Wang Shu, is the most famous Chinese architect. He was born in Urumqi Xinjiang, China in 1963. He is the dean of the School of Architecture of the China Academy of Art. With his wife and business partner, he founded Amateur Architecture Studio a name meant to contast with: “professional, soulless architecture”. Shu is the recipient of the Pritzker Architecture Prize for 2012. Controversy arose when his wife and business partner Lu Wenju was not recognized. A similar controversy occured in 1991 when Robert Venturi was awarded the Pritzker Price and his wife Denise Scott Brown was not.
Library of Wenzheng College, Suzhou University
2000, Suzhou, China
Sanhe House
2003, Nanjing, China
Ningbo Museum of Art
2005
Ceramic House
2006, Jinhua, China
Five Scattered Houses
2006, Ningbo, China
Tiled Garden, Biannale of Architecture Italy
2006, Venice, Italy
Old Town Conservation of Zhangham Street
2007, Hangzhou, China
Vertical Courtyard Apartments
2007, Hangzhou, China
Xiangsham Campus, China Academy of Art
2007, Hangzhou, Zhejiang, China
Ningbo Museum
2008, Ningbo, Shejiang Province, China
Ningbo Tengtou Pavilion, Shanghai Expo
2010, Shanghai, China
Bus Stop in Krumbach
2014, Austria
