Studio Zhu-Pei is one of the leading Chinese architecture firms. Located in the center of Beijing, the office presents a platform for nature inspired design that reflects on an array of innovative design works. Founded in 2005, Studio Zhu-Pei has accomplished many renowned projects, including the Guggenheim Art Pavilion in Abu Dhabi (2006), Guggenheim Museum Beijing (2007), Digital Beijing (the Control Center at the Beijing Olympics in 2008), CaiGuoqiang courtyard house renovation in Beijing (2007), 798 Pace Gallery in Beijing (2010), OCT Design Museum in Shenzhen (2011), Minsheng Museum of Modern Art in Beijing (2015), Taimiao Art Museum in Beijing (2015), Jingdezhen Imperial Kiln Museum (Jiangxi, 2019), Shou County Cultural and Art Center (Anhui, 2019), etc.

The works of Studio Zhu-Pei have also been chosen for international exhibitions at the Venice Biennale, Victoria and Albert Museum, Centre Pompidou, Biennial Sao Paulo, "Mind Landscapes" Solo Exhibition at Aedes in Berlin, "Contemporary Architecture in China" at Harvard University, "ZÀI XĪNG TǓ MÙ" Exhibition at Aedes in Berlin, etc. Many of the works have also been collected by important international museums.

For us, the challenge of design is to provide practical solutions while reflecting a strong and innovative conceptual thinking and a critical outlook. Our projects, therefore, are an exploration of methods to connect process to product. The framework for this investigation and the experimental nature of our work is formed by the context in which it takes place—Urban China. The recent rapid development of the country has created new urban environments that can certainly be described as modern but lack the vitality and soul of older districts. Design and construction is our work, the process is like art creation, which means that the search for cultural roots and creation of new experiences just as we think about building of "car of the rounds, birds of the wings", so that the building, on the one hand, it can be rooted in a particular soil. On the other hand, an open system that can accommodate many new possibilities.

Currently we are working on many important cultural projects including museums, culture centers, and theaters. Such as: Yangliping Performance Arts Center, Ningbo Jiangdong Catholic Church, Jingjiang Cultural and Art Center, Dali Museum of Contemporary Art, “Cube” Art Museum, Baiyang Prehistoric Museum, Zibo Art Center, etc. 

Founder: Zhu Pei

Dean, Professor, Central Academy of Fine Arts, School of Architecture

Visiting Professor, Harvard University, GSD and Columbia University, GSAPP

Zhu Pei is the founder and principle designer of Studio Zhu-Pei, he received his Master degree in Architecture from both Tsinghua University and UC Berkeley. After being invited to design the Guggenheim Museum in Beijing and Guggenheim Art Pavilion in Abu Dhabi, Zhu Pei has become an internationally recognized architect. Recent awards include Jingdezhen Imperial Kiln Museum won the Architectural Review Future Project Awards in 2017, 2019 Beijing Horticultural Expo has won an Honor Award from the AIA NY Chapter in 2015, he was named one of "The 5 greatest architects under 50" by the Huffington Post in 2011, the Design Vanguard Award by Architectural Record in 2007, the China Award from Architectural Record in 2005, and the Courvoisier Design Award by Wallpaper Magazine in 2009, and DFA Grand Award and Special Award for Culture, Hong Kong in 2008, Special Merit Award by UIA and UNESCO in 1989. Zhu Pei has also been selected as an architecture jury member for the Mies van der Rohe Award in 2011, Hong Kong Design Week in 2011 and International Design Competition in Korea in 2015/2017 and IFLA Asia-Pac LA Awards in 2019. He has given many lectures at Harvard University, Columbia University, UC Berkeley, Rice University, Rhode Island school of Design, University of South California, University of Texas at Austin, Yale University, UCLA, University at Buffalo, Syracuse University and University of Auckland, etc.