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Guan Yi in his home museum.
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A loft complex by Ai Weiwei.
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Ai Weiwei also designed glass inserts at Where to Go restaurant.
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A residential project inspired the Jun Wang Fu club.
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A new suburban residential complex on the water, adjacent to Zhujiajiao, a 1,700-year-old town of waterways.
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A kitchen furnished with Qing dynasty chairs and Ikea pots and pans in Ai Weiwei's design of a loft complex.
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Ben Wood Studio Shanghai's open kitchen in a model show house in Cambridge Watertown, a new suburban residential complex on the water, adjacent to Zhujiajiao, a 1,700-year-old town of waterways.
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Ai Weiwei is one of China's leading modern artists. He collaborated with Swiss engineers on the design on Beijing's new Olympic stadium. View a profile and video excerpt from the television documentary "Party Games" produced by The Times, The Canadian Broadcasting Corporation and the ZDF network of Germany.