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As a Senior Technical Designer and Associate Director in the Chicago office of SOM, Yue Zhu joins the team with experience in architectural design, technical expertise, urban design and sustainable design. He has participated in the design and construction of commercial and civic buildings in North America, Europe and Asia and he has extensive experience and expertise in Chinese projects, including many high profile highrise buildings and multi-use urban development projects in China.
Expert Peer Review Committee, Member (2015 – Present)
Chicago Chapter, Board Member (2023 – Present)
Annual Conference, Presenter (China 2016; Middle East 2018)
China Awards Symposium, Speaker (Chicago 2016)
IIT Final Reviews and Annual Open House
03 May 2019
10th World Congress Inaugural Steering Committee Meeting
27 November 2018
Record Numbers Convene at 2018 Leaders Meeting
20 October 2018
02 June 2017
Transparency in Urban Environment
Luke Leung, Yue Zhu, Stephen Ray & Adri Jevtic, Skidmore, Owings & Merrill LLP
A generation of tall buildings has been dominated by International Style with full height glazing that is often vision glass. Large glass was intended to...
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17 October 2016
Transparency in Urban Environment
Luke Leung, Yue Zhu, Stephen Ray & Adri Jevtic, Skidmore, Owings & Merrill LLP
A generation of tall buildings has been dominated by International Style with full height glazing that is often vision glass. Large glass was intended to...
You must be a CTBUH Member to view this resource.
17 October 2016
Transparency in Urban Environment
Luke Leung, Yue Zhu, Stephen Ray & Adri Jevtic, Skidmore, Owings & Merrill LLP
A generation of tall buildings has been dominated by International Style with full height glazing that is often vision glass. Large glass was intended to...
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3 May 2019
IIT Final Reviews and Annual Open House
Final reviews were held for the “Sustainable Vertical Urbanism: Towards Net-Zero Carbon Skyscrapers”, undertaken by the IIT College of Architecture, with assistance from CTBUH and SOM.
13 May 2016
2016 China Awards Symposium, Ceremony & Dinner
The inaugural CITAB-CTBUH China Tall Building Awards were held at Shanghai Tower culminating with Bund SOHO winning China Best Tall Building Overall Award.
02 June 2017
Transparency in Urban Environment
Luke Leung, Yue Zhu, Stephen Ray & Adri Jevtic, Skidmore, Owings & Merrill LLP
A generation of tall buildings has been dominated by International Style with full height glazing that is often vision glass. Large glass was intended to...
17 October 2016
Transparency in Urban Environment
Luke Leung, Yue Zhu, Stephen Ray & Adri Jevtic, Skidmore, Owings & Merrill LLP
A generation of tall buildings has been dominated by International Style with full height glazing that is often vision glass. Large glass was intended to...
17 October 2016
Transparency in Urban Environment
Luke Leung, Yue Zhu, Stephen Ray & Adri Jevtic, Skidmore, Owings & Merrill LLP
A generation of tall buildings has been dominated by International Style with full height glazing that is often vision glass. Large glass was intended to...
17 October 2016
SOM and China: Evolving Skyscraper Design Amid Rapid Urban Growth
Scott Duncan & Yue Zhu, SOM
China’s rapid urban and economic growth has challenged designers, engineers, and planners to innovate and collaborate to meet the needs of a changing country. Skidmore,...
01 June 2014
Case Study: Pearl River Tower, Guangzhou
Richard Tomlinson II, William Baker, Luke Leung, et al. Skidmore Owings & Merrill
SOM’s design for the 71-story Pearl River Tower in Guangzhou, China, was selected in a 2005 competition. The 309-meter-tall high-performance building was designed with energy...
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