Xu Weiguo is a professor and the chair of the Architecture Department in the School of Architecture at Tsinghua University. He has a distinguished career in both academia and professional practice. Xu studied architecture at Tsinghua University and then began teaching at the same institution. He later moved to Japan to work for Murano Mori Architects and was awarded his doctorate from Kyoto University in Japan.

In 2007, Xu was a visiting scholar at MIT and taught at SCI-Arc and USC during 2011-2012. Upon returning to China, he established his own architectural practice (XWG) in Beijing. Xu has received numerous awards for his work, and his 80 projects have been published in various journals. He is also the author of 14 books.

Xu was one of the curators of the Architecture Biennial Beijing in 2004, 2006, 2008, and 2010. He is one of the main initiators of the Digital Architecture Design Association (DADA) and was elected as Director of DADA in 2012.