Li Hu

Li Hu, M.Arch. '98, is founding partner of OPEN Architecture, former partner of Steven Holl Architects, and director of Columbia University GSAPP’s Studio-X Beijing. During his partnership at Steven Holl Architects, Li Hu was responsible for some of the firm’s most influential urban projects in Asia, including Linked Hybrid in Beijing, Vanke Center in Shenzhen, Raffles City in Chengdu and Sifang Art Museum in Nanjing. Li left SHA at the end of 2010 to focus on the practice of OPEN Architecture with partner Huang Wenjing. OPEN has been widely recognized for its innovative works, with recent awards such as AIANY Design Awards 2015, London Design Museum’s Design of the Year 2015 Nomination, and Interior Design’s Best of Year Awards 2016 among others, as well as invited participations in prominent international exhibitions such as Venice Biennale and the inaugural Chicago Architecture Biennial.