“This City, That Color” – Beijing Edition

Project Name: The Brickyard Retreat Renovation
Project Area: Beigou Village, Mutianyu, Huairou District, Beijing
Service Scope: Architecture Renovation, Interior Finishing, Color Application
Lead Designer: Liu Hanxiao
Design Firm: LLLab.
Project Photography: Architectural Digest China
Paint Contractor: MAjOR 名家
Project Address: Beigou Village, Mutianyu Great Wall, Huairou District, Beijing, China
Product Used: Benjamin Moore 500 ULTRA SPEC® (Matte & Eggshell Finish)
Color Used: JAVA 2106-10, Soft Pumpkin 2166-40, Sparkling Wine 949

Major (Benjamin Moore China) and AD China invited emerging AD100 YOUNG designers to explore urban emotion through color, using the Color of the Year, Aegean Teal, and its palette.

For the Beijing chapter, award-winning studio LLLab. transformed a former glazed-tile kiln in Beigou Village, near the Great Wall, into The Brickyard Retreat—a boutique hotel rooted in the landscape’s rustic charm.

Benjamin Moore’s earthy hues—deep Java brown, Soft Pumpkin, and Sparkling Wine—highlighted original structures and new spa spaces, evoking warmth, texture, and quiet reflection. This project captures Beijing’s soulful character through material and color.

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Liu Hanxiao

Liu Hanxiao is a Registered Architect of Germany. He obtained his Bachelor”s degree in Mechanical Engineering in Applied Science, University of British Columbia in Canada in 2009.

He received a Master”s degree in architecture and a certificate in landscape architecture from the University of Pennsylvania in 2012. After graduation, he became an architect at haascookzemmrich STUDIO 2050 in Stuttgart, Germany. In 2016, he found llLab with Luis Ricciardo, David Correa and Kumatai.

His major works include Cunzhongcun Sanshigh at the foot of the Mutianyu Great Wall in Beijing, bamboo pavilions and pavilions in Guilin Impression Liu Sanjie Park, tile art museum, and the renovation of the old site of glazed tile factory, focusing on the exploration of rural areas and rural art revival, while trying the framework of sustainable urban community life in the urban field.