2026 | Professional

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The project reinterprets the contemporary urban hotel as a civic living room—an architectural landmark that is both iconic on the skyline and welcoming at the pedestrian scale. A pair of slender glass towers rises with clarity and elegance, while the podium unfolds in soft, layered horizontal curves, creating a visual dialogue between vertical efficiency and horizontal hospitality. Through transparent façades, sculptural columns, generous canopies, water features, and lush planting, the design transforms arrival into an immersive spatial ritual. Rather than treating the hotel as an isolated object, the project establishes continuity between architecture and city, public interface and private experience, business functionality and resort-like comfort. The result is a sophisticated hospitality destination that embodies openness, identity, and a renewed sense of urban luxury.
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Zeyu Tian
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Product Design - Emotional & Well-Being (NEW)
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JAMES TU INTERIORS
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Interior Design - Residential
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HZS Design Holding Company Limited
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Architectural Design - Mix Use Architectural Designs
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Guangzhou GVL International Planning & Design Co.,Ltd.
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Landscape Design - Residential Landscape