Throughout its 46-year history, architecture’s most prestigious prize has often been won by icon-builders: the apparent lone geniuses who imprint their visions, signature-like, on the world. It is ...

Introduction: Beyond the forbidden city; Genesis of Chinese buildings and cities; Architecture of the First Emperor and his predecessors; Han architecture; And age of turmoil: three kingdoms, two jins ...

Liu Jiakun, an architect based in his native city of Chengdu, China, has won the 2025 Pritzker Prize, architecture’s highest honor. His career stretches over 40 years, with more than 30 projects ...

BEIJING (AP) — Throngs of people in down parkas and boots climbed a hill that overlooks the Forbidden City this week to jostle with others trying to get a shot of the snow-covered roofs of the former ...

This is a virtual program — online only. Modern Chinese Architecture: 180 Years tells the story of the transformation of Chinese architecture from a traditional timber-frame, single-story building ...

The bronze lioness sculpture is recognisable by the lion cub she holds under her paw. Situated in the beating heart of Beijing, the Forbidden City was the former imperial palace of the Ming and Qing ...