Located on the west of the core area of Qianjiang New Town --- the new downtown of Hangzhou, the Sapphire Mansion faces Qiantang River on the south with over 260 meters long shoreline. It has both the city view and the river view. The site is divided into the south and north blocks by road, with a total site area of about 84,000 sqm. The entire project is an urban mixed-use complex consisting of fully finished high-rise apartment buildings, a five-star hotel, bank offices and a boutique shopping street, covering a total building area of about 406,800 sqm, with 296,800 sqm above ground.

During the design and construction process, Chinese government initiated several rounds of property market regulations. It took us 6 years to finish the project, in which we experienced product positioning at the beginning, adjustment and improvement to the design according to the market changes, and collaboration between all parties during construction. The design attempts to interpret the leading role of an urban complex in a certain area of the city. After a few rounds of revision, the primary and secondary relationship between the architecture complex and the connection with the city are more emphasized in the overall layout. The residential complex occupies both the south block and the north block, and is spread out symmetrically along the north- south central axis. The east side of the south block is set back in order to provide space for the hotel and office complex to form a continuous commercial façade with the extended shopping street between the two blocks, and to correspond to the office and community park on the east, therefore to provide vitality into the whole community. Glass, stone, metal and other materials are carefully used on the building façade and presenting simple and graceful architecture style with rich details. Thus the spirit of time coordinating with the modern atmosphere of Qianjiang New Town is shown in the whole project.