Colourful Homes urban recycling experiement, Shanghai, 2000.

China Construction Bank Headquarters, Beijing, 1997.

THE CHALLENGE IS TO TURN THE INERT INTO SOMETHING ALIVE.

- TAO HO.

RESPECT EARTH. To strip the construction of architecture from its all too-inevitable and all-too present destructiveness through design that is eco-friendly and environmentally and socially sustainable.

DEFER TO CULTURE. If you are walking down the streets of a city and you look up at the buildings around you, you should know where in the world you are. We believe in an architecture that honours heritage and is unafraid to look to history.

CHINESE BAUHAUS? Our talented staffs have been educated around the globe and are committed to designing tasteful spaces that make the people who use them and live in them proud.

ARCHITECTURE AS ART. In the race to develop, many forget that architecture is more than brick, mortar, glass and steel. Architecture is an art, and a vital issue of quality of life.

In all of its projects, from architecture to consulting to interior design, Taoho Design is committed to these four principles:

- to honour the natural environment.

- to look to our cultural heritage.

- to practise design that is aesthetically and artistically valuable.

- and to promote the idea that good design must play a vital role in development.