Wuyuan Skywells Hotel, Jiang Xi Province Building Project, Chinese Architecture Images
Wuyuan Skywells Hotel in the Jiang Xi Province
Accommodation Architecture Development in China ? design by anySCALE Architecture Design
24 Nov 2018
Wuyuan Skywells Hotel
Architects: anySCALE Architecture Design
Location: Wuyuan, Jiang Xi Province, China
Wuyuan Skywells Hotel
An authentic luxury retreat in rural China, Wuyuan Skywells captures the essence of a bygone era in the millennium-old Yan village.

photo © Xia Zhi
The Skywells project focused on the preservation rather than the modernization of a 300-year-old Huizhou-style property deep in East China?s Jiangxi Province, something that has not gone unnoticed as the project continues its winning streak in this year?s design awards circuit. The hotel is named after the English translation of ?Tian Jing??a regional architectural feature comprising of narrow courtyards that let daylight into surrounding rooms. Honors won so far include an ICONIC award, a RED DOT award, and an ABB LEAF award. The project has also been shortlisted by the INSIDE Awards being held in late November in Amsterdam.
photos © Marc Goodwin
A multiracial couple earlier based in Shanghai, the clients used their life savings to purchase the property and turn it around while acting as custodians rather than gentrifying hoteliers.

photo © Marc Goodwin
One of the key requirements was to preserve not only the recoverable artefacts but to also recreate the gra...