The Beijing KWG·M·CUBE, a 40,000-square-metre shopping centre designed by MVRDV, has completed construction in Beijing. Asked by the client to make the building a visual statement, MVRDV created a multifaceted volume that responds to its surroundings with a pearlescent ceramic façade, which shimmers in a spectrum of colours under changing light conditions.

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Architects: MVRDV

Location: Beijing, China

Lead Architect: Jacob van Rijs

Responsible Partner: Wenchian Shi, Fokke Moerel

Design Team: Jose Ignacio Velasco Martin, Aser Giménez, Marta Pozo, Cai Zheli, Wing Yun, Helen Tai, Arjen Ketting, Antonio Coco, Leo Stuckardt, Jonathan Schuster, Bowen Zhu and Rune Veile

Project Year: 2018
Photographs: Seth Powers

Co Architect: Xinjiyuan Construction Company Engineering Design LTD.

Landscape Architect: Urbis Landscape

Facade Consultant: Meinhardt Facade Technology, Beijing, CN

Tile Manufacturers: Hunter Douglas Architectural Terracotta

Lighting: LPA, Tokyo, JP

Interior Architect: AGC Design, HK

Contractor: Gartner (Permasteelisa Group), Shanghai, CN

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Text description provided by the architects. The Beijing KWG·M·CUBE, a 40,000-square-metre shopping centre designed by MVRDV, has completed construction in Beijing. Asked by the client to make the building a visual statement, MVRDV created a multi...