List of Popular Architects in China: Here is the top and most famouse architecture firms and architects in china.
In recent decades, China’s rapid economic growth has driven dramatic urban transformation, resulting in some of the world’s most forward-thinking and striking architectural projects.
While international firms like Zaha Hadid Architects and OMA have made their mark, local Chinese firms are also gaining recognition.
These are championing socially and environmentally conscious design.
The architecture firms listed below are at the forefront of the country’s architectural revolution:
Top Architecture Firms in China
PLAT ASIA
PLAT ASIA, an international architectural and design firm. It was established in Beijing in 2010 by Baoyang Bian and Donghyun Jung.
The firm is dedicated to enhancing living conditions while preserving the future environment.
A focus on exploring new methods of land use and promoting traditional oriental philosophies of nature and architecture.
reMIX studio
reMIX is a design studio with offices in Beijing, Shenzhen, and Singapore.
This firm founded on extensive academic research and collaborations with leading international firms.
Spark Architects
SPARK is a global design studio that brings together architects, urbanists, interior designers, and branding experts to create innovative spatial environments.
Drawing inspiration from diverse cultures, people, and places.
MUDA-Architects
Founded in 2015 with offices in both Boston and Beijing, MUDA-Architects expanded to Chengdu in 2017.
MUDA’s portfolio spans public, cultural, and commercial architecture, as well as urban design, landscape, and interiors.
B.L.U.E. Architecture
Founded in 2014 by Yoko Fujii and Shuhei Aoyama in Beijing.
B.L.U.E. Architecture Studio is a Japanese design firm working on architecture, urban development, interiors, furniture, and exhibition spaces.
Lacime Architects
Lacime Architectural Design, founded in Shanghai by Song Zhaoqing.
They are believes in the architectural philosophy of “Simplify complicated material”.
The firm’s name, derived from the French word for “peak,” reflects its GOAL to create exceptional architecture.
X+Living
Founded in 2011 by architect Li Xiang, X+LIVING is an international design firm.
Also, team member are working across various projects, including retail, office, hospitality, and parent-child spaces.
Crossboundaries
Crossboundaries is a design firm focused on architecture, environmental design and urban regeneration.
Known for crossing traditional design boundaries.
Its work, rooted in innovation and engagement, addresses the evolving needs of people and communities.
3andwich Design / He Wei Studio
For many years, the studio has also been dedicated to rural architectural design in undeveloped areas of China.
It has employed micro interventions to revive rural villages and communities.
The design firm is linked with academic institutions that include the China Central Academy of Fine Arts, Tsinghua University and China Architectural Society.
OPEN Architecture
OPEN was founded by Li Hu and Huang Wenjing in New York City and it established a Beijing office in 2006.
OPEN has been recognized with the World Architecture Award for Chinese Architecture.
Architecture firm also is awarding by the London Design Museum’s Design of the Year Nomination, Re-thinking the Future Award and a Merit Award from AIANY.
Wutopia Lab
Wutopia Lab, founded by Yu Ting in Shanghai, is an architectural firm that embraces a new paradigm of complex systems.
Drawing inspiration from Shanghai’s culture and lifestyle.
Wutopia Lab uses architecture to foster sociological progress through building practices.
CLOU Architects
CLOU is an award-winning international design studio with expertise in architecture, interiors and landscapes.
The firm designs its projects, whether small or large in scale, around community nodes and social spaces.
MAD Architects
Founded in 2004 by Ma Yansong, MAD Architects has quickly become one of the world’s most notable and inventive design firms.
MAD works in forward-looking environments developing futuristic architecture based on a contemporary interpretation of the eastern spirit of nature.
gad
Founded in 1997, gad comprises over 1,000 professionals, offering architectural design and engineering consultancy.
gad’s projects span residential, office buildings, hotels, research institutions, universities, commercial complexes, and urban mixed-use developments, with offices in Hangzhou, Shanghai, Qingdao, Xiamen, and Chongqing.
GOA (Group of Architects)
GOA (Group of Architects), established in 1998 and headquartered in Hangzhou.
It has engaged in design for over two decades in China.
The firm works across urban planning, architectural and engineering design, landscape, interiors, and management consulting.
Lukstudio
Christina Luk established LUKSTUDIO in Shanghai in 2012.
The company seeks to provide meaningful solutions, while questioning conventional design methods.
Atelier tao+c
Founded in 2016, Atelier tao+c engages in an array of design projects, ranging from small urban apartment interiors and rural house renovations to commercial spaces and youth communities.
LUO studio
Founded by Luo Yujie, LUO Studio emphasizes the harmony between architecture and nature.
With a nuanced architectural and structural design.
LUO Studio works in urban and rural development with a focus on sustainable practices.
TAO | Trace Architecture Office
TAO explores the essence of place to design buildings deeply rooted in their context with respect to local conditions.
TAO’s works include the Aranya Theatre, integrating three theatres with unique materiality: metal, coral stone, and light stone.
AIM Architecture
Founded in 2005 by Wendy Saunders and Vincent de Graaf.
AIM Architecture is a Shanghai-based design studio with projects across China and Southeast Asia.
Its collaborative approach across disciplines ensures comprehensive, well-rounded outcomes, with a strong emphasis on quality throughout the design process.
Vector Architects
Vector Architects pursues fundamental simplicity and logical clarity.
It initiates the design process by identifying the key questions of the program and client needs, and by understanding the social, cultural, historic, climatic and urban context of each project.
People’s Architecture Office
People’s Architecture Office (PAO) founded in 2010 in Beijing.
This is driven by the belief that design should serve the public.
Comprising a multi-disciplinary team of architects, engineers, product designers, and urbanists, the studio emphasizes social impact through its work.
line+
Line+ is an innovative design studio established in 2018 in Hangzhou by Mr. Meng Fanhao and Mr. Zhu Peidong.
The name “line” represents the boundary defined by architectural design.
While the “+” symbolizes the studio’s goal to transcend traditional industry limits.
And achieve a boundless integration of planning, architecture, interiors, product design, operations, landscape, and more.
ARCHSTUDIO
Established in 2010 and based in Beijing, ARCHSTUDIO advocates for design which balances humans, nature, history and commerce.
Neri&Hu Design and Research Office
In 2004, Lyndon Neri and Rossana Hu started the Neri&Hu Design and Research Office in Shanghai, China.
The multidisciplinary design firm is involved in various works including architecture, interior design, master planning, graphic design, and product design.
