Lecture: Yung Ho Chang

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Sep 20th 2006, 10:49am By STEEL

http://archive.buffalorising.com/city/archives/upload/2006/09/chang_bamboo_1-thumb.jpg Yung Ho Chang is one of Chinais most accomplished and best-known contemporary architects. He is making a significant contribution to the development of contemporary architectural practice and education both in China and North America. A founder of the Graduate Center of Architecture at Peking University, he and his wife, the architect Lijia Lu, also established Beijingis first independent architectural firm, Atelier FCJZ (which translates as iUnusual Architecturei). Atelier FCJZ is already a significant emerging practice in China with a number of completed projects and installations.

Chang currently directs the Department of Architecture at MIT and has taught at Berkeley, Rice University, and Tongii University (Shanghai). In 2002 - 2003 he held the Kenzo Tange Chair at Harvard's Graduate School of Design. Recipient of the 2000 UNESCO Prize for the Promotion of the Arts, Chang recently received an American Academy of Arts and Letters Award. September 20, 2006 | 301 Crosby Hall / 5:30 p.m. | Main Street Campus | Sponsored by UB School of Architecture and Planning

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