Re-thinking the Future Awards (RTFA) has announced its winners of 2014. OPEN’s work Ocean Base has won the Second Award of Institutional Concept Category. Four other OPEN projects won Awards or Honorable Mentions in other categories, including Garden School, Stepped Courtyards, Connection House and 2nd Ring 2049.

This year, the competition received huge participation from 83 Countries. It aims to bring out the most creative and innovative projects in the field of architecture and hence create an interactive educational platform of highest standards. Rethinking The Future is about envisioning a future that aims to meet human ‘needs’ while preserving the environment so that these ‘needs’ can be met not only in the present, but also for future generations.

OPEN was invited to be one of the three architectural teams designing the Chinese Pavilion at the 14th International Architecture Biennale – La Biennale di Venezia, with focus on the outdoor pavilion in the virgin garden.

LI Hu and HUANG Wenjing, Founding Partners of OPEN Architecture, attends the Official Opening and “Mountains beyond Mountains” Forum of the Chinese Pavilion at the 14th Venice Biennale on June 5th and 6th. In addition, several of OPEN’s recent architectural projects including the Beijing No. 4 School Fangshan Campus, Gehua Youth and Cultural Center and Tsinghua Ocean Center, are also featured in the exhibition inside the Chinese Pavilion.

Li Hu gave lectures about OPEN's Recent Works in Nanjing University, Tianjin University and Tsinghua University.

The video and scroll of OPEN’s 2nd Ring 2049 proposal were collected by M+ Museum, and were included in Building M+ , the new Hong Kong museum's first architecture exhibition. 

OPEN's Gehua Youth and Cultural Center has won gold at the Asia Pacific Interior Design Awards 2013 (APIDA), in the category of public space. 

OPEN exhibits at West Bund 2013: A Biennale of Architecture and Contemporary Art.

OPEN’s latest works exhibited at Good Design 2013, Beijing.

Li Hu lectures at Hunan University during the academic week.

OPEN Prototype For Temporary Sales Pavilion has been completed.

ICON asked a dozen experts and practitioners to nominate the people they think they are, in some way, shaping the future. It is a snapshot that shows how young designers and architects are pushing the boundaries of their disciplines and trying to change the world. Li Hu was the only Chinese architect on the list.