At the time, there was no modern, or rather contemporary, architecture in China to speak of. There were only the promising first hints of the development of a potentially new architectural ...

Experience Liu Jiakun's unique architectural philosophy that respects history and nature, fostering community through design ...

The Shadowless Church in Chengdu, China, designed by Shanghai Dachuan Architects, merges French-inspired elegance with modern ...

Speaking to CNN ahead of Tuesday’s announcement, the founder of one of China’s first private architecture firms reflects on a career designing unpretentious buildings in an era of excess.

After a spring snowfall, the Old Town of Lijiang in southwest China's Yunnan Province was bustling with tourists. On Wednesday afternoon, the 800-year-old town welcomed a special guest -- Chinese ...

The Pritzker jury, in its statement, applauded what it called Liu's "reverence for culture, history and nature, chronicling time and comforting users with familiarity through modern interpretations of ...

Liu also said he tries to balance his country’s artistic and architectural heritage with the realities of modern technology. “I think China’s traditional architecture is of course brilliant and very ...

Throughout its 46-year history, architecture’s most prestigious prize has often been won by icon-builders: the apparent lone geniuses who imprint their visions, signature-like, on the world.

In other words, elements of traditional architecture must be reinterpreted for functional, modern use, not used as tributes to a bygone time. Indeed, China’s cities are inundated with examples ...