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Archive

A record of work over time

Reports, project notes and conversations alongside Weibing Liu’s continuing architectural practice.

Read with the projects and research, these records trace an interest in existing places, local materials and the knowledge of the people who build and use them.

Browse the archive Earlier recognition
Nanxi Yao, renewed building and upper veranda. Studio project archive.

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Award record & media coverage

Nanxi Yao at the
German Design Award 2027

The official award gallery records two distinctions for Nanxi Yao, both within Excellent Architecture. The entries credit Sichuan David Architectural Design Co., Ltd.

Gold

Architecture – Public

Official Gold record
Winner

Circular Design

Official Winner record

The studio archive carries related coverage dated 20 October 2026. The award edition is 2027; Nanxi Yao’s renewal was completed in 2020.

The former village school’s main structures and courtyard layout remain the framework for community use, connecting building reuse with everyday village life.

Explore Nanxi Yao Source media report

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Studio announcement · Craft & learning

A rural training base
at Xingfu Ridge

The studio announcement records the opening of a rural training base at Xingfu Ridge for Liu’s Linpan Intangible Cultural Heritage Studio. It sets out plans for training rural building craftspeople and workshops on Linpan construction techniques.

The project archive also records residents making earth bricks during construction of the guesthouse cluster, completed in 2022.

Explore Xingfu Ridge Original studio entry

From the project archive

Making earth bricks with local residents. Studio project archive.

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Project notes · Bamboo craft

Notes on
Ma’s Bamboo Workshop

An entry dated 15 December 2022 introduces Ma’s Bamboo Workshop, completed in 2020. Developed with Ma Zehong and his family, the building brings bamboo craft into architectural design, construction and everyday use.

The project gives craft knowledge a place to be practised and shared through work and exchange with visitors.

Explore Ma’s Bamboo Workshop Original studio entry
Children using the bamboo interior at Ma’s Bamboo Workshop. Photography: Arch-Exist.

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Interview record · Studio archive

In conversation
about Linpan

The studio archive records an interview with Weibing Liu, attributed to Huaxi Metropolis Daily. The entry forms part of a continuing conversation about Linpan and local dwelling culture.

Liu’s monograph Linpan and his sketches offer another view of this interest, documenting buildings as part of the landscape and everyday life around them.

Explore Linpan & the sketches Original studio entry

Article date

China Daily · Press coverage

Making the extra yard

Huang Zhiling · China Daily

This profile discusses Liu’s conceptual redesign of Buhou, a historic courtyard site in Chengdu. The AIA Shanghai 2018 awards list records the design as the winner of the Honor Award in Unbuilt Architecture.

The report places the courtyard proposal alongside Liu’s longer architectural practice and earlier work with post-earthquake village reconstruction.

Award edition
2018 AIA Shanghai Design Awards
Recognition
Honor Award · Unbuilt Architecture
Design practice
Sichuan David Architectural Design Co., Ltd.
Read the China Daily article Official AIA Shanghai record

Earlier recognition · 2012

Linpan conservation
and renewal

The GFHS 2012 honor roll lists the Linpan (Clusters of Forests) Human Settlements Conservation and Renewal Project in Sichuan under the Global Human Settlements Award on Planning & Design.

China Daily’s 2019 profile also records recognition of Liu’s post-earthquake reconstruction work in Dujiangyan.

GFHS 2012 honor roll Read the 2019 profile

A continuing practice

Read alongside
the work

Liu began practising architecture in 1988. The selected projects trace his work from Huaxi Village’s 2009 reconstruction design to building reuse, local earth and bamboo experiments.

Read together with his writing and ongoing research, these records connect the continuity of places with the buildings, resources and knowledge already present.

Circularity across the practice Research & publications Huaxi Village · Design 2009

Chengdu, Sichuan, China

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