Atelier Li Xinggang is a Beijing-based architectural studio founded in 2003 by the Chinese architect Li Xinggang. Li was born in March 1969 in Laoting County, within the administrative area of Tangshan, Hebei Province, China. He studied architecture at Tianjin University, where he graduated in 1991, and later earned a doctorate in engineering from the same university. He began his career at the China Architecture Design & Research Group, where he went on to hold senior positions, including deputy chief architect and later chief architect. Within this institution, he developed Atelier Li Xinggang as an autonomous, research-oriented design unit.
The studio’s work explores the relationship between architecture, landscape, structure and Chinese spatial tradition. Li is known as the lead Chinese architect of the Beijing National Stadium, the “Bird’s Nest”, as well as for projects such as the Jixi Museum and the Yanqing venues for the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics.
His major distinctions include the Liang Sicheng Architecture Prize, the IOC/IAKS Architecture Prize Joint Gold Award, the World/Global Young Chinese Architects Award, the Gold/Silver Prize of the China National Outstanding Architecture Awards, and several National Outstanding Architecture Awards.
