Alvar Aalto Medal jubilee year winner impressed the jury with his sustainable architecture
The winner of the 2017 Alvar Aalto Medal is Chinese architect Zhang Ke (born 1970). He graduated from the Harvard Graduate School of Design in 1998 and established ZAO/standardarchitecture in 2001. This firm is one of China’s leading producers of contemporary architecture. Ke’s work was exhibited at the 2016 Venice Biennale of Architecture. His architecture has also been shown at Berlin’s Aedes Architecture Forum, the MAK Museum Vienna and London’s Victoria and Albert Museum. Ke has also served as visiting lecturer at Helsinki Design Week in 2010 and 2016.
- Beijing Micro-Hutong 2013
- Tibet Namcha Barwa Visitor Centre 2008
- Beijing Micro-Hutong 2013
- Architect Zhang Ke
- Tibet Niangou Terminal 2014
- Tibet Namcha Barwa Visitor Centre 2008
- Beijing Micro Yuan’er 2014
- Beijing Micro Yuan’er 2014
- Tibet Yarlung Tsangpo Boat Terminal 2008
- Beijing Micro Yuan’er 2014
- Architect Zhang Ke
- Beijing Micro-Hutong 2013
- Tibet Namcha Barwa Visitor Centre 2008
- Shanghai Novartis Office Building 2016
- Beijing Micro-Hutong 2013
- Tibet Niyang River Visitor Centre 2010
- Tibet Yarlung Tsangpo Boat Terminal 2008
- Tibet Yarlung Tsangpo Boat Terminal 2008
- Shanghai Novartis Office Building 2016
- Beijing Micro Yuan’er 2014
- Shanghai Novartis Office Building 2016
- Shanghai Novartis Office Building 2016
- Tibet Yarlung Tsangpo Boat Terminal 2008
- Beijing Micro-Hutong 2013