Hangzhou urban planning bureau has announced MVRDV winner of the international design competition for the China Comic and Animation Museum in Hangzhou, China. MVRDV won with a design referring to the speech balloon: a series of eight speech balloon shaped volumes create an internally complex museum experience of in total 32.000m2. Part of the project is also a series of parks on islands, a public plaza and a 13.000m2 expo centre. >>>

Beverly Center renovation project pursues the understanding of shopping centers role in today’s society, where they are perceived as magnets for social venues and cultural exchanges. The renovation does not consist only in the facade design in order to enhance the building’s appeal. The project is more regarded to be an important step to rebrand the shopping center and also to create a new symbolic meeting area for luxury retail in California. >>>