Li Daozeng (; January 19, 1930 – March 19, 2020) was a Chinese architect who was a professor and doctoral supervisor 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 ...

. He was a member of the Architectural Society of China.

Biography

Li was born in

Shanghai Shanghai, Shanghainese: , Standard Chinese pronunciation: is a direct-administered municipality and the most populous urban area in China. The city is located on the Chinese shoreline on the southern estuary of the Yangtze River, with the ...

, on January 19, 1930, while his

ancestral home An ancestral home is the place of origin of one's extended family, particularly the home owned and preserved by the same family for several generations. The term can refer to an individual house or estate, or to a broader geographic area such as a ...

was in

Hefei Hefei is the Capital city, capital of Anhui, China. A prefecture-level city, it is the political, economic, and cultural center of Anhui. Its population was 9,369,881 as of the 2020 census. Its built-up (or ''metro'') area is made up of four u ...

Anhui Anhui is an inland Provinces of China, province located in East China. Its provincial capital and largest city is Hefei. The province is located across the basins of the Yangtze and Huai rivers, bordering Jiangsu and Zhejiang to the east, Jiang ...

. He was a descendant of , a younger brother of

Li Hongzhang Li Hongzhang, Marquess Suyi ( zh, t=李鴻章; also Li Hung-chang; February 15, 1823 – November 7, 1901) was a Chinese statesman, general and diplomat of the late Qing dynasty. He quelled several major rebellions and served in importan ...

. He secondary studied at

Nanyang Model High School Shanghai Nanyang Model High School () is a public secondary school in Xuhui, Shanghai, China. History In 1896, Nanyang Public School () was founded by an imperial edict issued by Guangxu Emperor, under the Business and Telegraphs Office of the ...

. In 1947 he was accepted to

, he studied electromechanics at the beginning, but switched to architecture a year later. After graduation, he taught at the university, where he was promoted to associate professor in 1979 and to full professor in 1983. He became director of the Department of Architecture in 1983 and dean of the School of Architecture in 1988. In 1993, he was hired as a visiting professor at

Carnegie Mellon University Carnegie Mellon University (CMU) is a private research university in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States. The institution was established in 1900 by Andrew Carnegie as the Carnegie Technical Schools. In 1912, it became the Carnegie Institu ...

in the United States. Li died on March 19, 2020, in Beijing at the age of 90.

Architectural works

* Beijing Tianqiao Theatre renovations 1993-2001 *

National Centre for the Performing Arts (China) The National Centre for the Performing Arts (NCPA) (), colloquially described as The Giant Egg (巨蛋), is an arts centre containing an opera house in Xicheng District, Xicheng, Beijing, China. Designed by French architect Paul Andreu, the NCPA ...

proposal 1958 * China Children Theatre, Beijing * New Tsinghua School

Honours and awards

* 1999 Member of the

Chinese Academy of Engineering The Chinese Academy of Engineering (CAE, ) is the national academy of the People's Republic of China for engineering. It was established in 1994 and is an institution of the State Council of China. The CAE and the Chinese Academy of Sciences a ...

(CAE)

References

External links

Li Daozeng
on the Chinese Academy of Engineering {{DEFAULTSORT:Li, Daozeng 1930 births 2020 deaths Engineers from Shanghai Tsinghua University alumni Academic staff of Tsinghua University Chinese architects Members of the Chinese Academy of Engineering