Zhangzhou Baixiang Yuanshan Hotel, Zhangzhou, China
Sited along the Jiulongjiang River, the hotel is designed as an iconic resort development in the city that also meets the client's goals for cost and energy efficiency. Inspired by Zhangzhou's designation as the city of fruits and flowers, it intertwines fundamental ideas of city and nature, with flowing lines that evoke the region's mountains, tall grasses, and streams.