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May 12-14, Daniel Statham Studio Partner Ms Feng Shi was invited to Xi’an with ten UK architecture design, engineering and consulting firms led by Matt Ashworth, Commercial Counsellor, Department of International Trade, British Embassy in China. The delegation participate in the 2021 Xi’an Industrial Investment Cooperation Annual Meeting, visit the local government, enterprises and development zone, and discuss with all parties the construction and infrastructure industry chain cooperation and how to achieve the goal of energy saving, emission reduction, green and low-carbon transition.

The delegation was composed of top companies such as Aedas, Zaha Hadid Architects, Arup, Heatherwich Studio, Haskoll, Savills, etc. They had talks with the Mayor and Vice Mayor of Xi’an and other local government leaders. Visit Qujiang New District, Xi’an High-tech Zone and Xi’xian New District, and visit local enterprises including Qu Jiang Cultural Industry Investment (Group) Co., Ltd., Xian Rail Transit Group. Ms. Feng Shi, partner of the studio, introduced and demonstrated Daniel Statham Studio’s expertise and representative works of innovative, green and sustainable architecture.

The local companies show great interest in studio and we are expecting great opportunity in Xi’an in coming future.

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For the opening forum of the year 2021, APSMUSEUM was honored to invite Ms. Karen Smith, art critic and curator, Executive Director of OCAT Xi’an, Curator-at-Large at SCOP; Mr. Lu Xun, Founder and Director of Sifang Art Museum in Nanjing; Mr. David Tung, Director of Lisson Gallery, Shanghai; and Mr. Daniel Statham, Founder of the Daniel Statham Studio. The discussion focused on the artworks of artist Anish Kapoor, and how they relate to art, architecture, and public space.

As the forum host, Karen started the discussion by setting a context for us on art and public space. Daniel shared his experience of working on several projects in London, Shanghai, and Hangzhou, as well as his collaboration with artists on art and architectural projects. Since 2006, Lu Xun had been working with 24 architects and commissioned 24 architectural works around the Sifang lake zone. He also talked about the transitions that he went through at different stages. David joined Lisson Gallery in 2016 and had worked with Anish Kapoor on many critical projects, including the artist’s major exhibition in China which took 3 years for preparation. Towards the end of the discussion, David elaborated on several of Kapoor’s major works, and how the artist transformed and created those colossal public art projects that we see today.

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Daniel Statham was invited by Yang Pu district and MATT to give keynote speech for Shanghai Design City 10 Years Anniversary event.

The other keynote speaker include Thomas Heatherwick,  Masayuki Kurokawa, Prof. Denis Morisset etc.

Architecture, art and design once belonged together and as human civilisation progressed , the separation has taken its place.  From architecture to art and design, we sit down together with studio founder Daniel Statham , Shanghai Fiu gallery owner Liangyin Shen and Siberian jewelry designer Andrey Yarden to talk about how architecture, art and design influence each other. From something artistic to something that require fine engineering, these three eternally coexist, forming a kind of symbiotic and reciprocal relationship. “How does the collaborations between three different professions take place” ,   “Is architecture under art and design?” ,  “ Does art enhance architecture ?”  , “Is design a form of art ?” In this discussion, we look at their intertwined relationship.

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Architects Adapt to Post-pandemic Future

The Royal Institute of British Architects (RIBA) has recently launched its China Chapter, the organisation’s sixth International Chapter and elected members of the committee.

Daniel Statham has been appointed as the RIBA China Chapter Committee Member, Out Reach Lead.

RIBA China Chapter will launch a “2020 RIBA China 100 Eminent Architect” initiative this year. Assembling leading design talents in the architecture and construction industry, it aims to probe into issues in the urbanisation process of China, to create solutions and to define trends for the future development of our urban environments.

PeaceBird Headquarters has won the high praise of the judges and been shortlisted for the 6th CRED AWARD, Public Construction Category!! The shortlist rate for this category is only 7.44% !

This year, CREDAWARD has totally received 1616 projects of 457 companies from 15 countries and regions (including China Taiwan and China Hong Kong).

About CREDAWARD

CREDAWARD (China Real Estate & Design Award) was initiated by DJSER in 2014 as an international award in China real estate industry. It is the first to select the design from the perspective of real estate, and through the design perspective to select outstanding projects representing the real estate industry vane.

CREDAWARD has rapidly developed into an influential international award in China real estate industry because of the authoritative judges, strict judging process and the open selection mode. Now it is praised by the industry as one of the most challenging awards.

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PeaceBird Headquarters

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CREDAWARD

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PeaceBird Headquarters, Ningbo, China