Autor: URBANUS

Wang Hui – Principal Architect and Co-founder of URBANUS Architecture & Design Inc., Architect licensed in New York State

In 1999, WANG Hui co-founded URBANUS with partners LIU Xiaodu and MENG Yan. After a co-management of the early work of URBANUS in Shenzhen, WANG Hui has been overseen the operation of Beijing Office since 2003, and takes part in urban and architecture design of the Beijing, Tianjin, Tangshan triangle area, the Yangtze River Delta region and many other cities. As Principal in Charge of Design, WANG Hui has designed White Cloud Temple Jewelry Garden, Tangshan Urban Planning Museum and Park, Tangshan Museum Expansion, Maritime Art Museum, the Five Dragons Temple Environmental Improvement, and projects in the southern cities include Cultural Center of Pingshan District, etc. WANG Hui is also involved in a number of urban researches, including Preservation & Regeneration of Qianmen East Hutong Area, Beijing New Ecological Community of Pear Village, etc. Many of his works won prestigious architecture awards, as well as exhibited and published worldwide.

WANG Hui is a member of a council of the Architectural Society of China, and a member of a council of Architects’ Branch at the Architectural Society of China. He is also an instructor for design at the Architecture School at Tsinghua University and a visiting professor at the ADA Research Center at Beijing University of Civil Engineering and Architecture. WANG Hui served as one of the members at the editorial board for The Journal of Architecture and other major academic journals.  He is often invited to be one of the jury members for a number of international competitions and to give lectures at many influential academic institutions worldwide.