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 spaces and societies. He has practiced architecture internationally at OMA, SOM, and Affordable Housing Lab. He 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 an Assistant Professor of Architecture at the University of Colorado Denver. He was a Visiting Assistant Professor of Architecture with an Emphasis on Issues of Justice, Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion at the college, and has taught at Rice University’s School of Architecture and the University of Houston. He has been invited to lectures and reviews at UCLA, Ohio State University, Nanjing University, Syracuse University, and Rhode Island School of Design. Li’s research and writing have been published in PLAT, New York Review of Architecture, Paprika!, Rumor, and Architecture Writing Workshop. His work has been hosted and exhibited at the Denver Art Museum, UCCA Center for Contemporary Art in Beijing, OCAT Museum in Shanghai, and Citygroup Gallery in New York City. His recent project, Balchen, investigates entrenched ecological and cultural care for food production and was exhibited at the 9th Bi-City Biennale of Architecture and Urbanism in Shenzhen. His curatorial project, 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 2024.
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).