Wu Liangyong | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
吴良镛 | |||||||
 Wu at the age of 24 | |||||||
| Born | (1922-05-07)7 May 1922 (age 103) Jiangning County,Jiangsu, Republic of China | ||||||
| Alma mater | National Central University Cranbrook Educational Community | ||||||
| Awards | Ordre des Arts et des Lettres (1999) Prince Claus Award (2002) Highest Science and Technology Award (2012) | ||||||
| Scientific career | |||||||
| Fields | Architecture | ||||||
| Institutions | Tsinghua University | ||||||
| Doctoral advisor | Eero Saarinen | ||||||
| Other academic advisors | Liang Sicheng | ||||||
| Chinese name | |||||||
| Simplified Chinese | 吴良镛 | ||||||
| Traditional Chinese | 吳良鏞 | ||||||
| |||||||
Wu Liangyong (Chinese:吴良镛, born 7 May 1922) is a Chinese architect andurban planner. He was a former professor in urban planning,architecture, anddesign. In preparation to the2008 Summer Olympics inBeijing, he was leading the team that studied the buildings of the games.[1] He is considered the most influential architect and urban planner in China.[2]
Wu was born inNanjing on 7 May 1922. In 1944, he obtained a bachelor's degree in architecture at theNational Central University (nowNanjing University) inChongqing, and a master's degree at the AmericanGuangxi Art Academy.[3] He also studied at theCranbrook Academy of Art in the United States.[2] Together with professorLiang Sicheng, he founded the Faculty of Architecture on theTsinghua University in 1946, where he focused onurban planning,architecture, anddesign. All together he taught fifty years atTsinghua University.[1][4]
Next to his professorate, Wu carried out different administrative functions. He was vice-president of theInternational Union of Architects and of the Architecture Society of China. Furthermore, he was chairman of the World Society for the Science of Human Settlements and of theUrban Planning Society of China.[1]
His development of the Ju'er Hutong inBeijing is seen as state of the art. Furthermore, he developed the new library of Beijing and the enlargement ofTiananmen Square, and redevelopedGuilin and the Central Art and Design Academy of theConfucius Institute. In preparation to the2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, Wu was leading the team that studied the buildings of the games.[1]
Wu received a number of awards. He was the first to win the Award for Scientific and Technological Progress by the State Education Commission. In 1993, he won aWorld Habitat Award of theUnited Nations for his contribution to the house-building project of Ju'er Hutong in Beijing. In 1995, he won theHo Leung Ho Lee Prize and in 1996 the UIA Architectural Education Prize of theInternational Union of Architects. Wu was honored with aPrince Claus Award from theNetherlands in 2002. The jury praised his architectonic work, as well as his compilation of a ten-volume encyclopedia of regional architectures around the world.[1][4][5]
Wuturned 100 in May 2022.[6]
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)