Global 100 wins “Best Cultural and Tourism Project” at the 2018 REARD Awards

Global 100, the extraordinary, Chapman Taylor-designed theme park and mixed-use development in Hainan, China, has been awarded “Best Cultural and Tourism Project” at the 2018 REARD Awards in Shanghai.

The REARD Awards honour the best designs across various property sectors in China, with Gold, Silver and Bronze awards being given to the best. Our renovation of Shanghai No.1 Department Store won a Bronze Award at the same ceremony.

Global 100 will be a 400-hectare, mixed-use (leisure, retail, hospitality and residential) scheme near Hainan Island’s most populous city. It is designed to rival existing globally famous attractions offered by Disney and other entertainment industry leaders when it opens in early 2019.

The movie-inspired theme park consists of six different villages, each influenced by international film-making attractions from China, Europe and America.

The UK-themed village, for example, incorporates characters such as James Bond, Mr. Bean and Alice in Wonderland beside architectural emblems including castles, country villages and industrial landscapes. The Chinese Village draws on the ancient Loulan kingdom, with a waterfront component featuring a fishing village and the giant ship from the legend of Zheng He’s expedition, combined in a theme based upon the Great Silk Road.

Chapman Taylor’s Shanghai studio developed the masterplan for Global 100, as well as providing the concept and architectural designs for the UK and China theme park villages.