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Dingliang Yang is an Assistant Professor at the School of Architecture within the University of Minnesota Twin Cities. He is an architect, urban designer, and founding partner of VARI Design, a firm established in 2015 that focuses on cross-scale innovative design addressing urban development and regeneration challenges. Prior to his current role, he taught at Harvard University Graduate School of Design from 2018 to 2022 and worked as an architect with SOM in San Francisco and Coop Himmelb(l)au in Vienna.
- Education:
- Doctor of Design, Harvard University Graduate School of Design
- Master of Architecture in Urban Design with Distinction, Harvard University Graduate School of Design
- Bachelor of Architecture with Highest Honor of Chu Kochen Medal, Zhejiang University College of Civil Engineering and Architecture
Yang’s research and professional work center on urban design, architecture, and the transformative potential of World Expositions. His scholarship explores sustainable urban development frameworks and livable communities, with publications in journals like CITY, Mechanics in Engineering, and Architecture Journal. He has curated exhibitions at venues including the Venice Biennale, Shenzhen-Hong Kong Biennale, and Barcelona Disseny Hub, emphasizing the intersection of critical research and design practice.
Yang has received numerous accolades, including the John Brinckerhoff Jackson Prize (2021) and multiple international design competition victories. His forthcoming two-volume publication, Expos as Great Urban Projects (ORO, 2023), reflects his ongoing investigation into World’s Fairs as experimental urban models. He is also a frequent lecturer at institutions such as UC Berkeley, Tsinghua University, and Harvard Business School.
- Teaching:
- ARCH 8255 Graduate Architectural Design
- ARCH 5410 Topics in Architectural History
- ARCH 4410 Topics in Architectural History
