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Lyndon Neri, founding partner of Neri&Hu, will join a round table discussion as part of the AIA New York event series on China Dialogues, a recent publication by Vladimir Belogolovsky, at the Center for Architecture, AIA New York from 6:00pm to 7:30 pm on May 10 (EST).

China Dialogues is an anthology of 21 insightful conversations selected by Belogolovsky from his archive of interviews conducted with leading Chinese architects during his extensive travels in China. The book opens up the thinking process of the country's top architects, including interviews with Wang Shu of Amateur Studio, Yung Ho Chang of Atelier FCJZ, Xu Tiantian of DnA_Design and Architecture, Dong Gong of Vector Architects, Ma Yansong of MAD Architects, Li Xiaodong, Zhu Pei, Liu Jiakun, Atelier Deshaus, Li Hu of Open Architecture, Neri&Hu, Wang Hui of URBANUS, and Zhang Ke of ZAO/standardarchitecture.

Speakers for this event include Yung Ho Chang, founding partner of Atelier FCJZ and founding head of the Graduate Center of Architecture at Peking University; Evangelos Kotsioris, assistant curator in the Department of Architecture and Design at the Museum of Modern Art in New York; Lyndon Neri, founding partner of Neri&Hu Design and Research Office. The round table discussion will be moderated by internationally acclaimed architecture critic and the author of this book Vladimir Belogolovsky.

Founded in 1857, AIA New York is the oldest and largest chapter of the American Institute of Architects. The Chapter’s members include over 5,000 practicing architects, allied professionals, students, and public members interested in architecture and design. The Center for Architecture shares a home with the AIA New York Chapter and has the unique advantage of drawing upon the ideas and experiences of practicing architects. The Center for Architecture’s aim is to further public knowledge about New York City architecture and architects, foster exchange and collaboration among members of the design, development, building, scholarly, and policy sectors, and inspire new ideas about the role of design in communities by presenting contemporary and practical issues in architecture and urbanism to a general audience.