Architects: Neri & Hu     Photography: Runzi Zhu     Construction Period:  2022     Location:  Beijing, China

Near the Northeast 5th Ring Road in Beijing, the project site is part of a once thriving industrial area with its own train depot called the Langyuan Station. In the past, it was used for transporting goods in and out of Beijing.

Today the neighborhood is undergoing a transitional phase, and Neri&Hu was called upon to design the adaptive reuse of an old warehouse building once used for cotton textile production for the main office and retail concept store for the historical Chinese pastry brand called Lao Ding Feng founded in 1911.

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