Li Hu
Li Hu is a Chinese architect and professor. He is the founding partner of OPEN Architecture, Kenzo Tange Design Critic in Architecture at Harvard University Graduate School of Design, visiting professor at the Tsinghua University in Beijing and China Central Academy of Fine Arts, former partner of Steven Holl Architects, and director of Columbia University GSAPP's Studio-X Beijing.
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Li Hu is a Chinese architect and professor. He is the founding partner of OPEN Architecture, Kenzo Tange Design Critic in Architecture at Harvard University Graduate School of Design, visiting professor at the Tsinghua University in Beijing and China Central Academy of Fine Arts, former partner of Steven Holl Architects, and director of Columbia University GSAPP's Studio-X Beijing.
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Education
Education
Hu received his B. Arch. from Tsinghua University in Beijing in 1996 and his M. Arch. from Rice University in 1998.
Work
Work
While working at Steven Holl Architects as a partner, Li Hu played a key role in the creation of several notable buildings. These include the Linked Hybrid in Beijing, the Vanke Center in Shenzhen, Raffles City in Chengdu, and the Sifang Art Museum in Nanjing. In 2010, Li Hu left Steven Holl Architects to focus on his own practice, OPEN Architecture, which he co-founded with Huang Wenjing in 2006 in New York City. OPEN Architecture is a collaborative studio that explores new architectural possibilities in the context of contemporary China and beyond. Some of the firm's notable projects include Garden School/Beijing No.4 High School Fangshan Campus, the Gehua Youth and Cultural Center, the UCCA Dune Art Museum, Yichang Grand Theatre, the Tank Shanghai art complex, Pingshan Performing Arts Center, and the Chapel of Sound. Li Hu has been the recipient of “50 under 50: Innovators of the 21st Century” and ICON Magazine's “Future 50” Li Hu is often invited to speak at global academic conferences and universities. Additionally, he regularly serves as a jury member and curator for various international design competitions and exhibitions. His work UCCA Dune Art Museum has been collected by Museum of Modern Art (MoMA) in New York. Li Hu has also participated in the Venice Biennale China Pavilion in 2021 and 2014, the inaugural Chicago Architecture Biennial in 2015, the “Soul of the City” in Verona, Italy in 2017, and the China House Vision in 2018. Li Hu and Huang Wenjing co-authored three books titled OPEN Questions (2018), Towards Openness (2018) and OPEN Reaction (2015). Catherine Shaw authored the book Reinventing Cultural Architecture: A Radical Vision by OPEN which was published by Rizzoli in 2022.
Selected projects
Selected projects
• Yantai Sun Tower • Chapel of Sound • Shanfeng Academy • Shanghai Qingpu Pinghe International School • Tank Shanghai • Pingshan Performing Arts Center • UCCA Dune Art Museum • Tsinghua Ocean Center • HEX-SYS • Mars Case • Garden School/Beijing No.4 High School Fangshan Campus • Gehua Youth and Cultural Center
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- 1.Hu Li. Harvard Graduate School of Design.
- 2.Chen, Nora. Architect Li Hu, Studio-X Beijing, To Change China's Design Landscape. Jing Daily. 20 November 2012.
- 3.Li Hu | Architecture | Rice University. Rice.edu.
- 4.China Awards 2010: Linked Hybrid 2010-05-01. Architectural Record.
- 5.A skyline all their own Art. China Daily.
- 6.Lloyd Smith, Harriet. Urbanisms: Steven Holl + Li Hu. Wallpaper.com. 7 December 2019.
- 7.UCCA Dune Art Museum by OPEN Architecture. Architectural Record.
- 8.OPEN Architecture Wins Competition to Design the Yichang Grand Theatre in China. ArchDaily. 13 April 2023.
- 9.philip, stevens I. in shanghai, OPEN transforms aviation fuel tanks into 'containers of culture'. Designboom. 25 March 2019.
- 10.Pingshan Performing Arts Center / OPEN Architecture. ArchDaily. 21 September 2020.
- 11.Chapel of Sound by OPEN Architecture. Architectural Record.
- 12.Russell, Beverly. 50 Under 50:Innovators Of The 21st Century. 2015.
- 13.Ray, Debika. Future 50: Li Hu. ICON Magazine. August 1, 2013.
- 14."Architecture is Hope": A Conversation with Li Hu of OPEN Architecture. ArchDaily. March 11, 2019.
- 15.CONNECT: A Lecture by Li Hu and Huang Wenjing, OPEN Architecture - Calendar - AIA New York / Center for Architecture. AIA New York | Center for Architecture. September 9, 2022.
- 16.UCCA Dune Art Museum, Aranya, Hebei, China. Moma.org.
- 17.Chicago Architecture Biennial announces 60+ participants. Bustler.
- 18.Syracuse Architecture Presents Mark Robbins Lecture at NYC's Fisher Center. SU News. 4 February 2019.
- 19.10 architects imagine the Chinese home of the future for China House Vision exhibition. Dezeen. 2 October 2018.
- 20.china house vision 2018 Archives. Designboom.
- 21.OPEN Questions: Li Hu and Huang Wenjing. soa.syr.edu.
- 22.Ren, Xiang. Towards openness / OPEN ReAction: Li Hu and Huang Wenjing San Francisco, CA: Applied Research & Design, 2017 : 9781940743226 $35.00, Pb, pp. 287. The Journal of Architecture. 25. 5. 650–657. 3 July 2020. 1360-2365.
- 23.Thorpe, Ellie Stathaki. Architecture books to inspire shelf love. Wallpaper.com. 11 September 2023.
- 24.A Round-Up of New Design Monographs. Architectural Record.
- 25.rizzoli book examines six radical projects by OPEN that reinvent china's cultural landscape. Designboom. April 15, 2022.
- 26.Open Architecture reveals design for Sun Tower in China. Dezeen. February 27, 2022.
- 27.Chapel of Sound in China is given a "science-fiction vibe" in new video. Dezeen. August 8, 2022.
- 28.Design Dispatch: August 10, 2022. archive.surfacemedia.com.
- 29.Shanfeng Academy / OPEN Architecture. ArchDaily. 10 May 2023.
- 30.Open Architecture designs Shanghai school to be more like a village than a megastructure. Dezeen. May 19, 2021.
- 31.Tank Shanghai by OPEN Architecture. Architectural Record.
- 32.Open Architecture unveils Pingshan Performing Arts Center. Dezeen. July 2, 2020.
- 33.UCCA Dune Art Museum / OPEN Architecture. ArchDaily. December 13, 2018.
- 34.Open Architecture: Tsinghua Ocean Center Shenzhen Cina | Floornature. Floornature.com.
- 35.Open Architecture develops reconfigurable construction system. Dezeen. 16 November 2015.
- 36.stevens I., philip. life on mars? OPEN architecture conceives minimal housing prototype for the red planet. Designboom. 5 October 2018.
- 37.Garden School / Beijing No.4 High School Fangshan Campus by OPEN Architecture | Schools. Architonic.
- 38.Gehua Youth and Cultural Center / Open Architecture. ArchDaily. October 1, 2012.
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