Amateur Architecture Studio

Pritzker Prize–winning firm Amateur Architecture Studio was founded in 1998 by Wang Shu and Lu Wenyu. Notable projects include the Xiangshan campus of the China Academy of Art and the Huang Gongwang Museum.

ARTICLES

CASE STUDY: Tile & Stone

Amateur Architecture Studio Clads a Chinese Archive with Thousands of Celadon Tiles

Liangzhu, China

Matthew Marani

April 16, 2024

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The Wang Shu–led firm offers a contemporary interpretation of vernacular design for a monumental project.

In New Exhibit, Architecture Bridges the U.S.-China Divide

Review: "Building in China: A Century of Dialogues on Modern Architecture,” at the University of Pennsylvania’s Fisher Fine Arts Library, Philadelphia

Clifford A. Pearson

March 24, 2022

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Beginning with a group of 23 Chinese architects who studied at Penn in the 1920s, the show looks back at a century of mutual influences.

Tea House at Linyin Buddhist Temple by Amateur Architecture Studio

Hangzhou, China

Aric Chen

August 4, 2020

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Wang Shu and his wife and partner Lu Wenyu design an idiosyncratic retreat in their home city of Hangzhou, China.

Huang Gongwang Museum by Amateur Architecture Studio

Fuyang, China

Clifford A. Pearson

April 1, 2017

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Pritzker Prize–winner Wang Shu and Lu Wenyu, his partner, tie a museum and cultural complex in Fuyang to China’s rich traditions of landscape painting.

Tiles Hill by Amateur Architecture Studio

Hangzhou, China

Clare Jacobson

December 16, 2013

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For his first building since winning the Pritzker Prize, Wang Shu gives a lesson in craftsmanship and material expression through an unfolding interior landscape.

Credits: 1 AIA LU/HSW; 1 AIBD P-CE; 0.1 ICC CEU; 0.1 IACET CEU

In this course, you will learn about the benefits of utilizing terra cotta wall cladding as well as how they are manufactured and installed.

Credits: 1 AIA LU/HSW; 1 AIBD P-CE; 0.1 ICC CEU; 0.1 IACET CEU

This course will examine how noncombustible steel deck framing makes it possible to meet stringent building and fire codes in Wildland-Urban Interface (WUI) zones.