Chinese architects Li Hu and Huang Wenjing, founders of Beijing-based Open Architecture, have joined Dezeen Awards China 2024 as judges. Here they select five projects that best reflect their work.
"We believe in innovation and the poetic power of architecture, to influence and change the way people live, while striking a balance between the man-made and nature," the studio told Dezeen.
Open Architecture won Architect of the Year at Dezeen Awards China 2023. The judges remarked that the studio "has consistently produced architecture that is radical and poetic but also functional. Its daring work strikes a rare balance between the man-made and the natural, with often spectacular results."
Li Hu and Huang Wenjing among Dezeen Awards China 2024 judges. Dezeen Awards China 2024 has launched in partnership with Bentley. We have announced our first set of judges, architects Sou Fujimoto, Li Hu and Huang Wenjing, designer Qiong Er Jiang and interior designers Steve Leung, Tao Liu and Chunyan Cai.
The early entry deadline for Dezeen Awards China 2024 is 16 July. Register your details and submit your projects by then to save 20 per cent on your entry fee.
Read on to find Open Architecture's views on the five projects that best reflect their work.

Photo by Wu Qingshan
UCCA Dune Art Museum, Qinhuangdao, China, 2018
"This project is a sanctuary for art and the body hidden beneath the coastal dunes. The cavernous spaces and the works within are softly and subtl...