Completed in 2011, Wangfujing Plaque and Reliefs is an architectural art ensemble installed on the façade of a commercial building on Beijing’s Wangfujing Street.
The project was created following the reconstruction of the original building. As the earlier relief installation could no longer be accommodated within the new façade, its central visual identity was reorganised into a vertical plaque accompanied by two bronze relief panels.
The central plaque is set against a vivid blue mosaic field. Three large gold-toned Chinese characters, “王府井,” form the primary visual focus, while the surrounding bronze frame incorporates traditional ornamental motifs. The contrast between blue, gold, dark bronze, and the orange architectural surface gives the work a strong presence within the commercial streetscape.
Two openwork bronze reliefs are positioned above and below the plaque. One presents scenes associated with historic Wangfujing, including traditional shops, merchants, pedestrians, and long-established commercial names. The other depicts later urban life through department stores, contemporary goods, bicycles, shoppers, and changing forms of commerce.
Rather than reproducing the earlier installation directly, the work adapts its historical and commercial imagery to a new architectural structure. The plaque establishes the identity of the street, while the reliefs extend that identity into a visual narrative of continuity and change.
Integrated into the building façade, the ensemble connects architectural renovation with the preservation of Wangfujing’s commercial memory.
《王府井》匾额及配套浮雕完成于2011年，设置于北京王府井大街一座商业建筑的外立面。
由于原建筑楼梯与墙体结构整体改造，早期浮雕装置已无法继续适应新的建筑空间，因此重新设计为一块竖向主匾额与上下两幅青铜浮雕，在保留原有文化主题的基础上完成新的建筑整合。
主匾额以鲜明的蓝色马赛克为背景，中央设置金色立体“王府井”三字，外围青铜边框采用传统装饰纹样。蓝、金、深色青铜与橙色建筑墙面形成强烈色彩对比，使作品在商业街区中具有清晰的识别度。
匾额上下分别设置镂空青铜浮雕。一幅呈现旧时王府井的商业生活，包括传统商号、店铺、商贩与往来行人；另一幅则通过百货商场、现代商品、自行车与购物人群等形象，表现街区商业形态与城市生活方式的变化。
作品没有直接复制早期装置，而是将原有的历史与商业题材重新组织进新的建筑结构之中。中央匾额建立街区身份，两侧浮雕则展开王府井商业文化延续与演变的视觉叙事。
整组作品作为建筑外立面的组成部分，将商业建筑更新与王府井历史记忆的保存连接起来。