W. W. Designs, Inc. was founded by Mr. Wister Wenbing Wu in 1998. Over the course of a professional career spanning more than forty years, Mr. Wu has designed a wide range of projects.
His design works and competition entries, whether completed as lead designer or as a key team member, have received approximately sixty design awards. These include multiple Excellent Architectural Design Awards from China’s Ministry of Construction and Ministry of Education, the Zhejiang Provincial Excellent Architectural Design Award, Excellence in Design Awards from the American Institute of Architects and the American Society of Interior Designers, and numerous honors from international design competitions. During the past two and a half years alone, Mr. Wu has received nineteen international design awards.
Mr. Wu’s recent international honors include the Global Human Settlements Award on Planning and Design presented by the Global Forum on Human Settlements (GFHS); the ICONIC AWARDS (Winner); the MUSE Design Awards (Gold Winner); the TITAN Property Awards (Gold Winner); the London Design Awards (Gold Winner); the Houzee Awards (two Platinum Awards); the Rome Design Awards (Gold Winner); the Global Future Design Awards (Gold Winner); the YSE Green Award (Gold Winner); the TAC Architect of the Year Awards (Winner); the Architecture MasterPrize (Honorable Mention); the NY Architectural Design Awards (Silver Winner); the French Design Awards (Silver Winner); the World Design Awards (Runner-Up); the International Architecture & Design Awards (Bronze Winner); the World Landscape Architecture Awards (Honorable Mention); and the 4 Future Awards (Honorable Mention). He was also shortlisted for the FX International Interior Design Awards.
Mr. Wu’s work has been featured in prominent professional publications, including Forty Years of Chinese Architecture: Selected Excellent Architectural Designs, Architectural Record China, Architectural Journal, Architecture of Twentieth-Century China, and 101 Best New Buildings in the World.
Mr. Wu graduated from Zhejiang University in 1984 and subsequently joined the university’s Architectural Design and Research Institute (UAD), where he served successively as Project Architect, Project Manager, and Deputy Director of an Architectural Design Studio. In late 1989, he enrolled at the University of Oklahoma, where he earned a Master of Architecture degree in 1992.
His professional experience in the United States includes serving as an Architectural Designer at the renowned architecture and engineering firm HTB, as well as Senior Designer, Director of International Development, and Executive Vice General Manager at the prominent architecture and engineering firm FSB. He also served for several years as a visiting design critic and adjunct instructor at the University of Oklahoma College of Architecture. He currently serves as a member of the Planning and Design Committee of the Global Forum on Human Settlements.
AWARDS
Global Human Settlements Award on Planning and Design,
presented at the 19th Annual Session of the Global Forum on Human Settlements (GFHS),
held in conjunction with COP28 in Dubai.
ICONIC Awards – Winner
MUSE Design Awards – Gold Winner
TITAN Property Awards – Gold Winner
London Design Awards – Gold Winner
Houzee Design Awards - Two Platinum Awards
Rome Design Awards – Gold Winner
Global Future Design Awards – Gold Winner
YSE Green Awards – Gold Winner
TAC Architect of the Year Awards 2025 – Winner
Architecture MasterPrize – Honorable Mention
NY Architectural Design Awards – Silver Winner
French Design Awards – Silver Winner
World Design Awards – Runner-Up
International Architecture & Design Awards – Bronze Winner
World Landscape Architecture Awards – Honorable Mention
4 Future Awards – Honorable Mention
FX International Interior Design Awards – Finalist
Featured Projects
Xiamen, P. R. China
Xiamen Customs Office Building
Nanhu Hotel
Xi'an, P. R. China
Dreaming in the Lotus Bay
Oklahoma, USA