Architect Zhang Ke is founder of Beijing-based design firm ZAO/standardarchitecture. Zhang Ke studied architecture at Tsinghua University in Beijing and Harvard Graduate School of Design ...

"Sorry… Forget this is New York, not Beijing," laughed Jia Zhang-Ke, a titan of Chinese cinema's post-1990 "Sixth Generation" of directors, to a packed house inside ...

A recurring motif in the films of Jia Zhang-ke is the enchantment of watching his extraordinary muse, Zhao Tao, dance - in the glitzy faux-Vegas spectacles of The World; leading a routine to the ...

Rejecting conventions, acclaimed Chinese filmmaker Jia Zhang-Ke tries to capture real life in in his films in innovative ways, favouring non-professional actors and authentic storytelling.

Zhang Ke is the founder of ZAO/standardarchitecture, a studio emerging as one of the most critical protagonists among the new generation of Chinese architects. The studio's work has been exhibited ...