As China recorded its first day with no new coronavirus cases, architecture and design studios in the country have said they are gradually returning to normality.
"It's a tough and challenging time, however, our colleagues in Hong Kong are back in the office and our stores in Hangzhou and Hong Kong have reopened," said London-based designer Tom Dixon.
"This news has provided us here with a small glimmer of hope that our collective problems have an end and this difficult moment has a time limit."
"The condition in China is improving quickly, a positive sign that Europe and other parts of world can get through it too," said Zhexu Du, architect at the Shanghai office of David Chipperfield.
"The market is slowly picking up again in China" China's strict quarantine measures, enforced following its coronavirus outbreak, are now being relaxed.
All but two of the 1,119 highway entrances and exits that were closed during the outbreak have reopened, and the temporary coronavirus hospitals that China quickly constructed in response to the outbreak are being closed.
"In Shanghai, the city is gradually back to its normal pace, shops have reopened, and traffic gets jammed again," Chinese designer Chen Min, founder of Chen Min Office, told Dezeen.
"The situation in Hubei province is still serious and under lockdown but everywhere else we are seeing restaurants, bars, and events opening," said Alex Mok, co-founder of Shanghai in...