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Key facts
- Born
- ( 1963-11-04 ) 4 November 1963 (age 62) , Ürümqi , Xinjiang, China
- Alma mater
- Nanjing Institute of Technology, now known as Southeast University , and , Tongji University
- Occupation
- Architect
- Awards
- Pritzker Prize
- Buildings
- Ningbo Museum
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Family name
- Wang
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- China
- Place of birth
- Ürümqi
- Spouse
- Lu Wenyu
- Occupation
- university teacher
- Educated at
- China Academy of Art
- Employer
- China Academy of Art
- Languages spoken
- Chinese
- Native language
- Chinese
- Notable work
- Ningbo Museum
- Image
- Wang-Shu Taipei.jpg
- Residence
- Ürümqi
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- ancestral home
- Jiaokou County
- Commons category
- Wang Shu (architect)
- date of birth
- 1963-11-04
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Encyclopedic overview
Wang Shu (Chinese: 王澍, born 4 November 1963) is a Chinese architect based in Hangzhou, Zhejiang Province. He is the dean of the School of Architecture of the China Academy of Art. With his practice partner and wife Lu Wenyu, he founded the firm Amateur Architecture Studio. In 2012, Wang became the first Chinese citizen to win the Pritzker Prize, the world's top prize in architecture. The award was the subject of some controversy since the Pritzker committee did not also award Lu Wenyu, his wife and architectural partner, despite their years of collaboration.
Early life and education
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Wang Shu” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.