Tsinghua exhibition celebrates first-generation Chinese architects trained in US

The exhibition, titled Accomplishment, has been open at Tsinghua University Art Museum after two stops in Nanjing and Shanghai. The show, which runs through Oct 13, features old photos, drawings and designs of 18 architects while they studied at Penn and practiced at home.

These men studied hard by winning medals at architecture competitions at Penn. And after returning home, they participated in modernizing the country's look. Their designs of office buildings, apartment buildings, schools, hospitals and entertainment venues ended a monopoly of foreign architects. And they also helped establish China's education system for architecture.