For the first time, the Pritzker Architecture Prize has been awarded to an architect based in China. Wang Shu, 49, is interested in preservation, working slowly and tradition — ideals that ...

Walking on the campus is like being immersed in a painting. For Wang Shu, an architect needs not only to explore the possibility of new buildings, but also to aim to reconstruct a world full of ...

Editor’s Note: Wang Shu became the first Chinese architect to be awarded the Pritzker Architecture Prize earlier this year. The 48-year-old founded his practice, Amateur Architecture Studio ...

Wang Shu and his practice are likely to receive a boost in attention from winning the Pritzker--as will the architecture industry in China. “The fact that an architect from China has been ...

The earliest deliberate attempts to create uncompromisingly modern works of architecture in China were undertaken by the Hangzhou-based architect WANG Shu (b. 1963). He experimented with small ...

WANG SHU HAS ACQUIRED A SHADOW. Walking through the construction work-shop at the Xiangshan campus of the China Academy of Art, the 49-year-old Chinese architect is being trailed at a distance of ...

Awards can be a controversial topic within China’s architecture community. When Wang Shu became the first Chinese architect to win the prestigious Pritzker Architecture Prize in 2012, he was met, not ...

Jiakun's notable works include the West Village in Chengdu, a five-story urban hub blending culture and commerce, and the Sichuan Fine Arts Institute in Chongqing. View on euronews ...

Wang Shu, a 48-year-old Chinese architect whose work explores the intersection of modern technologies and traditional sensibilities, has won the 2012 Pritzker Architecture Prize, announced Thomas J.

Walking on the campus is like being immersed in a painting. For Wang Shu, an architect needs not only to explore the possibility of new buildings, but also to aim to reconstruct a world full of ...