By Li Han

Staff Writer of the Tsinghua News Center

Tsinghua University’s Architectural Design and Research Institute celebrated its 50th anniversary with an exhibition which opened the morning of April 26. Former University Council Chairman Fang Huijian and Tsinghua Vice President Zhang Fengchang attended the ceremony.

Tsinghua’s Architectural Design and Research Institute (THAD) was founded in 1958. It is an A-level national architectural design and research institute which undertakes public and civic engineering and consulting architectural project designs, urban designs, protection of cultural relics and ancient building projects as well as scenic and indoor design installations. The Institute has designed and constructed several masterpiece projects--the Beijing Ju'er Hutong Residential Area, the Tsinghua University Library, and Beijing’s Tiaoqiao Theater are three examples. THAD independently has also undertaken many 2008 Beijing Olympic Games projects.

(Photo by Guo Haijun)