Architecture Faculty
Leadership
About
Leyuan Li is a Chinese architect, educator, and researcher whose professional and academic work focuses on interior and urban realms in the articulation of underrepresented identities, situations, and societies. He has practiced architecture internationally at OMA, SOM, and Affordable Housing Lab.
Li is the founder of Office for Roundtable, a collaborative practice that explores architectural and interior types in relation to environmental and social issues. Recent built works seek to interrogate the rapidly changing urban environment in China through the exploration of interior forms, and have been featured in Art and Design Magazine (China), Architecture and Urbanism (China), and Frame Magazine, among others.
Li is currently a Visiting Assistant Professor of Architecture with an Emphasis on Issues of Justice, Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion at the University of Colorado Denver. He has taught at Rice University’s School of Architecture and the University of Houston, and has been invited to lectures and reviews at Nanjing University, Syracuse University, and Rhode Island School of Design.
Li’s work has been published in journals and books, including PLAT, New York Review of Architecture, and Drawing Codes ((AR+D, 2023), and has been exhibited at the UCCA Center for Contemporary Art in Beijing, OCAT Museum in Shanghai, Citygroup Gallery in New York City, and the 9th Bi-City Biennale of Architecture and Urbanism in Shenzhen. His curatorial project, titled Your Kitchen Is Your Dining Room Is Your Greenhouse, has received a DESIGN TRUST Seed Grant from the Hong Kong Ambassadors of Design and will be on display in June 2023.
Research & Creative Projects
Leyuan Li, Balchen, 9th Bi-City Biennale of Architecture and Urbanism, Shenzhen (2022). Photo by Wenhan Dong.
Leyuan Li, Your Kitchen Is Your Dining Room Is Your Greenhouse, 9th Bi-City Biennale of Architecture and Urbanism, Shenzhen (2022). Photo by Wenhan Dong.
Leyuan Li, Room City, Rice School of Architecture, Houston, TX (2020).
Leyuan Li, U Showroom, Guizhou, China (2020).
Leyuan Li, Slash Cafe, Haikou, China (2020).
Full-Time Faculty
About
Leyuan Li is a Chinese architect, educator, and researcher whose professional and academic work focuses on interior and urban realms in the articulation of underrepresented identities, situations, and societies. He has practiced architecture internationally at OMA, SOM, and Affordable Housing Lab.
Li is the founder of Office for Roundtable, a collaborative practice that explores architectural and interior types in relation to environmental and social issues. Recent built works seek to interrogate the rapidly changing urban environment in China through the exploration of interior forms, and have been featured in Art and Design Magazine (China), Architecture and Urbanism (China), and Frame Magazine, among others.
Li is currently a Visiting Assistant Professor of Architecture with an Emphasis on Issues of Justice, Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion at the University of Colorado Denver. He has taught at Rice University’s School of Architecture and the University of Houston, and has been invited to lectures and reviews at Nanjing University, Syracuse University, and Rhode Island School of Design.
Li’s work has been published in journals and books, including PLAT, New York Review of Architecture, and Drawing Codes ((AR+D, 2023), and has been exhibited at the UCCA Center for Contemporary Art in Beijing, OCAT Museum in Shanghai, Citygroup Gallery in New York City, and the 9th Bi-City Biennale of Architecture and Urbanism in Shenzhen. His curatorial project, titled Your Kitchen Is Your Dining Room Is Your Greenhouse, has received a DESIGN TRUST Seed Grant from the Hong Kong Ambassadors of Design and will be on display in June 2023.
Research & Creative Projects
Leyuan Li, Balchen, 9th Bi-City Biennale of Architecture and Urbanism, Shenzhen (2022). Photo by Wenhan Dong.
Leyuan Li, Your Kitchen Is Your Dining Room Is Your Greenhouse, 9th Bi-City Biennale of Architecture and Urbanism, Shenzhen (2022). Photo by Wenhan Dong.
Leyuan Li, Room City, Rice School of Architecture, Houston, TX (2020).
Leyuan Li, U Showroom, Guizhou, China (2020).
Leyuan Li, Slash Cafe, Haikou, China (2020).
Part-Time Faculty and Lecturers
About
Leyuan Li is a Chinese architect, educator, and researcher whose professional and academic work focuses on interior and urban realms in the articulation of underrepresented identities, situations, and societies. He has practiced architecture internationally at OMA, SOM, and Affordable Housing Lab.
Li is the founder of Office for Roundtable, a collaborative practice that explores architectural and interior types in relation to environmental and social issues. Recent built works seek to interrogate the rapidly changing urban environment in China through the exploration of interior forms, and have been featured in Art and Design Magazine (China), Architecture and Urbanism (China), and Frame Magazine, among others.
Li is currently a Visiting Assistant Professor of Architecture with an Emphasis on Issues of Justice, Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion at the University of Colorado Denver. He has taught at Rice University’s School of Architecture and the University of Houston, and has been invited to lectures and reviews at Nanjing University, Syracuse University, and Rhode Island School of Design.
Li’s work has been published in journals and books, including PLAT, New York Review of Architecture, and Drawing Codes ((AR+D, 2023), and has been exhibited at the UCCA Center for Contemporary Art in Beijing, OCAT Museum in Shanghai, Citygroup Gallery in New York City, and the 9th Bi-City Biennale of Architecture and Urbanism in Shenzhen. His curatorial project, titled Your Kitchen Is Your Dining Room Is Your Greenhouse, has received a DESIGN TRUST Seed Grant from the Hong Kong Ambassadors of Design and will be on display in June 2023.
Research & Creative Projects
Leyuan Li, Balchen, 9th Bi-City Biennale of Architecture and Urbanism, Shenzhen (2022). Photo by Wenhan Dong.
Leyuan Li, Your Kitchen Is Your Dining Room Is Your Greenhouse, 9th Bi-City Biennale of Architecture and Urbanism, Shenzhen (2022). Photo by Wenhan Dong.
Leyuan Li, Room City, Rice School of Architecture, Houston, TX (2020).
Leyuan Li, U Showroom, Guizhou, China (2020).
Leyuan Li, Slash Cafe, Haikou, China (2020).