standardarchitecture is a leading new generation design firm engaged in practices of planning, architecture, landscape, and product design. Based on a wide range of realized buildings and landscapes in the past five years, it has emerged as the most critical and realistic practice among the youngest generation of Chinese architects and designers.

Consciously distance themselves from many of the other “typical” young generation architects who are swallowed by a trend of noise making and media feeding, the office remain detached in a time of media frenzy and their focus is consistently positioned on the realization of urban visions and ideas. Although their built works often take exceptionally provocative visual results, the buildings and landscapes are always rooted in the historic and cultural settings with a degree of intellectual debate.

Founded by Zhang Ke in 2001, the office now has four principals: Zhang Ke, Zhang Hong, Hou Zhenghua, and Claudia Taborda.

Zhang Ke, principal
Master of Architecture 1998, Harvard University, Graduate School of Design
Master of Architecture and Urban Design 1996, Tsinghua University, School of Architecture
Bachelor of Architecture 1993, Tsinghua University, School of Architecture

Zhang Hong, principal
Master of Architecture in Urban Design 1999, Tsinghua University, School of Architecture
Bachelor of Architecture 1990, Southeast University, Department of Architecture

Hou Zhenghua, principal
Ph.D of Architecture 2003, Tsinghua University, School of Architecture
Bachelor of Architecture 1998, Tsinghua University, School of Architecture

Claudia Taborda, principal
Master of Landscape Architecture 1999, Harvard University, Graduate School of Design
Master in Conservation Studies, Landscape Option 1991, University of York, UK
Bachelor of Landscape Architecture 1990, University of Evora, Portugal

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