Wang Shu

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Wang Shu

Chinese architect

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Born:: November 4, 1963, Ürümqi, Xinjiang, China (age 61)

Awards And Honors:: Pritzker Prize (2012)

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Wang Shu (born November 4, 1963, Ürümqi, Xinjiang, China) is a Chinese architect whose reuse of materials salvaged from demolition sites and thoughtful approach to setting and Chinese tradition revealed his opposition to modern China’s relentless urbanization. He was awarded the Pritzker Architecture Prize in 2012 for “producing an architecture that is timeless, deeply rooted in its context, and yet universal.” Wang grew up in Ürümqi, the capital city of Xinjiang, China’s northwesternmost province. He studied architecture at Nanjing Institute of Technology (B.S., 1985; M.A., 1988). He then researched building restoration for the Zhejiang Academy of Fine Arts (now the ...(100 of 442 words)

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