Yangjiang Cultural Center / Architectural Design & Research Institute of SCUT + Yifang Design Group

Located on the north side of Moyang Lake Park in Yangjiang City, the comprehensive cultural center enjoys a beautiful environment and wide view. The project integrates multiple institutions and functions such as the Archives Center, the Party History Museum, the Local Records Museum, Hall of Fame, museum, planning hall and the Workers' Cultural Palace. It injects vitality into the surrounding communities and has become a cultural landmark in the new urban area of Yangjiang City.

Coffer House architecture embraces the existing condition of the house while adopting a stark, monolithic form language—bold geometric with block-like massing that expresses the exposed construction. The owner's favor—a house that emphasizes durability while also aiming for affordability—is expressed through a robust palette of concrete, plastered brick, steel, and glass. Each element is left unapologetically raw to highlight function and pragmatism. To balance out the stripped-down details and material language, a horizontal waffle slab system is deployed as a canopy.

The Posada de Babel was born more than thirty years ago as a rural hotel with a different perspective. Its founders, a couple settled in Madrid, sought the ideal place for their family to grow in a special environment, and they found it in La Pereda, a corner of Asturias between the Sierra del Cuera and the cliffs of the Cantabrian Sea. Surrounded by oaks, chestnuts, hazels, and birches, their daughters grew up, and the hotel witnessed exhibitions, concerts, celebrations, and many guests eager to experience the place in a "different" way.