Yunchao Xu
RIBA Chartered Member
AIA Associate Member
Master of Science in Advanced Architecture Design of Columbia University
Best Public Projects Firm of the Year in Architizer A+Awards 2022, Special Mention
Emerging architecture studio of the year in Dezeen Awards 2022, Longlist
Rising Star/Emerging Practice of the Year in WAN Awards 2020, Finalist
Winner of 11th Young Architect Award in Chinaasc 2016
Yunchao Xu, lead architect of Atelier Apeiron, RIBA Chartered Member, AIA Associate Member. Xu received his Master of Science in Advanced Architecture Design from Columbia University in New York City in 2007. Prior to the founding of Atelier Apeiron, he worked with OMA Rotterdam and Rafael Viñoly Architects in the design of world class landmark and award-winning projects, including Qatar Education City, Shenzhen Stock Exchange. Xu creatively proposed "Apeironology of Architecture" as his design philosophy in 2017. Through various practices in the past, it gradually became his design fountain and methodology.
Yunchao Xu's key works include Hengqin Culture & Art Complex, Promotion Center of High Tech Park in Baoding, Gree Global Center, Kindergarten of Museum Forest, Jinjiang Campus of Fuzhou University, Fashion School of Xiamen Polytechnic University, Tongxin Foreign Language School, Lotus Terrace Kindergarten, Minzhi School in Shenzhen, Waterfront Library with Red Brick and White Stone, Red Brick Learning Center, Bamboo Resort Rising from a Paddy Field, Cusha Village Community Center, Small Hill Kindergarten, The Garden of Forking Paths.
Xu and Atelier Apeiron recently have won some important architectural awards, including Best Public Projects Firm of the Year in Architizer A+Awards 2022 Special Mention, Emerging architecture studio of the year in Dezeen Awards 2022 Longlist, Rising Star/Emerging Practice of the Year in WAN Awards 2020 Finalist, International Architecture Awards, Architecture Masterprize, World Architecture Festival Awards, The Plan Award, German Design Awards, Blueprint Awards, LEAF Awards, AR MIPIM Future Projects Awards, Muse Design Awards, LIV Hospitality Design Awards, NEW YORK Design Awards.
In 2022, the renowned architectural journal l'Arca International Monographs published a monograph of Yunchao Xu/Atelier Apeiron titled Apeironology of Architecture (No.10). 2020, Xu was invited to show his works at the Exhibition "The City and the World" by the Chicago Athenaeum, together with The European Centre for Architecture Art Design and Urban Studies. His projects have been also widely published on ArchDaily, Architizer, World Architecture News, Global Design News, Archiposition, The Plan, IBS AEC and many others.
