BIOGRAPHY：

Fang Xiaofeng was born in Shanghai, and graduated from Tsinghua University in 1992, received Bachelor of Architecture. From 1992 to 1997, he worked in Shanghai Zhongjian Architectural Design Insititute Co., Ltd; he received his Ph.D at School of Architecture, Tsinghua University in 2002. Since 2002, he has been teaching at the Academy of Arts and Design, Tsinghua University; since 2007, he has been working in the Zhuangshi magazine.

Fang Xiaofeng’s major is architecture history and theory. In addition to teaching and editorial work, he often writes architectural review while planning related activities. As the editor in chief of the only art and design core journal in mainland China, he is very concerned about the current situation of Chinese design and its development in various fields. He organized many national design and education forums, paying attention to contemporary Chinese design issue especially theoretical research about design ethics.

He has taken part in the curatorial work of “Design for China—Twenty Years of Foreign Design" and "Design for China—Expo Building", two full-length documentary for CCTV. In 2008, he worked as the curator of "Zhuangshi • China’s Road—New Chinese Design Document" during the 50th anniversary of Zhuangshi, which attracted broad attention. In 2009, he was the curator of “Art Renovation—The Academy of Arts & Design, Tsinghua University Invitation Exhibition”. The exhibition mainly reflected literati culture in Chinese design tradition.

EXHIBITION & AWARDS：

2009, curator of the "Art Renovation—The Academy of Arts & Design, Tsinghua University Invitation Exhibition"
2008, won 2007 “Young Scholar of Distinction” award from Tsinghua University
2008, curator of the " Zhuangshi • China’s Road—New Chinese Design Documenta"
2007, Thoughts on Architecture was honored as "China's Most Beautiful Book"
2004, Lei Fung Pagoda(new pagoda) in Hangzhou won the second prize of the ministerial level Best Engineering Design from the Ministry of Construction
2003, Lei Fung Pagoda(new pagoda) in Hangzhou won the first prize of the Best Engineering Design Architectural Design from the Ministry of Education

PUBLICATION：

Chinese Art of Gardening—History • Techniques • Appreciation of Historical Garden and Park, (editor in chief), China Youth Press, 2010
Thoughts on Architecture, (editor), China Water Power Press, 2007
Thinking on Material—the Use and Research about Decorative Material, (co-editor), China Architecture & Building Press, 2007
Architectural Design Data Manual, (chief translator), China Architecture & Building Press, 2007

新中国设计文献展 2008

新中国设计文献展 2008

新中国设计文献展 2008