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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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