After Junya Ishigami unveiled a kilometre-long art museum that emerges from an artificial lake, Dezeen rounds up 10 recent Chinese architecture projects that play with arresting landscapes.
Japanese architect Ishigami said he wanted his project to address a tendency for buildings in China to be "closed off" from their environment.
But he is not the first to explore these themes in the country. Over the past few years, multiple architecture projects in China have sought to enter a dialogue with their surroundings to striking effect, often as part of initiatives to encourage tourism in rural areas.
Read on for 10 examples from Dezeen's archives:

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Zaishui Art Museum, Shandong, by Junya Ishigami
The latest in a series of mind-bending projects by Ishigami, the Zaishui Art Museum is a kilometre long, with a gently undulating concrete roof topping parallel columns planted in the bottom of an artificial lake. Glass panelling is fitted between the columns, with carefully placed gaps that allow water to flow into the building and submerge parts of the floor to create the impression that the building has risen from the water.
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Cloud Tea Room, Zhejiang, by Plat Asia
Another recent Chinese project that seeks to blur the boundary between architecture and landscape is this teahouse for a resort in Huzhou by Beijing studio Plat Asia.
The modest building is located on a secluded hillside of tea fields,...