The Co-founder of Neri&Hu Design and Research Office will review adaptive reuse projects for the 2025 awardsRossana Hu is a founding partner at Neri&Hu Design and Research Office and chair of the architecture department at the University of Pennsylvania Weitzman School of Design.Based in Shanghai, Neri&Hu Design and Research office is known for adaptive reuse projects including the transformation of a former Japanese Army headquarters in Shanghai into a hotel, for which the practice won the 2010 AR Emerging Awards, and the conversion of a Beijing textiles factory into the offices of a pastry brand. Their projects are contextual and varied, not defined by a single style but drawing from the global perspectives and cross-disciplinary approaches of their diverse staff. As well as architecture, the practice works on installation, furniture, product and branding projects.Alongside her design practice, Hu has been deeply committed to architectural education. As well as her position as department chair in Pennsylvania, she has taught and lectured at universities including the University of California, Berkeley, the Harvard Graduate School of Design, the Yale School of Architecture, the University of Hong Kong and Tongji University, Shanghai.Enter the AR New into Old awards today: extended deadline 21 MarchThe Waterhouse at South Bund by Neri & Hu Design and Research Office, an adaptive reuse project that transformed a former army headquarters into a hotelAs the need for sustainable alternatives to building anew becomes increasingly urgent, the AR New into Old awards celebrate the creative ways buildings are adapted and remodelled to welcome new contemporary uses. Launched in 2017, the awards recognise the imaginative appropriation of existing structures, from innovative insertions to ambitious adaptations, that offer buildings a new lease of life.For more information and to enter the AR New into Old awards, please clickhere.Extended Deadline: 21 March 20252025-03-12AR Editors Share 2025