Dr. Charlie Xue has taught architecture at Shanghai Jiaotong University, University of Texas and City University of Hong Kong. An award-winning architect and writer, he has published 15 books, including Building a Revolution: Chinese Architecture since 1980 (HKU Press, 2006), Hong Kong Architecture 1945-2015: From Colonial to Global (Springer, 2016), A History of Design Institutes in China: from Mao to Market (Routledge, 2018, with G.H. Ding) and Grand Theater Urbanism: Chinese cities in the 21st century (Springer, 2019). He has published more than 160 research papers in professional and international refereed journals. His book on Hong Kong was awarded by the International Committee of Architectural Critics (CICA) in 2017. Xue's research interests are in modern architecture of the Greater China and high-density design strategies.
Dr. Guanghui Ding is Associate Professor in architecture at Beijing University of Civil Engineering and Architecture in China. He is the author of Constructing a Place of Critical Architecture in China: Intermediate Criticality in the Journal Time + Architecture (Routledge, 2016) and co-author of A History of Design Institutes in China: From Mao to Market (Routledge, 2018, with Charlie Xue). His articles on the history, theory and criticism of contemporary Chinese architecture have been published by Architecture and Culture, Architectural Research Quarterly, ARENA Journal of Architectural Research, Domus, Habitat International, Journal of the Society of Architectural Historians, and several edited volumes.
Dr. Charlie Xue has taught architecture at Shanghai Jiaotong University, University of Texas and City University of Hong Kong. An award-winning architect and writer, he has published 15 books, including Building a Revolution: Chinese Architecture since 1980 (HKU Press, 2006), Hong Kong Architecture 1945-2015: From Colonial to Global (Springer, 2016), A History of Design Institutes in China: from Mao to Market (Routledge, 2018, with G.H. Ding) and Grand Theater Urbanism: Chinese cities in the 21st century (Springer, 2019). He has published more than 160 research papers in professional and international refereed journals. His book on Hong Kong was awarded by the International Committee of Architectural Critics (CICA) in 2017. Xue's research interests are in modern architecture of the Greater China and high-density design strategies.
Dr. Guanghui Ding is Associate Professor in architecture at Beijing University of Civil Engineering and Architecture in China. He is the author of Constructing a Place of Critical Architecture in China: Intermediate Criticality in the Journal Time + Architecture (Routledge, 2016) and co-author of A History of Design Institutes in China: From Mao to Market (Routledge, 2018, with Charlie Xue). His articles on the history, theory and criticism of contemporary Chinese architecture have been published by Architecture and Culture, Architectural Research Quarterly, ARENA Journal of Architectural Research, Domus, Habitat International, Journal of the Society of Architectural Historians, and several edited volumes.