Guide Note

Zhu Pei is a Chinese architect who co-founded Urbanus Architecture in 1999. He left Urbanus in 2005 to start his current architecture firm, Studio Pei-Zhu. He was the principal designer for the Digital Beijing Building, one of the major construction projects in Beijing undertaken to prepare for the 2008 Olympics.

Fast Facts

1. Earned a Master's degree in Architecture and Urban Design from UC Berkeley
2. Earned a Master's degree in Architecture from Tsinghua University in Beijing¹
3. Also an associate professor at Tsinghua University
4. Co-founded Urbanus Architecture in 1999
5. Started Studio Pei-Zhu in 2005
6. Rumored to have designed an "almost invisible building" for a proposed Guggenheim Foundation location in Beijing²

1. Digital Beijing Building: Completed
2. Guggenheim Museum, Beijing: Currently designing²
3. China Digital TV Studios, Beijing: Under construction³