Christina Yao
Christina Yao is Dezeen's China editor. She is in charge of running Dezeen's WeChat account and overseeing Dezeen's coverage of Chinese architecture and design.
She previously lived in London for six years as Europe correspondent for the weekly magazine China Business Network. She moved back to China in late 2019 as managing editor for Business of Fashion before joining Dezeen in 2021.
Stories by Christina Yao
Seoul creatives brand Heatherwick’s Humanise Wall “a profound lack of judgment”
“If a client wants a specific style, it’s kind of boring to us” says Open Architecture
Linehouse transforms historic Macau community centre into street food market
West Bund Grand Theatre celebrates Shanghai’s industrial past
Park + Associates designs Singapore’s “first multi-storey 3D-printed house”
Louis Vuitton creates ship-shaped store formed of trunks in Shanghai
Neri&Hu adds rusty Corten steel facades to former industrial compound
Seven exhibitions that celebrate Australian-made design at Melbourne Design Week
Schmidt Hammer Lassen tops Shenzhen Energy Ring with rooftop walkway
Dezeen Awards China 2025 launches to find China’s best buildings, interiors and designs
Studio Ruan Xing creates arched timber hall at Shanghai university
Southern hemisphere’s largest timber roof tops Sydney Fish Market
All(zone) creates fabric pavilions in Shanghai to turn the city into “a shared canvas”
Aesop illuminates cave-like Hainan store with ceiling oculi
Vector Architects wins landmark architectural copyright infringement case in China
OMA wraps Jomoo headquarters in white ceramic stripes
Osaka Expo pavilion features vibrating mirrored facade
Hotel Wuxi MGallery Collection informed by historical poet’s home
Sibling Architecture’s Deep Calm exhibition recreates the feeling of a hug
A New Normal exhibition aims to transform Melbourne into a zero-carbon city
Wong Kar Wai references own cinematic style for Prada restaurant in Shanghai
Atelier Apeiron tops arched cultural centre with terraced roof garden
