Weiming Lu

Weiming Lu, President of Lowertown Redevelopment Corporation (LRC) since 1981, has earned international recognition for his work in three American cities: St. Paul, Dallas, and Minneapolis. Under his leadership, LRC has significantly helped the historic Lowertown neighborhood of St. Paul, Minnesota evolve into a unique "urban village" which has become a model for cities all over the world. He is regularly sought as an advisor to governments, foundations and private industry in urban design and public-private partnerships both in the U.S. and internationally.

During his career, Lu has received many honors and awards, including the Quadrennial Presidential Award for Design Excellence in 1985, and the Honor Award from the National Trust for Historic Preservation in 1995. He is a member of the Urban Land Institute and an Honorary Member of The American Institute of Architects.

He has lectured extensively in the United States and around the world, including at Harvard, MIT, UC Berkeley, Warsaw, Waseda, Tsinghua, and the national Mayor's Institute for City Design. He has been an active participant in many international conferences and has been published in many international and U.S. journals, cited in a number of books, some made into films, and exhibited at museums.