Background
Liangyong Wu was born on May 7, 1922 in Nanjing, Jiangsu, China.
(In his professional career of more than 60 years, Wu Lian...)
In his professional career of more than 60 years, Wu Liangyong has made significant contributions to the development of architecture and urban planning in China. This book explores the relationship between humans and environments, also with a view of the way out for human settlements in China after great changes have taken place in the past two decades.
https://www.amazon.com/Science-Human-Settlements-China/dp/1622460200/?tag=2022091-20
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Liangyong Wu was born on May 7, 1922 in Nanjing, Jiangsu, China.
In 1944 Liangyong Wu obtained a bachelor's degree in architecture at the National Central University (Nanjing University) in Chongqing, and a master's degree at the American Guangxi Art Academy. He also studied at the Cranbrook Academy of Art in the United States.
Together with professor Liang Sicheng he founded the Faculty of Architecture on the Tsinghua University in 1946, where he focused on urban planning, architecture and design. All together he taught fifty years at Tsinghua University.
Next to his professorate, Liangyong Wu carried out different administrative functions. He was vice-president of the International Union of Architects and of the Architecture Society of China. Furthermore, he was chairman of the World Society for the Science of Human Settlements and of the Urban Planning Society of China.
His development of the Ju'er Hutong in Beijing is seen as state of the art. Furthermore, Liangyong Wu developed the new library of Beijing and the enlargement of Tiananmen Square, and redeveloped Guilin and the Central Art and Design Academy of the Confucius Institute.
(In his professional career of more than 60 years, Wu Lian...)