{"id":622159,"date":"2025-12-09T12:37:12","date_gmt":"2025-12-09T12:37:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/622159\/"},"modified":"2025-12-09T12:37:12","modified_gmt":"2025-12-09T12:37:12","slug":"china-born-architect-wang-fei-dies-in-suspected-car-crash-in-london","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/622159\/","title":{"rendered":"China-born architect Wang Fei dies in suspected car crash in London"},"content":{"rendered":"<p datatype=\"p\" data-qa=\"Component-Component\" class=\"e8zc9q40 css-1c6uqr6 ec74h0k1\">The renowned Chinese-born architect Wang Fei has died at the age of 45 following an accident in London.<\/p>\n<p datatype=\"p\" data-qa=\"Component-Component\" class=\"e8zc9q40 css-1c6uqr6 ec74h0k1\">The China Academy of Art, where he had worked as a visiting professor between 2009 and 2011, confirmed that Wang, who taught at Syracuse University in New York state, had died on Monday.<\/p>\n<p datatype=\"p\" data-qa=\"Component-Component\" class=\"e8zc9q40 css-1c6uqr6 ec74h0k1\">Some friends and colleagues leaving tributes online suggested that Wang had been killed in a car accident.<\/p>\n<p datatype=\"p\" data-qa=\"Component-Component\" class=\"e8zc9q40 css-1c6uqr6 ec74h0k1\">Li Lexian, an architectural designer, wrote on social media that Wang had died at the Royal London Hospital in the east of the British capital.<\/p>\n<p datatype=\"p\" data-qa=\"Component-Component\" class=\"e8zc9q40 css-1c6uqr6 ec74h0k1\">Li described Wang as \u201ca distinguished architectural educator, scholar and curator; a bridge connecting Chinese and international architectural disciplines and his most revered life mentor\u201d.<\/p>\n<p datatype=\"p\" data-qa=\"Component-Component\" class=\"e8zc9q40 css-1c6uqr6 ec74h0k1\">He added: \u201cHe built platforms for countless individuals, created opportunities for them, and guided them through adversity.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The renowned Chinese-born architect Wang Fei has died at the age of 45 following an accident in London.&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":622160,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7757],"tags":[3801,748,943,1395,193491,193488,393,193489,4884,193493,257,35699,4447,135870,10741,193492,193487,16,15,193490],"class_list":{"0":"post-622159","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-london","8":"tag-beijing","9":"tag-britain","10":"tag-canada","11":"tag-china","12":"tag-china-academy-of-art","13":"tag-china-design-museum","14":"tag-england","15":"tag-fwstudio","16":"tag-great-britain","17":"tag-li-lexian","18":"tag-london","19":"tag-mcgill-university","20":"tag-new-york","21":"tag-royal-london-hospital","22":"tag-shanghai","23":"tag-syracuse-university","24":"tag-tongji-university","25":"tag-uk","26":"tag-united-kingdom","27":"tag-wang-fei"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/115689648722331375","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/622159","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=622159"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/622159\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/622160"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=622159"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=622159"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=622159"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}