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Neri&Hu Awards | Dezeen's Top 10 Chinese architecture projects completed in 2022December 2022

With Christmas and New Year approaching, Dezeen brings readers a special review, rounding up the Top 10 Chinese architecture projects completed in 2022. We are pleased to announce that Nantou City Guesthouse designed by Neri&Hu is on the list.

Inspired by the vibrant milieu of the alleyways in Nantou City, the project seeks to reflect on the cultural heritage of the mundane. Scenes of the everyday are the primary source material for design. To celebrate life in the urban village, the existing structure was cut into as a massing strategy, allowing such "urban incisions" to foster a new public realm on the inside of the previously private apartment block.

To cut does not simply connote destruction, but also creation, in this case, of spaces and meanings. By absorbing the urbanity into the building, Nantou City Guesthouse in turn makes its private history legible and becomes fully ingrained in the ebb and flow of the city.

Dezeen's top 10 Chinese architecture projects of 2022

1. Water Drop Library, Shuangyue Bay, by 3andwich Design

2. Baiziwan Social Housing, Beijing, by MAD Architects

3. Yong'an Community Hub, Dali, by Archi-Union and Tongji University

4. Shanghai Library East, Shanghai, by Schmidt Hammer Lassen Architects

5. Jinyun Quarries, Jinyun county, by DnA_Design and Architecture

6. Dance of Light, Chongqing, by Aedas

7. Nantou City Guesthouse, Shenzhen, by Neri&Hu

8. DJI Sky City, Shenzhen, by Foster + Partners

9. Quzhou Stadium, Quzhou, by MAD Architects

10. Metasequoia Grove Restaurant, Suzhou, by Group of Architects