Li Daozeng
Li Daozeng | |
|---|---|
李道增 | |
| Born | January 19, 1930 Shanghai, China |
| Died | March 19, 2020 (aged 90) Beijing, China |
| Alma mater | Tsinghua University |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Architecture |
| Institutions | Tsinghua University |
| Doctoral advisor | Liang Sicheng |
Li Daozeng (Chinese: 李道增; pinyin: Lǐ Dàozēng; January 19, 1930 – March 19, 2020) was a Chinese architect who was a professor and doctoral supervisor at Tsinghua University. He was a member of the Architectural Society of China.[1]
Biography
Li was born in
Nanyang Model High School.[2] In 1947 he was accepted to Tsinghua University, he studied electromechanics at the beginning, but switched to architecture a year later.[2] After graduation, he taught at the university, where he was promoted to associate professor in 1979 and to full professor in 1983. He became director of the Department of Architecture in 1983 and dean of the School of Architecture in 1988. In 1993, he was hired as a visiting professor at Carnegie Mellon University in the United States.[2]
Li died on March 19, 2020, in Beijing at the age of 90.[3]
Architectural works
- Beijing Tianqiao Theatre renovations 1993-2001
- National Centre for the Performing Arts (China) proposal 1958
- China Children Theatre, Beijing
- New Tsinghua School
Honours and awards
- 1999 Member of the Chinese Academy of Engineering (CAE)
References
- ^ Jiang Leilei (蒋磊磊), ed. (20 March 2020). 中国工程院院士李道增去世 今年已痛失11位两院院士. ifeng.com (in Chinese). Retrieved 20 March 2020.
- ^ a b c d Hou Jingjing (侯婧婧) (20 March 2020). 梁思成弟子李道增院士病逝，精于剧场设计，促注册建筑师制度建立. Sohu (in Chinese). Retrieved 22 March 2020.
- ^ Zhang Shen (张申), ed. (19 March 2020). 梁思成学生、建筑学专家李道增院士逝世. sina (in Chinese). Retrieved 20 March 2020.
External links
- Li Daozeng on the Chinese Academy of Engineering