GLA Architectural Design was founded in 2010 and holds a Class-A qualification in the architectural engineering sector, as approved by the Ministry of Housing and Urban–Rural Development of China. The firm boasts a team of highly skilled design professionals and maintains strategic partnerships with numerous specialized consulting firms both domestically and internationally. By seamlessly integrating high-quality resources across the industry value chain, GLA adopts the role of an owner’s designer to deliver comprehensive advisory services spanning a wide range of project types, including luxury residential developments, commercial office spaces, resort hotels, industrial parks, cultural and educational facilities, urban renewal initiatives, and transit-oriented development (TOD). Our commitment to superior design and service has enabled many of our clients to become long-term strategic partners.
GLA—“Giving Life for Architecture”—as the company’s core cultural ethos, has attracted a large number of outstanding, like-minded designers. We champion a partnership-based accountability system and a collaborative, co-creation-driven working model. Through continuous innovation and learning, we have cultivated a passionate, forward-looking design team. Our commitment to research and innovation across the entire lifecycle of architecture, coupled with an unwavering pursuit of design excellence, has become the standard practice and expectation for every member of our team.
Over the past decade and more, numerous design projects have garnered prestigious domestic and international architectural awards, including the ArchDaily Annual Award, the WA China Architecture Award, and the American Institute of Architects’ Master Architect Award. At the same time, these works have been featured and indexed by leading design websites and academic journals both at home and abroad, such as A+Design, DETAIL magazine, and Architectural Journal.
Song Ping
General Manager
Yu Peiyu
Executive General Manager
Hong Haibo
Executive General Manager
Xu Lingfeng
Executive General Manager
Wang Yuan
Design Director
Ye Jun
Design Director
Lan Xianfeng
Design Director
Rao Zheng
Design Director
ArchDaily Annual Architecture Awards
Architecture Masterprize Honorable Mention
Shenzhen Global Design Award Nomination
A&D China Architecture Best Institution
Selected in the Journal of Architecture | “Selection of Chinese Architectural Design Works, Volume 2”
First Prize for Outstanding Survey and Design – West Lake Cup
Architecture Masterprize Honorable Mention
A&D Trophy Awards for Best Commercial, Retail & Office
A&D China Architecture Best Commercial, Retail & Office
Selected in the Journal of Architecture | “Selection of Chinese Architectural Design Works, Volume 2”
Selected in the Journal of Architecture | “Selection of Chinese Architectural Design Works, Volume 2”
Second Prize for National Outstanding Engineering Survey, Design, and Construction Projects
First Prize, Qianjiang Cup
First Prize for Outstanding Survey and Design – West Lake Cup
Selected for the Journal of Architecture | “Selection of Chinese Architectural Design Works, Volume 1: 2013–2017”
A&D China Architecture Best Mixed-Use
Green City China Annual Best Lifestyle Pavilion Design Award
Green City China Annual Best Lifestyle Pavilion Design Award