💫From model to reality, architecture in motion: Shanghai’s Bund Finance Centre by Foster Partners and Heatherwick Studio. Positioned at the threshold of Shanghai’s historic Bund, the 420,000 m² mixed-use development brings together eight buildings organized around a luminous public plaza. At its cultural core, a performing arts venue is wrapped in a kinetic facade composed of 675 bronze-toned tassels inspired by traditional Chinese weaving. The layered veil rotates to open and close the buildin

Cultural Arena New Bund 31 Performing Arts Center, Shanghai, China by Neri&Hu BIG SEE Architecture Award 2026 Neri&Hu frames this performing arts centre as an “arena,” turning circulation and arrival into part of the performance. A rhythm of arches defines the grand theatre, lobby, concourse, and the paths that encircle them, culminating in a five storey atrium where stacked layers of arches create a powerful sense of depth and movement. The space is designed to shift roles, visitors become both