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Sky Mountain No. 6 – Haikou Bay, China

Posted in Built by Nicholas Abrescia on October 30, 2025

Location: Haikou Bay, China

Address: 3865+2RX, Meilan District, Haikou, Hainan, China, 570228

Architect: Sou Fujimoto Architects

Completed: March 2023
Owner: Hainan Provincial Tourism Investment Holding Group
Developer: Hainan Provincial Tourism Investment Holding Group

General Contractor: China Construction Eighth Engineering Division

Design Architect: Sou Fujimoto Architects 

Executive Architect & Sustainability Lead: China Southwest Architectural Design & Research Institute (CSADRI)

Structural engineer: CSADRI

MEP Engineer: CSADRI

Civil Engineer: CSADRI

Landscape design: Lab D + H

AE Interests: Ring-shaped seaside pavilion with a walkable, terraced roof; approx. 3,600 m² project area (gross floor area approx. 1,600 m²); completed 2023; deep roof overhangs creating self-shading and covered promenades; perimeter spaces with large glass facades; interior program includes cafe, bookshop/exhibition gallery, reading area, and public amenities; central amphitheater with crescent-shaped pond; conceived to link city and shoreline via a continuous rooftop path. 

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Canopia – Bordeaux, France

Posted in Built by Nicholas Abrescia on October 30, 2025

Location: Bordeaux, France

Expected Completion: 2027

Address: Rue de Belcier, 33800 Bordeaux, France
Owner: Pitch Promotion 

Architect: Sou Fujimoto Architects
Developer: Pitch Promotion 

General Contractor: Mathis 

Design Architect: Sou Fujimoto Architects, Laisne Roussel 

Executive Architect: Laisne Roussel 

Sustainability Lead: Le Sommer Environment 

Structural engineer: Arcadis 

MEP Engineer: Arcadis 

Civil Engineer: Arcadis
Urban Planning: ZAC Bordeaux Saint – Jean Belcier, under EPA Bordeaux Euratlantique 

Landscape design: Etablissement 

Acoustical Engineer: Emacoustic 

AE Interests: 50 m timber mixed-use tower; approx. 17,000 m² total program with 199 homes, 3,770 m² offices, and 500 m² retail; silver fir/spruce floor plates with glulam post-and-beam frame (Mathis ATEX high-rise timber system); network of collective roof gardens and skywalks, targeted HQE/BREEAM and “Biosource” certifications. (ArchDaily, world-architects.com)

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