Sanlitun SOHO is a mixed-used commercial and residential project located in Beijing’s most well-known entertainment district, on the south side of Gongti North Road and to the west of Sanlitun Bar Street. Developed by SOHO China from 2008, the project has planned gross floor area of 465,680 sq.m. and is expected to be the highest grossing project for SOHO China since the company was established in 1995.

Sanlitun SOHO project was designed as an open community by Mr. Kengo Kuma, a well-known Japanese architect who also has collaborated with SOHO China on the Bamboo Wall villa at the company’s Commune by the Great Wall. The project comprises of five shopping malls, which are tied together by a sunken garden which runs north to south and through which a narrow creek flows. Five mid-rise office towers on the north side of the site and four residential towers on the south side of the site extend above the mall podiums. Commenting on his use of diverse materials, freestyle forms and abundant greenery, Mr. Kuma remarked, “At Sanlitun SOHO, we attempt to achieve an organic look by building a landscape resembling that of a futuristic canyon, which hopefully works to dissolve the hackneyed dichotomy between City and Nature.”