Tao Zhu

Biography

He is an associate professor and one of the directors of the China Center for Architecture and Urbanism at the University of Hong Kong. He received his master's degree in architecture and his doctorate in the history and theory of architecture under Kenneth Frampton at Columbia University. As a researcher, his research focuses on contemporary Chinese architecture and urbanism. His articles have been published in journals such as Domus, Bauwelt, a+u, AD, AA Files and Time+Architecture. Among his most important writings are the book Liang Sicheng and His Times (Imaginist, 2014) and a chapter entitled "Architecture in China in the Reform Era, 1978–2010" in the book A Critical History of Contemporary Architecture 1960–2010 (Ashgate, 2014). As an architect, his works are mostly public projects, including schools, libraries, bus stations, streets, parks and water reservoirs. In recent years he has led the University of Hong Kong team and studio in close collaboration with the governments of Shenzhen and Dongguan on the development of public buildings and spaces.