Lead Designer
Beijing, China
Leads
Felix Amiss
Photograph by Frederic Aranda ©
Felix joined ZHA’s Beijing office in 2019, bringing his expertise in designing and delivering architectural projects in China. He specialises in high-rise towers and mixed-use buildings and has contributed to notable projects, including Leeza SOHO, Unicorn Island Masterplan, OPPO Headquarters, Capital International Exhibition & Convention Centre, and Daxia Tower.
Prior to joining ZHA, Felix worked at MAD Architects in Beijing, contributing to a range of global projects spanning China, Turkey, Japan, and the United States. Later, Felix joined CAA Architects in Beijing as Senior Architect, where he led design teams on large-scale projects like educational campuses, skyscrapers, and museums.
Courtesy of ZHA, render by MIR
Start-up exhibition and conference centre
Featured Projects
From a mixed-use tower responding to its urban contaxt in southwest Beijing, to a complex masterplan, discover highlights of Felix's notable projects at ZHA.
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Felix earned his Bachelor of Arts with Honours in Architecture from the London Southbank University.
Born in the rural southwest of England, Felix’s design philosophy is deeply influenced by the surrounding natural environment. He enjoys landscape and architectural photography.
Projects
Explore a selection of projects Felix has contributed to since joining ZHA.
Photograph by Hufton + Crow
Tall Buildings
Offices
Located on Lize Road in southwest Beijing, Leeza SOHO tower anchors the new Fengtai business district; a growing financial and transport hub between the city centre and the recently opened Beijing Daxing International Airport to the south.
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Start-up exhibition and conference centre
Masterplans
A mixed-use masterplan for 70,000 researchers, office staff, residents and visitors, Unicorn Island has been designed to enhance the well-being of its community; its design influenced by principles within the region’s historical natural engineering projects.
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Offices
Conceived as four interconnected towers reaching a height of 200m (42 floors), the 185,000 sq.m design incorporates two towers of flexible, open-plan spaces linked by a 20-storey vertical lobby, and two external service towers providing vertical circulation.
Tall Buildings
Offices
Demarcating the centre of Xi’an’s business district, Daxia Tower’s gently curving silhouette is accentuated by layers of patterned glazing and dramatic atriums that bring natural light deep into its floorplates. Creating a cascade of planted interior terraces that echo mountainside waterfalls, each atrium gives panoramic views over the historic city and the growing high-tech zone.
Photograph by Virgile Simon Bertrand
Mixed Use
Civic
As the cultural, academic and civic centre of China, Beijing has also developed into one of the world’s centres of communication and scientific research.
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