Xie Jingsong (L) and Wei Haobo discuss architecture design at West-line Studio. [Photo by Liu Tingting/gzdsw.com]

They received a project from Guizhou Gui'an Cultural Tourism Investment Group in 2012 to build a cultural center in Chetian village.

As usual, the team researched in the village and tried to perfectly blend the cultural center in the local environment. "It seems that the building grows from the place," said Wei Haobo, the other chief architect at the studio.