Forbidden City news

International football, boxing and basketball events are among high profile sports events to have been cancelled in China, as authorities attempt to curb the spread ... More

Some of China's most popular attractions are being forced to close as the country tries to stop the spread of the Coronavirus outbreak, which has ... More

Increasing use of digitisation and technologies such as artificial intelligence (AI) and virtual reality (VR) are to be used in China's heritage sector to deliver ... More

Chinese interior designers MQ Studio Shanghai have created the PuXuan Spa and Hotel – the latest venture from the Urban Resorts Concepts (URC) brand – ... More

The ongoing restoration of the Qianlong Garden – a part of Beijing’s iconic Forbidden City that has never been opened to the public – has ... More

English Premier League club Manchester United has revealed plans to open a series of club-themed entertainment centres throughout China. Working in partnership with Chinese property ... More

Hospitality designer Ed Ng has said the increasing length of time between the design and completion of large-scale projects poses a growing challenge to the ... More

DUO, a sculptural mixed-use complex integrating living, working and retail spaces with public gardens and cultural installations has been officially completed in Singapore. The project, ... More

German architect Ole Scheeren has completed the much-anticipated Guardian Art Center on the doorstep of Beijing’s historic Forbidden City. The building is a hybrid cultural ... More

Luxury hotel operator Aman is set to open its fourth location in China on Monday (8 January) – the culmination of an ambitious 15-year conservation ... More

Ed Ng and Terence Ngan, the long-time collaborators at the helm of the international design studio AB Concept, have unveiled their first project in London: ... More

German architect Ole Scheeren is bringing leisure and landscape design to the skies of Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam, with an ambitious new development formed ... More

German architect Ole Scheeren, best-known as the designer of a series sculptural towers in Asia, has announced his first project to be built in Europe: ... More

Singapore-based resort group Aman has launched a new service taking guests on a series of wellness-focused tours using private jets. Aman’s new Private Jet Wellness ... More

Work is nearing completion on the Chongwenmen M-Cube; MVRDV’s latest high-profile leisure building. Located in Beijing, the the 44,000sq m (473,600sq ft) M-Cube is due ... More

Hong Kong-based design firm Remedios Studio is working in collaboration with wellness hospitality and spa design firm A.W. Lake on a new spa to be ... More

Plans for an AU$500m (US$466m, €348.4m, £276.6m) Chinese Cultural Theme Park north of Sydney, Australia, face major hurdles after a number of incidents have put ... More

Auction house China Guardian has commissioned architects Büro Ole Scheeren to design its new home. Far from being simply a headquarters, the Guardian Art Centre ... More

Following a lengthy competition process ending in 2013, French architect Jean Nouvel and the Beijing Institute of Architectural Design (BIAD) have begun work on the ... More

The Palace Museum – housed in Beijing’s, Forbidden City – is to set up an architectural institute equipped for research, training and restoration on China’s ... More

Details on the first phase of a AU$500m (US$466m, €348.4m, £276.6m) Chinese Cultural Theme Park north of Sydney, Australia, have been released, with the developers ... More

Merlin Entertainments has launched its first attraction in the Chinese capital of Beijing, a Madame Tussauds situated next door to Tiananmen Square and the Forbidden ... More

New World Beijing Hotel will open this October as the first five-star hotel in Chongwenmen, one of Beijing's fastest growing commercial areas. The hotel will ... More