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Zhang Ke (architect)

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Zhang Ke
张轲
Born1970
NationalityChinese
OccupationArchitect
Awards2016 Aga Khan Award for Architecture
2017 Alvar Aalto Medal
BuildingsNovartis Campus Building, Shanghai
ProjectsTransformation of hutongs in Beijing

Zhang Ke (Chinese: 张轲; pinyin: Zhāng Kē; born 1970) is a Chinese architect.[1][2] Zhang Ke is a graduate of Tsinghua University in Beijing and the Harvard Graduate School of Design at Harvard University in Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA.[1][2] In 2001, he founded his studio ZAO/standardarchitecture (标准营造).[2]

Zhang Ke is a recipient of the 2016 Aga Khan Award for Architecture[2] and the 2017 Alvar Aalto Medal.[3] In 2016, he represented China at the Venice Biennale.[4]

Works in selection

  • Novartis Campus Building, 2016, in Shanghai in China[5]
  • Transformation of Beijings old hutongs[6]
  • Museum for China Academy of Art (CAA) in Hangzhou.[2]
  • Longji Primary School in Guangxi, a donation from Zhang Ke's firm to an underdeveloped rural community, which will be crowd-funded.

References

Notes

  1. ^ a b "中国建筑师首获阿尔瓦·阿尔托奖". 新华网, Xinhuanet (in Chinese). Retrieved 15 September 2017.
  2. ^ a b c d e "Zhang Ke". Harvard University. Retrieved 15 September 2017.
  3. ^ "Zhang Ke Awarded 2017 Alvar Aalto Medal". ArchDaily. Retrieved 15 September 2017.
  4. ^ https://www.archdaily.com/787041/reporting-from-the-front-in-china-a-talk-with-zhang-ke-of-zao-standardarchitecture
  5. ^ "Novartis Campus Building by Zhang Ke Inaugurated in June". standardarchitecture 标准营造. Retrieved 15 September 2017.
  6. ^ "Zhang Ke slots work and play spaces into Beijing's ancient hutong courtyards". de zeen. Retrieved 15 September 2017.
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