Yueqi ‘Jazzy’ Li is a licensed architect and architectural photographer based in NYC.

A graduate of Tulane University in New Orleans and the Architectural Association School of Architecture in London, he received a Master of Architecture magna cum laude and a RIBA part I. Li has worked at EXH Design, a Swiss-Chinese firm in his native China and Solid Objectives - Idenburg Liu (SO-IL) in New York. Currently Li is a senior associate at Ennead Architects in NYC and Shanghai responsible for the design of a number of international projects.

Li's architectural photography intends to capture space, life, and detail in buildings and urban environments. His documentary style of work is completely informed by his architect eye where he approaches each shoot as a design sketch on paper. Each photograph has a focus, be it clarity of structure, transparency of glass, or ephemerality of a shadow. Together they narrate architectural stories that may be otherwise untold. 

In his design work, he is informed by a contemporary sensibility that emphasizes context and minimalism aesthetics. Part of a new generation of western-trained Chinese architects, he believes that there is an emerging Chinese modernity in architecture that has yet to be fully developed. His architect heroes include Wright, Saarinen, and Wang Shu, whose explorations in light and in materiality inspired works such as Straw-blurry Fields and NMCM Master Plan.

Contact

jazzyqiqi@gmail.com