The 2023 World Design Cities Conference: A Fresh Perspective on Modern Living–"Habitation"

On September 27, Urban China magazine under HDD successfully hosted a notable session titled " Transforming City Living: Bridging the Natural and the Technological" as part of the main exhibition venue of WDCC2023.

HDD Lecture: Development & Application of AI-Powered Computer Vision in Digitalized Design

On September 13th, the Chief Engineer Office of HDD organized an internal seminar with the theme of Development and Application of AI-Powered Computer Vision in "Digitalized Design".

HDD Lecture: New Regulations on Energy Efficiency in Buildings and Zero-carbon Buildings

On the afternoon of July 1st, HDD Chief Engineer Office organized an internal seminar with the theme of "New regulations on energy efficiency in buildings and zero-carbon buildings".

HDD Lecture: Flood Control and Waterlogging Prevention Design for Underground Space of Buildings

On the afternoon of September 23, Chief Engineer Jiang Yi was invited to hold a seminar on the theme of "Flood Control and Waterlogging Prevention Design for Underground Space of Buildings".

HDD Presented at the Guanghui Saussurea Tianfu Project Launch Conference

On November 26, Dr. Yu Qi, Deputy General Manager and Deputy Chief Architect of HDD, was invited to make a speech at the "Launch Conference of Guanghui Saussurea Tianfu Project: Echoes of Chinese Art in Chengdu".

HDD Lecture: Clarifying New Regulation 'Interim Provisions on the Administration'

Jiang Yi， Deputy Chief Engineer in Water Supply and Drainage of HDD, shared his understanding of the new regulation.

HDD Lecture: Render with SketchUp Model (I)

October 30th, Li Jihong gave a presentation on VRAY+SU+PS render processing, introducing basic methods to present conceptual design with VRAY.

HDD Lecture: Reviewing Architectural Drawings

October 16th, Shen Yi, chief architect of HDD, gave a lecture on reviewing architectural drawings for our designers.

HDD Lecture: Architecture and Structure

September 11, Zhou Zhen, chief structural engineer, head of the Chief Engineer Office of HDD, gave a lecture titled "Architecture and Structure", as a part of the HDD Lecture Series.

Review of the 3rd MIXER EVENT• Summer Party Event

The Mixer Event was successfully held at the experiential store of Urban China in the afternoon of June 14th.

HDD Lecture Issue Six:The Application and Impact of New Materials and Products in Energy-saving Desi

In order to strengthen the understanding of the new energy-saving materials and products, We invite Cao Yudong, director of the China Academy of Building Research, to give a lecture to introduce the application of energy-saving materials.

HDD Lecture Issue Five: Aluminium Alloy: The New Structural Material in Architecture

Helping our architects and designers gaining more knowledge in the application of aluminium alloy in structure, HDD invites Zhang Tao, director at PHK Curtain Wall Design Company, to give a lecture on this topic.

The first HDD Basketball Competition rounded off

HDD architects are all good players.

HDD architects compete for the interior design prize of Urban China Bookstore

HDD leaders, renowned architects and urban planning scholars judged for the comp, offering a learning and practicing platform for young architects at HDD.

Event Review: The Second HDD Mixer Event

HDD staff and overseas students in Shanghai partied over cool drinks, delicious snacks and interesting topics in the second Mixer Event on June 30.

HDD Lecture Issue Four: Things You Should Know about Construction Drawings

Chief architect Yi SHEN will give a talk about construction drawings.

Event Review: The first HDD Mixer Event

Oversea students majoring in architecture and urban planning, together with architects and planners from Huadu Architecture and Planning Design Ltd. (HDD) gathered for the first HDD Mixer Event on May 10.

Join us at our first Mixer Event!

This is the first time we get together. We’ve invited oversea students who are pursuing master’s and doctoral degrees in Tongji University and Shanghai Jiao Tong University. They come from seven countries: Afghanistan, Turkey, Iran, Italy, Tunisia, Brazil and Ecuador.

The Logic of Urban Regeneration: Iran, Turkey and Italy

How an Iranian ancient city have an European structure? Can vendors and store owners stay in harmony at the same street? How urban regeneration is affected by politics in an extreme way? Whether an ancient city could be stimulated by modern new projects?

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Glocal Insights from Serbia, Jamaica, Afghanistan and Ecuador

Urban China Glocal Insights Panel Series-1

With glocal perspectives, Urban China, the first magazine in urbanism of China is to build a platform for international academics in urban studies to share insights in the panel series come and meet like-minded people around the world or register to be a future speaker!