China Living presents a fascinating overview of China's diverse design landscape today. From modernist mountain villas to high-rise condominiums, and from artistic retreats in former industrial buildings to refurbished courtyard homes, the array of lifestyle and design options in China is as varied as the country itself. By unveiling the most exciting homes in Beijing, Shanghai and Hong Kong, three of the world's most dynamic cities. China Living exemplifies different facets of an emerging identity that is uniquely Chinese and yet has global appeal.

Chinese style, long considered staid and traditional, is moving rapidly in a new and innovative direction. The pioneering spirit of a new China is manifesting itself in cuttingedge design and architecture as an insatiable appetite for creative new directions leads designers to infuse their work with a fresh vision. The traditional aesthetic values of elegance, subtlety and proportion are still evident, but modern materials and techniques now form the cornerstones of new design movements.

 BACK TO THE FUTURE

NEW CREATIVITY

 SUZHOU RIVER DUPLEX Jiang Qiong EP

 GREEN T HOUSE Jiong TaD

 THE WHITE HOUSE Deborah Oppenheimer

 TANG VILLA Rocco Yim end WiLLiam Lirn

 TIAN AN VILLA Team HC

 BEIJING MODERN Roberts Interiors and Architecture

 SANLITUN APARTMENT Juan Van Wassenhove

 REPULSE BAY HOUSE Jason CaroLine Design

 GREEN T HOUSE LIVING Jiong TaD

URBAN INNOVATION

 PRECISION APARTMENT Darryl W. Goveas

 CONTRASTS GALLERY Pearl Lam

 RIVERSIDE RESIDENCE Jiang Qiong Er

 THE TRANSFORMER Gory Chang

 PROPORTIONAL LIVING Andre Fu

 PURITY OF SPACE Ed Ng

 SMART HOME OF THE FUTURE James Low

 SCULPTURAL DUPLEX Odite Morchand

ELEMENTAL APPEAL

 ARTISTS' STUDIO RongRong and inri

 SPLIT HOUSE Yung Ha Chang

 AIRPORT HOUSE Chien Hsueh-Yi

 LOFT LIVING Huang Rui

 VILLA SHIZILIN Yung Ha Chang and Wang Hui

 SUITCASE HOUSE Gory Chang

 ART GALLERY HOME Guon Yi

 MIMA CAFE Wang Hui

 THE BRIDGE 8 LifestyLe Centre and HMA

CITY GLAMOUR

 CONTEMPORARY CHIC Andre Fu

 OUTSIDE-IN APARTMENT Kent Lui

 SOHO LIVING Elke Missen

 CHINA DECO Roderick Murray

 MID-CENTURY RETRO Johnny Li

 SHANGHAI TRIPLEX Kenneth Grant Jenkins

 BUND 18 FiLippo Gabbiani

 GARDEN OF DELIGHTS Antonio Ochoo-Piccardo