Founded in 1999, Urbanus is now based in Beijing and Shenzhen, and is recognized as one of the leading forces among China’s design firms. Under the leadership of partners Liu Xiaodu, Meng Yan and Wang Hui, URBANUS is a think tank providing strategies for urbanism and architecture in the new millennium.

The name “Urbanus” derives from the Latin word of “urban”, and strongly reflects the office’s design approach: reading architectural program from the viewpoint of the urban environment in general, and the ever changing urban situations in specific.

Urbanus is committed to the Modernist belief that architecture is a pivotal force for better life, and hence architects should push the boundary of their traditional role and be a progressive force in the society. Urbanus has been involved in more than 200 projects of architecture design and urban planning. Completed works range from culture and education, office, mixed use, renovation and regeneration, residence, interior design, landscape, to urban design & research projects.

Urbanus has been invited to worldwide exhibitions and presented in prestigious newspapers and magazines including New York Times, Time+ Architecture, World+ Architecture, domus (Italy), ABITARE (Italy), MARK (Netherlands), Architecture Record (USA), BLUEPRINT (Britain), a+u, a+t (Spain) and in the books by Rizzoli, Taschen and Phaidon. It was featured as one of the ten global “Design Vanguards” by Architectural Record in December 2005, and has been the recipient of many prestigious architecture prizes.

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