Wang is not the first Chinese-born architect to win the Pritzker; I.M. Pei, the 1983 laureate, was born in Guangzhou in 1917. But Pei was firmly established as a U.S.-based architect when he was ...

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, in ...

hinese architect Wang Shu, whose buildings have been praised for their commanding presence and careful attention to the environment, has won the 2012 Pritzker Architecture Prize, the prize's jury ...

Wang Shu is the first Chinese architect to be awarded with the Pritzker Architecture Prize. Shu is a 48-year-old architect whose architectural practice, Amateur Architecture Studio, ...

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 nature and mountain-river poetic life.

This year's Pritzker Prize--architecture's greatest honor--goes to Wang Shu. His victory is also one for contemporary Chinese design, as it signifies China's growing global creative influence.

Chinese architect Wang Shu, whose buildings have been praised for their commanding presence and careful attention to the environment, has won the 2012 Pritzker Architecture Prize, the prize's jury ...

BEIJING, April 17, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- At a Beijing hutong courtyard on a late March afternoon, Wang Shu, the first Chinese national to win the Pritzker Architecture Prize, the world's most ...

BEIJING, April 17, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- At a Beijing hutong courtyard on a late March afternoon, Wang Shu, the first Chinese national to win the Pritzker Architecture Prize, the world's most ...

In 1997, Wang Shu founded the Amateur Architecture Studio in Hangzhou with his wife, Lu Wenyu. For the first time, the Pritzker Architecture Prize has been awarded to an architect based in China.

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