Cheng Taining (; born 9 December 1935) is a Chinese architect. He is Director of the Design and Theoretical Research Center of Southeast University and Chief Architect of .

Biography

Cheng was born 9 December 1935 in

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, China. He graduated from the

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(now part of Southeast University). In 1984 Cheng became director and chief architect of the Hangzhou Architectural Design Institute. He won the Liang Sicheng Architecture Prize in 2004 and was elected a member of Chinese Academy of Engineering in 2005. His pieces were collected in ''20th-Century World Architecture'' by

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. Cheng has designed more than 40 large-scale projects, including the

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, the Hangzhou railway station, National Assembly Building of Mali,

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, and

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References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Cheng, Taining 1935 births Living people Educators from Nanjing Southeast University alumni Members of the Chinese Academy of Engineering Chinese architects Academic staff of Southeast University Engineers from Jiangsu