Guan Zhaoye
Chinese architect and scholar (1929–2022)
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Guan Zhaoye (Chinese: 关肇邺; 4 October 1929 – 26 December 2022) was a Chinese architect who was a professor at Tsinghua University, and an academician of the Chinese Academy of Engineering.
Tsinghua University
Guan Zhaoye | |||||||
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关肇邺 | |||||||
| Born | 4 October 1929 | ||||||
| Died | 26 December 2022 (aged 93) Beijing, China | ||||||
| Education | Yenching University Tsinghua University | ||||||
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| Fields | Architecture | ||||||
| Workplaces | Tsinghua University | ||||||
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| Simplified Chinese | 关肇邺 | ||||||
| Traditional Chinese | 關肇鄴 | ||||||
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Biography
Guan was born in Beijing, on 4 October 1929, while his ancestral home is in Nanhai, Guangdong.[1] His father Guan Genglin was a poet, scholar and industrialist.[1] His elder male cousin Guan Zhaozhi was a mathematician and member of the Chinese Academy of Sciences.[2] He attended Beijing Yuying High School, a school run by the American Church. In 1947, he entered Yenching University, but transferred to Tsinghua University a year later.[1]
After graduating in 1952, Guan stayed and taught at Tsinghua University, where he was promoted to associate professor in 1978 and to full professor in 1984.[1] From 1981 to 1982, he was a visiting scholar at Massachusetts Institute of Technology.[1]
On 26 December 2022, he died at Beijing Changgeng Hospital, at the age of 93.[3]
Buildings designed by Guan
- Dongsi Shitiao station of Beijing Subway[3]
- Tsinghua University Library[3]
- Buildings of School of Science, Tsinghua University[3]
- Building of Medical School of Tsinghua University[3]
- Taizhou Library[4]
- Peking University Library[3]
- Xuzhou Museum[3]
- Second Teaching Building of Hainan University[3]
- Xi'an Eurasian University Library[3]
- Decorative reliefs on the Monument to the People's Heroes[3]
Honours and awards
- 1995 Member of the Chinese Academy of Engineering (CAE)
- 2000 Liang Sicheng Architecture Prize
- 2005 World Chinese Architects Association Architectural Design Award