Sany IROOTECH Headquarters in Guangzhou and West Bund Convention Center in Shanghai have been named finalists in the 2026 AIA Chicago Lerch Bates People’s Choice Awards. Public voting opens September 8 and continues through September 16. Vote here.

Sany IROOTECH Headquarters | Office

Designed for Sany’s new cloud-technology venture, the Sany IROOTECH Headquarters rises as two interconnected towers in Guangzhou’s rapidly developing Pazhou business district. An expressive diagrid and internal hanging system create flexible, column-free floor plates, while a spanning elevated podium opens the site as a multi-level public destination.

West Bund Convention Center | Community & Civic

Positioned along Shanghai’s Huangpu River, the West Bund Convention Center brings a new civic venue for global exchange to the city’s emerging “AI Valley.” Its diamond-like form was developed through an AI-assisted, multi-objective optimization workflow, resulting in a compact building that stacks major event spaces vertically, preserves the ground plane for landscaped public space, and extends the West Bund’s riverfront green corridor.

Voting is open from September 8 through September 16 at 11:59pm.