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Construction work is advancing on ‘The Cube’, a 2,000 sqm showcase and library in Taiyuan. An existing boiler room will be painted red and wrapped in a new façade of glass bricks, providing a dramatic light-filled exhibition space.

Façade construction is in its final stages at Kuntai’s Chaowai building. The existing 1990’s building has been fashioned into a ‘Jewel Box’ as part of a phased upgrading strategy for Kuntai’s Chaowai city block. The designs features a triangular ‘diamond cut’ façade in combination with a series of large glass volumes. The four story jewellery…

The project is designed as a neighbourhood hub for interaction among the young families and Seniors living in the surrounding residences, offering flexibility for creating an interesting mix of small and large tenants to compliment the stimulating three dimensional street life.

The proposal acknowledges the diverse history of the site, leaving some parts of the original runway intact, while exploring innovative strategies of creating a public realm in order to connect people in new ways. CLOU placed an eclectic sequence of public program onto the runway which will be functioning as a catalyst for urban development….

By breaking the box the Vanke Jiugong mixed use development simulates the variety of traditional urban forms and offers the opportunity for a genuine sense of urban life to develop. Jeremy Malvin, Architectural Review 2015

While the exterior transformation of Kuntai’s Chaowai building into a ‘Jewellery Box’ is in progress, CLOU has also been working on the interior design of the four story jewellery department store scheduled to open in 2016. CLOU is ‘dressing up’ jewellery counters in colour variations of anodized steel and marble. The Chaowai building will be…

Façade construction is well under way at Kuntai’s Chaowai building. The existing 1990’s building will be fashioned into a ‘Jewel Box’ as part of a phased transformation strategy for Kuntai’s Chaowai city block. More news on CLOU’s interior design work for the four story jewellery store coming soon!

The plot will accommodate a 124 meter tall signature office tower, a Citadines serviced apartment tower and a four story shopping mall which provides a themed platform of entertainment and leisure, public events, and social interaction.

‘The provision of infrastructure and amenities, social- and cultural life and space to grow completes a new shopping experience while providing a framework for social sustainability’ says Christian Taeubert, Director of CLOU.