Li Daozeng Explained

Li Daozeng
Native Name:李道增
Native Name Lang:zh
Birth Date:19 January 1930
Birth Place:Shanghai, China
Death Place:Beijing, China
Fields:Architecture
Workplaces:Tsinghua University
Alma Mater:Tsinghua University
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Doctoral Advisor:Liang Sicheng

Li Daozeng (; 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 Shanghai, on January 19, 1930, while his ancestral home was in Hefei, Anhui. He was a descendant of, a younger brother of Li Hongzhang.[2] He secondary studied at 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]

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Notes and References

  1. News: Jiang Leilei (Chinese: 蒋磊磊). http://news.ifeng.com/c/7uzAtZwTEiB . zh: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 . 20 March 2020 . 20 March 2020 . zh.
  2. News: Hou Jingjing (Chinese: 侯婧婧). https://www.sohu.com/a/381630384_161795 . zh: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 . 20 March 2020 . 22 March 2020 . zh.
  3. News: Zhang Shen (Chinese: 张申). http://news.sina.com.cn/c/2020-03-19/doc-iimxyqwa1795730.shtml . zh:梁思成学生、建筑学专家李道增院士逝世 . sina . 19 March 2020 . 20 March 2020 . zh.