This issue of a+u magazine features DnA_Design and Architecture, the Beijing-based firm led by architect Xu Tiantian. Since its founding in 2004, DnA has been at the forefront of designing public buildings that bridge culture, industry, and infrastructure in rural China.
This volume presents 25 of their works, organized into 4 clusters, located near the southeastern coast of China. At the heart of the issue is The Songyang Story (pp. 18–93), which highlights the public facilities Xu was commissioned to create across Songyang County from 2014 to the present.