Lead Architect, Building Information Modelling
BA, MArch, ARB
London, UK
Li Jin
Photograph by Frederic Aranda ©
Li joined ZHA in 2017 and strengthens cross-team collaboration by optimising workflows and integrating digital tools with clear information management protocols to maintain consistency and clarity in BIM outputs.
Before ZHA, Li worked with Chapman Taylor and Simpson Haugh and Partners across Shanghai, Manchester, and London. He brings a strong understanding of UK industry standards and regulations with valuable experience from architectural practice in Asia.
Render by NORVISKA
Main Drop-Off
Featured Project
The Alisher Navoi International Scientific Research Centre will incorporate the Navoi State Museum of Literature, Auditorium, International Research Centre and School.
Li completed his BA in Architecture and MArch at the University of Dundee. Li has been a guest lecturer at a university in Australia and will lecture at a university in Scotland in 2025. His approach is shaped by international experience across China, Scotland, and the UK. He believes in balancing design ambition with practical, environmentally responsible and efficient outcomes.
Projects
Explore a selection of projects Li has contributed to since joining ZHA.
Culture
Located at the entrance to Sanya’s harbour, the new cultural district by ZHA is adjacent to the Jiangang Road terminus of Sanya’s tram network that connects many of the residential and hotel districts on Sanya Bay with the city’s high-speed rail station.
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Offices
The new Taikang Financial Centre will be a centre of excellence, developing effective systems and networks that will provide a new ecosystem of support for people of all ages across China. Using the new technologies developed within the Taikang Financial Centre, the group will continue its commitment to supporting community development, healthcare, education and well-being throughout the country.
Photograph by Brett Boardman Photography
Transport + Infrastructure
ZHA and Cox Architecture have won the international design competition for the new Western Sydney Airport (WSA) and been appointed as Master Architect for the project. The ZHA/COX team was selected from a broad field of forty national and international applicants that was narrowed to five selected design competitors.
Offices
The 218,000m² campus sets new benchmarks for the city in energy conservation, energy efficiency and sustainability.
Courtesy of Brick Visual
Offices
Tall Buildings
The design of Tower C integrates the city and nature within its central green axis with the transit orientated development (TOD) of Shenzhen’s new spine, creating a ‘superscape’ that will become a tower of the future within the Super Headquarters Base.
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Sports
The team comprising ZHA working with architecture, engineering consultancy Sweco and landscape architects Tredje Natur has won the competition to build the new Aarhus football stadium in Denmark.
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Hospitality
Residential
The Alba is a new US$1.9 billion mixed-use beachfront development designed by ZHA for Omniyat on the Eastern Crescent of Palm Jumeirah with panoramic views of Dubai’s coast and skyline.
Render by Specto-Digital
Culture
Heritage + Regeneration
Meaning ‘inheritance passed down through generations’, Asaan will be an institution dedicated to preserving and celebrating this rich heritage, in addition to promoting creativity and knowledge sharing.
Courtesy of ZHA
River View
Culture
Education
The Alisher Navoi International Scientific Research Centre will incorporate the Navoi State Museum of Literature, Auditorium, International Research Centre and School.
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