He Jingtang (; born 1938 Dongguan) is a Chinese

architect An architect is a person who plans, designs and oversees the construction of buildings. To practice architecture means to provide services in connection with the design of buildings and the space within the site surrounding the buildings that h ...

and the head of the architecture program at the

South China University of Technology The South China University of Technology (SCUT; ) is a public university in Guangzhou, Guangdong, China. The university is co-sponsored by the China Ministry of Education and the Guangdong Provincial People's Government. The university is a mul ...

's school of architecture whose works include the

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and

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venues built for the

2008 Beijing Olympics The 2008 Summer Olympics (), officially the Games of the XXIX Olympiad () and also known as Beijing 2008 (), were an international multisport event held from 8 to 24 August 2008, in Beijing, China. A total of 10,942 athletes from 204 Nat ...

and the Chinese Pavilion sometimes referred to as the "Crown of China" for Expo 2010 which was held in

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and later reopened as the China Art Museum. More recently designed the new campus of the University of Macau which was completed in 2013. In 2016 the Dachang Muslim Cultural Center designed by He opened outside

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. It features a colonnade of petal-shaped arches that in turn give birth to an illuminated walkway around the outline of cultural centre He participated in the 2016

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, in an exhibit named "PLACE, CULTURE, TIME He Jingtang: Design for Drastically Changing China”". Expo 2010 China Pavilion (Nighttime) 2

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External links

*Profile for the South China University of Technology

*University of Macau project

{{DEFAULTSORT:He, Jingtang 1938 births Living people Chinese architects People from Dongguan Artists from Guangdong South China University of Technology faculty South China University of Technology alumni Members of the Chinese Academy of Engineering