EERI

EERI is an architecture and interior design studio in Shanghai founded by Rui Hou and Lilian Li-Jin Zhu, both graduates of the University of California, Berkeley in 2013, who went on to work in offices including Michael Maltzan Architecture. The Chinese name sets the immediate against the field, and the practice looks for balance between the rational and emotional sides of a project.

The studio offers architecture, interior and installation design, with work ranging from hotels and resorts to galleries, schools, bookshops and factory conversions across China: the Lost Villa hotel in Hangzhou, the Nature+ gallery at Qiandao Lake, a hostel in Xishuangbanna and the Shantui factory renovation in Jining. Its projects have been recognised at the Idea-Tops, LIV Hospitality Design and Architecture Masterprize awards.