Büro Ziyu Zhuang's Zi Museum cluster beside Zishan Lake in Xianning, China

On the shore of Zishan Lake in Xianning, Hubei Province, the Chinese studio Büro Ziyu Zhuang (BUZZ) has set four public buildings into a meadow, across the water from the guest houses of the Ziyouji resort. The idea is that there's no set route: you wander between them over slopes, lawns and paths, and reach the art from any side of the park.

The centrepiece is the Zi Museum, a layered, many-faceted building in pale concrete arranged around a courtyard. It has three entrances at different levels, galleries, and a garden restaurant. The studio calls the interior an "open labyrinth", meant to feel like wandering a Chinese garden. Those who've come just for the view can skip the galleries and walk a ramp straight up to the roof.

Beside it stands a "meditation tower", its stairs spiralling around a hollow core and down to a sunken courtyard wrapped in metal mesh. A rammed-earth workshop has its own ramp up to a grassed roof, and a bookshop with a deep overhanging roof steps down towards the lake behind a glass front.

The article doesn't give opening hours or ticket details, so check before you go. It's a good one for architecture lovers, and an easy pairing with a stay across the lake.

Our summary of a story from Dezeen, published 27 October 2026. Read the original

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