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The Decade of Urbanus

Lecturer: Yan, M.
Faculty:Architecture
Type:lecture
Date:2012-02-14
Publisher: Delft University of Technology
Source:The Berlage, Center for Advanced Studies in Architecture and Urban Design
Duration:1:25:00
Keywords: Meng Yan · The Berlage lezingen
Rights: (c) Delft University of Technology · Creative Commons BY

Abstract

Meng Yan is a founding partner of URBANUS. He is a licensed architect in the State of New York. He received his Bachelor and Master’s degrees of Architecture from Tsinghua University, and Master’s degree of Architecture from Miami University. Prior to establishing URBANUS, he has worked with Kohn Pedersen Fox Associates PC and Meltzer/Mandl Architects PC in New York City and Yongmao Architects and Engineers Inc. in Beijing. He cofounded URBANUS, together with his partners Liu Xiaodu and Wang Hui in 1999; it has become one of the most influential architectural design firms in China.

More than a design practice, URBANUS is also a think tank. It aims to formulate architectural strategy from the urban environment in general, and the ever changing urban conditions in specific. URBANUS always focuses on the urban reality in China and seeks architectural solutions based on its research of the emerging urban problems.URBANUS has achieved international recognition with projects such as Shenzhen Dafen Art Museum, the social housing Urban Tulou, Tangshan Urban Planning Museum. URBANUS has won prestigious awards and been invited to contemporary architecture exhibition in New York, Paris, Barcelona, Lisbon, Rotterdam, Sao Paulo, Rome, Brussels, Hong Kong, and Its works have been published in prestigious newspapers and magazines, including Domus, Abitare, Mark, Architectural Record, Blueprint, a+d, and a+u.

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