About US

Gradually transferring his career from design teaching to architecture practice, Zhang Lei Started his studio Atelier ZhangLei in Nanjing in 2001. With 10 years’ development, Atelier ZhangLei has become one of the active and leading vanguard architecture practices in China. Zhang Lei was recently named as candidates for the 2012 BSI Swiss Architectural Award On May 2009, Icon Magazine named Zhang Lei as one of the 20 architects who are transforming the future and changing the way we work. Atelier ZhangLei was among the ten architecture offices around the world selected as Design Vanguard 2008 by《Architectural Record》 “Concrete Slit House” entered as honorable mention project by the ar+d World Emerging Architecture Awards 2008 by《Architectural Review》, and got Gold Awards in the HKIA Cross-Strait Architectural Design Awards 2013 Aside from winning awards like “WA Chinese Architecture Awards” (2002,2006,2008) and “Chinese Architecture & Art Awards” (2004) etc., Zhang Lei is also actively involved in major international exhibitions on contemporary Chinese architecture taking place in Netherlands, France, Germany, Italy, America & Japan. Zhang Lei’s works are published in domestic and international magazines & books like GA Document, Domus, Lotus, Architectural Record, Architectural Design, Architectural Review, Mark, Wallpaper, Oris, Area, Hise, Architecture Now, Architecture Now Houses, Architecture Now Museums, etc. Graduated from Southeast University in Nanjing, 1988 & Finished his postgraduate study in ETH-Zurich, 1993, Zhang Lei is now Professor in the School of Architecture & Urban Planning in Nanjing University. He was invited as guest lecturer & critic in ETH-Zurich, Hong Kong University, Chinese University of Hong Kong, Chiba Institute of Technology in Tokyo & GSD-Harvard, etc. AZL Architects was established in Nanjing & Hangzhou in June 2009 to extend the dreams and responsibilities of Zhang Lei. He is now working with young talented partners, confronting challenges of critical issues like culture, living & capital, resolving problems in respect to environmental & urban factors and creating future living space in solid concrete base of high construction quality.

2009年6月，在工作室的发展基础上，张雷联合建筑事务所于南京和杭州正式成立。联合事务所依照国际惯例采用合伙人机制运作，通过张雷教授的学术引领，事务所集聚了一批年轻有为的设计才俊，形成了开放繁荣的创作平台。联合事务所现有建筑设计、室内设计、景观设计等专业技术人员40余名，其中绝大多数设计师拥有硕士学位，此外每年还有大约40名左右研究生和国内外实习生参与设计研究和设计辅助工作，形成了有建筑理想、有工作热情、有梯度层次的高素质的专业设计团队。从大规模城市综合体到小型私人场所，从城市景观到室内家具,联合事务所的工作范围包括了各种难度和尺度的设计项目，并且一直保持国际性的学术水准和专业性的设计品质。 积极回应可持续发展的人类需求，针对资源、文化、城市、居住、商业和市场等要素贡献前瞻性地解析；用智慧和责任展示设计的魅力；实现环境、社会、文化及经济效益的最大增值是联合事务所不懈的目标。