A visionary ahead of his time

Before Pritzker Prize winner Wang Shu shot to fame for his architectural brilliance, the man was a self-confessed rebel against pragmatism who struggled for several years with no job commissions

When officials of Fuyang approached Wang Shu in 2012 with an offer to have him design an arts center, the Pritzker Prize-winning architect had a rather unusual condition.

He wanted to have a hand in designing homes for the local villages as well.