Syndicated from Design China
“Last year the architectural world was given a jolt when for the first time in its 34-year history the distinguished Pritzker Prize was awarded to somebody from Mainland China. Wang Shu was relatively unknown in architectural circles, let alone beyond its narrow orbit. The intervening 12 months have been an expedited education not only for those who knew little or nothing about this elusive professional, but also for Wang Shu who is unaccustomed to the limelight and uncomfortable in its glare. After a year of almost constant travelling and official obligations, Wang Shu has returned to the east coast city of Hangzhou, home to the China Academy of Art where he is Dean of the School of Architecture, to oversee the final stages of the construction of the new guesthouse and reception center at the Academy’s Xiangshan Campus…his first building to be completed since the Pritzker award”. Continue reading.