Architecture Asia: Living in the 21st Century

About Li XiangningProfessor WU Jiang

Professor WU Jiang is a full professor at Tongji University College of Architecture and Urban Planning. He was the former Deputy Director of Shanghai Urban Planning Administration Bureau and the former Executive Vice President of Tongji University. He was elected the member of LAcadémie dArchitecture de France in 2015. Since 2019 he has been serving as the Vice President of Architects Regional Council (ARCASIA). He is the Board Chairman of the Global University Partnership on Environment and Sustainability (GUPES) as well as the member of the UIA Education Commission (EDUCOM). He is the Vice President of Urban Planning Society of China (UPSC) serving as a standing council member of the Architectural Society of China (ASC) and the Director of Institute of Architectural Education Architectural Society of China (IAE-ASC) as well as the Chairman of Asian City Forum. He has been invited to world well-known universities and research institutes to deliver keynote speeches including Harvard Yale and Princeton. He is also the founder of several joint international design studios with top world institutes such as Princeton HKU ETH Yale UIUC and TU Berlin. He was the juror of final review of Dubai Awards hosted by UN HABITAT. He was the curator of 2002 Shanghai Biennale Urban Construction as well as the founder and chief curator of the 1st Shanghai Urban Space Art Season (SUSAS 2015). As a devoted architecture scholar he has published a dozen of important books on architectural history urban planning as well as urban regeneration and urban governance.   Dr. Li Xiangning is Deputy Dean and Full Professor in History Theory and Criticism at Tongji University College of Architecture and Urban Planning. He is a member of CICA (Comité International des Critiques d'Architecture). He has worked as curator for numerous exhibitions and has published widely on contemporary Chinese architecture and urbanism. He is Chief Editor of Architecture China and President of Architecture China Foundation. Furthermore he has been working with international museums and institutes and he has been a jury member to many international awards and competitions.