao |Karen Anderson

Australian practice Equity Office has completed the Wangun Amphitheatre in southeastern Victoria, a performance space for the First Nation community that is sheltered by steel-framed fabric canopies. More
Schmidt Hammer Lassen completes a waste-to-energy power plant in Shenzhen

1 month ago | dezeen.com | Christina Yao

Architecture studio Schmidt Hammer Lassen has completed a power plant in Shenzhen, China, that is topped with a rooftop walkway. Located in Shenzhen's Longgang District, the Shenzhen Energy Ring will incinerate 5,000 tons of waste per day, generating 1.2 billion kilowatt hours of energy (kWh) annually. The emission standards implemented at the plant exceed the China national standard (GB18485-2014) and EU standards (2010/75/EU).
Wong Kar Wai references own cinematic style for Prada restaurant in Shanghai

2 months ago | msn.com | Christina Yao

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Wong Kar Wai references own cinematic style for Prada restaurant

2 months ago | dezeen.com | Christina Yao

Italian fashion brand Prada has opened Mi Shang, a restaurant in the Rongzhai villa in Shanghai that was designed by director Wong Kar Wai to evoke the visual identity of his films. Mi Shang is Prada's first stand-alone fine dining space in Asia.
Atelier Apeiron tops arched cultural centre with terraced roof garden

Mar 5, 2025 | dezeen.com | Christina Yao

Architecture studio Atelier Apeiron has completed the Hengqin Culture and Art Complex in Zhuhai, China. The 142,560-square-metre building in China's southern city of Zhuhai contains a library, theatre and museum, all topped with a terraced roof garden. Located next to a green park surrounded by residential towers, the building was designed to integrate three organisations into a single complex.
Studio Ruan Xing creates arched timber hall at Shanghai university

Mar 3, 2025 | dezeen.com | Christina Yao

Architecture practice Studio Ruan Xing has created an arched, central hall as part of the renovation of a building on the Shanghai Jiao Tong University's School of Design campus in Shanghai. The studio, which is led by Ruan Xing, who is also the dean of the Shanghai Jiao Tong University, renovated a trio of buildings that were arranged around an atrium with a glass canopy.
Southern hemisphere's largest timber roof tops Sydney Fish Market

Feb 27, 2025 | dezeen.com | Christina Yao

The 200-metre-long roof canopy above the Sydney Fish Market, designed by architecture studios 3XN and BVN, has been completed. Located on Blackwattle Bay, the building will combine a fresh seafood market with shops, restaurants, community spaces and a seafood school under the largest timber roof in the southern hemisphere. According to 3XN and BVN, the building was informed by traditional market typologies with open-air market stalls under a canopy.