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Renouncing conventional approaches to dwellings insuburban Shanghai, the house by AZL Architects for theSong family could be a model to replicate, writes Harryden Hartog Through the organisers of the televisionshow, the Song family were introducedto Nanjing-based architect Zhang Lei,well known for his innovative approachto local materials and traditional building-techniquescombined with modernity andfunctionality. Meanwhile, Zhang and his practice,AZL Architects, are studying how theproject can be scaled up and built asa modular system. [Extracted from the article]