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
Open Architecture models Chinese theatre on “ever-changing body of water”
Ma Yansong picks six highlights from his Blueprint Beijing exhibition
Atelier Deshaus completes Buddhist temple alongside Great Wall of China
Studio Prineas adds concrete tower to fisherman’s cottage in Sydney
Chinese architects and designers confident of bounceback as Covid restrictions ease
Atelier d’More designs curved concrete Sleeping Lab hotel
Heatherwick Studio opens “first permanent overseas base” in Shanghai
Neri&Hu inserts shed into old lane house for Blue Bottle Coffee shop in Shanghai
Dezeen’s top 10 Chinese architecture projects of 2022
SANAA designs Sydney Modern to be “harmonious with its surroundings”
Brandston Partnerships’ lighting design highlights sinuous shape of Yabuli conference centre
Neri&Hu converts textile factory into headquarters for Chinese pastry brand
Neri&Hu adds “glowing lantern” on top of Qujiang Museum of Fine Arts in Xi’an
BIG reveals pair of “simple prismatic” skyscrapers in Shenzhen
FOG Architecture transforms Beijing courtyard house into fragrance store
Twelve Chinese architecture projects completing in the Year of the Rabbit
Time exhibition takes Melbourne’s Flinders Street Station back to its industrial past
Grimshaw and Farshid Moussavi create metaverse social spaces
RSHP unveils design for “open and welcoming” Shenzhen skyscraper
All(zone) unveils bright orange fabric MPavilion in Melbourne
Ennead Architects designs Wuxi Art Museum to emulate “natural erosion of spirit stones”
Studio Tate creates “textural earthiness” for Relinque wellness spa
