Wenjing Huang

About

HUANG Wenjing, founding partner of OPEN Architecture, Kenzo Tange Design Critic in Architecture at Harvard University Graduate School of Design, visiting professor at the Tsinghua University, China Central Academy of Fine Arts, and the University of Hong Kong. Huang received her B. Arch. from Tsinghua University in 1996, and her M. Arch. from Princeton University in 1999. She is a licensed architect in New York State and a member of the AIA. Prior to OPEN, HUANG was an associate at the New York-based firm Pei Cobb Freed and Partners.

HUANG Wenjing and LI Hu co-founded OPEN in New York City in 2006 and established the studio’s Beijing office in 2008. Some major projects by OPEN include: Sun Tower, Shanfeng Academy, Chapel of Sound, Shanghai Qingpu Pinghe International School, UCCA Dune Art Museum, Tank Shanghai, Pingshan Performing Arts Center, Tsinghua Ocean Center, Garden School/Beijing No.4 High School Fangshan Campus, and Gehua Youth and Cultural Center.

OPEN’s work has been widely recognized, with recent awards including the AIA International Design Awards Honor Award (US), Arcasia Awards Gold Award, Design for Asia Awards, LEAF Awards (EU), AR Future Project Awards (UK), P/A Awards (US), AZ Awards (CAN), AIA Education Facility Design Award of Excellence (US), Civic Trust Awards (UK), and Iconic Awards Best of Best (GER), among many others.

HUANG has been named the Designer of the Year 2022 by Wallpaper* China, the Designer of the Year 2019 by IDEAT Future Award, and one of the “50 under 50: Innovators of the 21st Century”. The publications co-authored by Huang Wenjing and Li Hu and on their works include Reinventing Cultural Architecture: A Radical Vision by OPEN (2022), OPEN Questions (2018), Towards Openness (2018), and OPEN Reaction (2015).