West-line studio

2004

Company Establishment Date

3M+ sqm

Built projects

60+

International awards

300+

Completed projects

Founded in 2004 by Haobo Wei and Jingsong Xie, West-line Studio is an international design practice rooted in multiple cultural contexts.

We work across regions, grounding each project in territorial order, local materials, and the lived spirit of place (Genius Loci).

Our team works in several languages and cultural settings, and maintains long-term academic and research exchanges with universities in Europe and Asia.



Co-founder

Haobo Wei

Founder/Chief architect of West-line Studio,  Chief architect of the WB International Workstation,  International Judge for the World Architecture News Award,  WAN APAC Awards, Global Architecture Design Awards ,  Professor at  Chongqing University,  Tiangong  University, Guizhou  University,  Chairing  supervisor  of  postgraduate  Architecture  and  Design  Studio  at  the   University of Sheffield etc.


Has been awarded a series of prestigious international awards,  including:   2021 Civic Trust Awards - International Award, 2 019 WAN Awards - Architect of the Year - Gold,  2019 Dezeen Awards Top 15 Outstanding Architects,  2018 German Design Award - Gold,  2013 Chinese Young Architect Award, among others. 


His works appeared on publications: "Brick Stone Metal Wood" (Images Publishing, 2020), "STONE" (Phaidon, 2019), "RED - Architecture in Monochrome" (Phaidon, 2018), "Chinese Brutalism Today - Concrete and Avant-Garde Architecture" (ORO Editions, 2019), on Casabella , Arquitectura Viva, Domus, Arq, Detail,  architecture asia etc. 


Invited to exhibit at Venice Architecture Biennale 2020, The city and The word Exhibition 2020 in Athens , Milan Design Week 2018, The Shenzhen & Hong Kong Bi-City Biennale 2013,2007, etc.

Jingsong Xie

Founder/Chief architect of West-line Studio,  

 

President of the WB International Workstation,  


Professor, and International Judge of UNI etc.


Has been awarded a series of prestigious international awards,  including:   2021 Civic Trust 


Awards - International  Award, 2019 WAN Awards - 


Architect of the Year - Gold,  2019 Dezeen Awards 


Top 15 Outstanding Architects,  WAN Awards 2019 


– Small Spaces - Gold,  among others. 


Invited to exhibit at Venice Architecture Biennale 2020, The city and The word Exhibition 2020 in Athens , Milan Design Week 2018, The Shenzhen & Hong Kong Bi-City Biennale 2013 etc.

Domains of Work

Our practice spans a broad range of project types, including cultural and public buildings, residential and educational facilities, commercial complexes and high-rise developments, memorial architecture, and the renewal of historic districts. Across these project types, we provide integrated services in urban design, architecture, landscape, and interior design—forming a continuous line of work grounded in land, life, and shared memory.

Working Method

West-line Studio has long worked through a consistent approach:

• Commune-by-regional-ties

• Precision-controlled Geometry

• Territorial Order

• Composite Construction

• Ritual–Mnemonic System

 

This approach sustains the lived spirit of place (Genius Loci) in contemporary conditions, supporting the continuity of regional cultural and ecological relations.

Where Life Takes Place

Our practice reinforces the vitality of communal and public life, activating shared spaces and renewing everyday social rituals within their local contexts. Through these works, we seek to cultivate environments where living, gathering, and meaning naturally unfold.


International Standing

Our work has been widely discussed and recognized within international professional and academic circles. Through ongoing global exchange, our projects continue to be exhibited, published, and honored with significant international awards.