National Archives of Publications and Culture Liangzhu – Wang Shu and Lu Wenyu
Designed by Wang Shu and Lu Wenyu of Amateur Architecture Studio, the National Archives of Publications and Culture in Liangzhu expresses a deep engagement with history, material memory, and craft. The building incorporates specially produced tiles inspired by Song dynasty glazing techniques, giving the facade its distinctive soft green and gray tones that subtly shift with light and weather. This chromatic reference connects the archive to one of China’s most refined historical periods of culture and scholarship. Combined with traditional construction methods and a contemporary spatial organization, the project avoids monumentality in favor of quiet authority. The result is an architecture that embodies preservation not only through its function, but through its material and cultural continuity.
