Weird White Leaves Make Shanghai Building Sparkle

Thu, Aug 28, 2008

Leafy Shade detail

Architects and interior designers are forever pushing creative boundaries and actively champion the idea of reusing and recycling space, just as Japanese architect, Nobuhiro Nakamura has done in an old hotel in Shanghai, China.

Leafy Shade

Using a recurrent leaf pattern throughout the building, Nakamura and his team from Shanghai-based A-Asterisk transformed what was a dark, cramped hotel into a large, welcoming, state-of-the-art office space, which has been appropriately renamed, Leafy Shade.

Chinese Architecture

The reflection of light on the white leaves lends an iridescent quality to the building, which seems to sparkle and glint, even in the absence of natural light.

Source: Dezeen

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