Liu Yishi

Assistant Professor for the School of Architecture, Tsinghua University, Ph.D. Student from Department of Architecture, Berkeley Campus, University of California, Expert for Modern and Contemporary Chinese Architecture and the Urban History.

2006--2011: Ph.D. Student from Department of Architecture, Berkeley Campus, University of California, Research Direction: Modern and Contemporary Chinese Architecture and Urban History;

2003--2006: Master of Engineering in History and Theory of Architecture, the School of Architecture, Tsinghua University

1998--2003: Bachelor of Architecture, the School of Architecture and Urban Planning, Huazhong University of Science and Technology.

2010: Elvera Lim Fellowship Awarded by the Graduate School of the Berkeley Campus, University of California;

2008-2009: East Asian Studies Fellowship Awarded by The China Research Center of The Berkeley Campus, University of California;

2008: Korean Studies Fellowship Awarded by the East Asian Institute of the Berkeley Campus, University of California;

2008: Joseph Levenson Award Conferred by the Korean Research Institute;

2007: Spiro Kost of Fellowship Awarded by the East Asian Institute of the Berkeley Campus, University of California;

2006: The First Prize for Outstanding Innovation Achievements for College Students in Hubei Province Awarded by the Department of Architecture of the Berkeley Campus, University of California;

2002: The First Prize for Outstanding Innovation Achievements for College Students in Hubei Province Awarded by the Department of Education for Hubei Province.

Experience:

In July 2002, he was invited to participate in the 3rd Session of International Conference on Mathematics Education and Cultural Communication and delivered the report on Mathematics and Artistic Achievements in “Yingzao Fashi (Treatise on Architectural Methods or State Building Standards)” in Kyoto, Japan. 

In September 2002, he was invited to participate in the 46th Session of International Conference on Housing and Planning Alliance in Tianjin, China.

In October 2002, he was invited to participate in the 4th Session of International Conference on Modern Architectural History and Heritage Protection in East Asia and made the report on “The Hidden Language - A Study of Interlanguage in Chinese and Western Architectural Cultural Exchanges” in Shanghai, China.

In July 2004, he was invited to take part in the Ninth Seminar on Modern Architecture and delivered the speech on “The Distribution and Characteristics of Chinese Diaolou Residential Houses” in Kaiping City, Guangdong Province, China.

In June 2007, he was invited to take part in the 4th Session of International Symposium on Chinese Architectural Historiography and gave a speech on “The History of Modern Chinese Cities in the World Vision” in Shanghai, China.

In December 2008, he was invited to participate in the 2008 International Conference on Traditional Residence and Environment and gave a speech on “Other Modernities: Rise of A Japanese Colonial Capital City, 1932-1937” in Oxford, UK.

In June 2009, he was invited to participate in the 2009 Annual Conference for Seoul Research Council- Korea Research Center for the University of Berkeley and gave a speech on “Constructing Ethnicity: Making and Remaking Korean-Chinese Rural Houses in Yanbian, 1881-2008”in Seoul, South Korea.

 

Published Papers:

Liu Yishi. Classification and Distribution of Chinese Exterior-corridor Type Buildings. Southern Architecture. 2011/2, pp.42-49

Liu Yishi.  Analysis of “The History of Modern Chinese Architecture”. Journal of Architecture. 2010/6, pp.1-5

Yishi Liu. “Constructing Ethnicity: Making and Remaking Korean-Chinese Rural Houses in Yanbian, 1881-2008,” Traditional Dwellings and Settlements Review, (Fall 2009): 67-82 (“World Architecture” for Tsinghua University) 

Liu Yishi. The Historical Background of the Nationalization of Modern Architecture in Turkey in the 1920s and 1930s. Zhang Fuhe, The Proceedings of the 2008 International Symposium on Modern Architectural History in China. Beijing: Tsinghua University Press, 2008, pp.551-560

Liu Yishi, Zhang Fuhe. Modernist Activities in Changchun in the 1930s. New Architecture, 2006(5), pp.59-62

Liu Yishi, Zhang Fuhe. The Paradox of Urban Development in Changchun. Architectural History, 2006 (2) (22 Issue), pp.215-228

Liu Yishi, Zhang Fuhe. Research on Modern Urban Planning Models and Architectural Styles in China. Zhang Fuhe, The Proceedings of the 2006 International Symposium on Modern Architectural History in China. Beihai: 2006, pp.519-540

Liu Yishi. Impression of Contemporary Architecture in Austria - Austrian Architecture Art Exhibition. The National Art Museum of China, 2006(8): pp.6-13

Liu Yishi. An Approach to Understand Modern Architecture in National Chinese Style. Huazhong Architecture, 2006(1): pp.5-8

Liu Yishi, Chu Tengfei, Zhu Liang. Architectural Review: The Voice of Future Architects. Art Observation, 2005(4), pp. 15-17

Liu Yishi. The Distribution and Characteristics of Chinese Diaolou Residential Houses. Journal of Architecture, 2004(9): pp. 52-54