About the Author

Dr. Xiangning Li is full professor in history, theory and criticism at Tongji University College of Architecture and Urban Planning. He is also Assistant Dean and Director of International Programs there, and a guest editor of Time+Architecture, one of the leading architectural magazines in China. He has published widely on contemporary architecture and urbanism in China and he was a visiting scholar at MIT, teaching a course on the same topic in the year of 2006. In 2009, Dr. Li was the UFI fellow at MAK Center of Art and Architecture in Los Angeles, and Erasmus Mundus visiting professor at TU Darmstadt. He lectured in universities and institutes including Harvard University, Princeton University, University of Southern California, and Canadian Center for Architecture. His recent books include The Real and the Imagined: Study of Value System in Contemporary Urban Theory (2009), and Updating China: Projects for a Sustainable Future (2010).