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Victoria & Albert Exhibition in Hong Kong Mall Blurs Commerce-Culture Lines
Shoes: Pleasure and Pain, from London’s Victoria & Albert Museum, makes its final stop in Asia in Hong Kong, which hopes to attract Chinese tourists. Read More
‘Starchitect’ Zaha Hadid’s Next High-Profile China Stop: Macau
The award-winning designer of the Guangzhou Opera House and the Galaxy SOHO makes her foray into Macau with a stunning new structure. Read More
Luxury Hotels Close In On China’s Second-Tier Hotspots
Now that first-tier locales are inundated with luxury hotel choices, the world's top companies are moving into smaller cities that have big demand for five-star accommodations. Read More
Zaha Hadid’s Sprawling New Cultural Complex Takes Shape In China
After winning the design commission in 2011, Zaha Hadid Architects recently broke ground on the Meixihu International Culture and Art Centre, a massive new cultural complex in Changsha, Hunan province. Read More
Event Watch: “Culture Chanel” At Guangzhou Opera House
Following previous appearances in Shanghai and Beijing, the acclaimed traveling exhibition “Culture Chanel” launches on January 16 at the Zaha Hadid-designed Guangzhou Opera House. Read More-
Following Shanghai & Beijing, “Culture Chanel” To Hit Guangzhou
The traveling Culture Chanel exhibition, which swept through Shanghai in early 2011 and the National Art Museum of China in Beijing last November, is set to make its third China pit-stop at Guangzhou's Zaha Hadid-designed opera house. Read More 
New Museum Construction In China: Too Much, Too Soon?
The blistering pace of new museum construction in China, which has only intensified in recent years, has some asking whether the country's new cultural venues are filling a long-ignored absence or are "too much, too soon." Read More
Jean Nouvel Said To Edge Gehry, Hadid For Beijing Museum Job
Rumor has it that Pritzker Prize–winning French architect Jean Nouvel has been selected to design a mammoth new building for Beijing's National Art Museum of China, renowned for its exhibitions of 20th-century and contemporary Chinese art. Read More
Sydney Symphony Orchestra To Set Up East Asia “Base” In Guangzhou
With its strategic shift towards China, the Sydney Symphony Orchestra is on its way to becoming one of the most influential such institutions in Asia. Read More
Wang Shu Becomes First China-Based Architect To Receive Pritzker Prize
Massive skyscrapers designed by international architects may be among the most visible in urban Chinese skylines, but the country's home-grown designers have spent the last several years steadily making names for themselves both at home and abroad. Read More
