Guan Zhaoye (; 4 October 1929 – 26 December 2022) was a Chinese architect who was a professor at

Tsinghua University Tsinghua University (THU) is a public university in Haidian, Beijing, China. It is affiliated with and funded by the Ministry of Education of China. The university is part of Project 211, Project 985, and the Double First-Class Constructio ...

, and an academician of the

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Biography

Guan was born in

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, on 4 October 1929, while his

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is in Nanhai,

Guangdong ) means "wide" or "vast", and has been associated with the region since the creation of Guang Prefecture in AD 226. The name "''Guang''" ultimately came from Guangxin ( zh, labels=no, first=t, t= , s=广信), an outpost established in Han dynasty ...

. His father was a poet, scholar and industrialist. His elder male cousin

Guan Zhaozhi Guan Zhaozhi (; February 13, 1919 – November 12, 1982) was a Chinese mathematician. He was a member of the Chinese Academy of Sciences. Personal life His younger male cousin Guan Zhaoye was a architect and member of the Chinese Academy of E ...

was a mathematician and member of the

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. He attended Beijing Yuying High School, a school run by the American Church. In 1947, he entered

Yenching University Yenching University () was a Private university, private research university in Beijing, China, from 1919 to 1952. The university was formed out of the merger of four Christian colleges between the years 1915 and 1920. The term "Yenching" come ...

, but transferred to

a year later. 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. From 1981 to 1982, he was a visiting scholar at

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. On 26 December 2022, he died at Beijing Changgeng Hospital, at the age of 93.

Buildings designed by Guan

* Dongsi Shitiao station of

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* Buildings of School of Science, Tsinghua University * Building of Medical School of Tsinghua University * Taizhou Library *

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* Xuzhou Museum * Second Teaching Building of

Hainan University Hainan University (HainanU or HNU) is a provincial public university in Haikou, Hainan, China. It is affiliated with the Province of Hainan, and co-funded by the Hainan Provincial People's Government, the Ministry of Education, and the Ministry o ...

* Xi'an Eurasian University Library * Decorative reliefs on the

Monument to the People's Heroes The Monument to the People's Heroes () is a ten-story obelisk that was erected as a national monument of China to the Martyr (China), martyrs of revolutionary struggle during the 19th and 20th centuries. It is located in the southern part of Tiana ...

Honours and awards

* 1995 Member of the

(CAE) * 2000

Liang Sicheng Liang Sicheng ( zh, c=梁思成; 20 April 1901 – 9 January 1972) was a Chinese architect and architectural historian, known as the father of modern Chinese architecture. His father, Liang Qichao, was one of the most prominent Chinese scholar ...

Architecture Prize * 2005 World Chinese Architects Association Architectural Design Award

References

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