Cultural architectures have always been academician He Jingtang?s "specialty".

Night view. Image © Yao Li

Architects: Architectural Design & Research Institute of Scut

Location: Dachang County, Hebei Province, China

Design Team: Guo Weihong, Pan Yudan, Zheng Changbo, Li Kaixin, Chen Zong, Wang Renyu, Huang Guannan

Principal Architect: He Jingtang

Area: 35000.0 sqm

Project Year: 2015

Photographs: Yao Li

Investor: China Fortune Land Development Co., Ltd (CFLD) 

Interior Design: Architectural Design & Research Institute of Scut, City group

South Elevation. Image © Yao Li
From the architect. Cultural architectures have always been academician He Jingtang?s "specialty".Project Dachang National Palace is no doubt his another masterpiece. Located in Dachang Hui Autonomous County, Langfang, Hebei province, the project is supposed by the local government to be an iconic design, introducing Dachang?s particular culture and enhancing the soft power of the city. The national palace is thus endowed with multiple functions, serving not only as the recreation center of the city, but the essential cultural site for the introduction of local religion and history as well. It has undoubtedly brought lots of challenges to the designer, because o...