Work Experience
Dec 2019~ Associate Professor, School of Architecture, Tsinghua University
2017~2019 Assistant Professor, School of Architecture, Tsinghua University
2014~2016 Lecturer, School of Architecture, Tsinghua University
2012~2014 Post-doc, School of Architecture, Tsinghua University
Education
2011 Ph.D., Department of Architecture, the University of California at Berkeley (USA)
2006 M. Eng., School of Architecture, Tsinghua University (Beijing, China)
Area of Research: history of modern Chinese architecture and urbanism
Thesis title: A Historical Study on the Evolution of Changchun City
2003 B. Arch., Huazhong University of Science and Technology (Wuhan, China)
Books
• Yishi Liu. A History of Modern Chinese Architecture. Beijing: The Commercial Press, 2019.
• Zhang Fuhe and Yishi Liu. The Study and Preservation of Modern Chinese Architecture (Vol. 10). Beijing: Tsinghua University Press, 2016.
• Zhang Fuhe and Yishi Liu. The Study and Preservation of Modern Chinese Architecture (Vol. 9). Beijing: Tsinghua University Press, 2014.
• Yishi Liu, Fan Xue, et al (ed.). A History of the Architectural Society of China in the Past 60 Years. Beijing: Architectural Industry Press, 2013.
English Journal Papers
• Yishi Liu. Architectural Technology in Modern China from a Global View (Guest Editor). Frontiers of Architectural Research. 2014(3): 79-80.
• Yishi Liu. Building Guastavino dome in China: A historical survey of the dome of the Auditorium at Tsinghua University. Frontiers of Architectural Research. 2014(3): 121–140.
• Yishi Liu. A Chronology of the Development of the Field of Modern Chinese Architectural History, 1986-2012. Frontier of Architectural Research. 2013/2 (Vol 2 No.2): 191-208.
• Yishi Liu. “Constructing Ethnicity: Making and Remaking Korean-Chinese Rural Houses in Yanbian, 1881-2008,” Traditional Dwellings and Settlements Review, (Fall 2009): 67-82
Chinese Journal Papers
• Yishi Liu. A Study on the Global Garden City Movement in the First Half of the Twentieth Century (Part I): Garden City Research and the Origins and Developments of the Movement in Britain. World Architecture. 2019/12: 120-125.
• Yishi Liu. A Study on the Global Garden City Movement in the First Half of the Twentieth Century (Part II): Transmissions, Adaptions and Innovations of the Movement in the World. World Architecture. 2019/11: 112-116.
• Yishi Liu. A Retrospect of the Planning and Construction Experiment of a People’s Commune in Xushui in 1958: Rural Construction by the Department of Architecture of Tsinghua University in the Great Leap Forward. Times+Architecture. 2019/6: 138-145.
• Yishi Liu. “A Case Study of the Competition for Commemorative Monument to the Victory of Playa Girón in 1963: With Reflections on Chinese Architectural Production and International Exchange in the 1960s”. Architectural Journal . 2019/8: 88-95.
• Yishi Liu. “Magnificent, Beautiful and Modern: Replanning Tiananmen Square and Chang'an Avenue in Beijing in 1964” Beijing Planning and Construction, 2019/5: 59-69.
• Yishi Liu. “A Study on the Garden City Movement in the Non-Western World in the First Half of the Twentieth Century”. Urban Planning Forum. 2019/2: 109-118.
• Yishi Liu. “People’s Fairland: A History of the Making of Tairanting Park in Beijing, 1952-1966”. Architectural Creation. 2018/12:111-117.
• Yishi Liu. “Selected Materials of Interviews on the Development of Tsinghua Architectural Design Institute”. World Architecture. 2018/12:111-117.
• Yishi Liu. “A General Survey on the Categories and Uses of Materials for Modern Chinese Architectural Historical Research”. Architectural Journal . 2018/11:58-65.
• Yishi Liu. “A Study on the Establishment and Early Development of Tsinghua Architectural Design Institute”. Design Community . 2018/5: 143-150.
• Yishi Liu. “From Private to State-Owned: The Establishment, Development and Liquidation of the Department of Architectural and Engineering Design of Beijing Xingye Investment Company in the 1950s”. Time+Architecture. 2018/5: 28-33.
• Yishi Liu. Socialist Recreational Space: A Preliminary Study on Newly-Built Public Parks in Beijing in the Early 1950s. New Architecture. 2017/5:35-41.
• Yishi Liu. Rethinking Peace Hotel: Thoughts on Research of Modern Architectural History in Beijing after 1949. Architectural Journal. 2017/5:74-80.
• Yishi Liu. Selected Historical Materials of Yongmao Architectural Company (Part III): Citizenry Forging and State Building. Architectural Creation. 2017/4: 74-79.
• Yishi Liu. Selected Historical Materials of Yongmao Architectural Company (Part II): Cultural and Institutional Identity, 1949-1952. Architectural Creation. 2017/4: 66-73.
• Yishi Liu. Rethinking Peace Hotel: Thoughts on Research of Modern Architectural History in Beijing after 1949. Architect. 2017/5:91-100.
• Yishi Liu. A Preliminary Study on the Hotel Architecture in Beijing in the Early 1950s. Architect. 2017/5:91-100.
• Yishi Liu. Nation Building and Representation: Constructing the Cultural Palace of Nationalities and the Hotel of Nationalities. Architectural Creation. 2017/4:6-36.
• Yishi Liu. Selected Historical Materials of Yongmao Architectural Company (Part I): Establishment and Development of the Institution, 1949-1952. Architectural Creation. 2017/4: 240-246.
• Yishi Liu. Intellectual Origins of the Garden City Idea. Urban Planning Review. 2017/4: 20-29.
• Yishi Liu. A Critical Review of Historical Research on Henry K. Murphy: A Case Study of College of Yale-in-China and School of Oberlin-in-Shansi. Architectural Journal. 2017/7: 67-74.
• Yishi Liu. Murphy & Dana and the Campus Planning and Architectural Design of Loomis Institute in Connecticut. Architect. 2017/3: 33-42.
• Yishi Liu. A Study of Road-Section Design Standard and Technologies in Modern China: An Example of Historical Research of Modern Chinese Architecture Across 1949. New Architecture. 2016/5: 11-17.
• Yishi Liu. A Review of the 100th Anniversary of Professor Wang Tan. Huazhong Architecture. 2016/6: 179-180.
• Yishi Liu. The Formation, Practice and Impact of Hexagonal Planning Theories Originated in the West Since the Late Nineteenth Century. Journal of International Urban Planning. 2016/3: 78-90.
• Yishi Liu. House and Nation (Part II): A Comparative Study on the Historic Preservation of Three Houses of American Founding Fathers in Virginia. World Architecture. 2016/7: 118-123.
• Yishi Liu. House and Nation (Part I): Intellectual Origins of the Building and Rebuilding of Mt. Vernon and Monticello. World Architecture. 2016/6: 118-123.
• Yishi Liu. A Preliminary Study on the Rise and Popularization of Roadside Tree Planting in Republic China. Landscape Architecture. 2016/4: 80-87.
• Yishi Liu. The Formation and Diffusion of the Idea of Lawn on a Global Scale (Part II): Introduction and Development in Africa and Asia. Landscape Architecture. 2016/3: 92-99.
• Yishi Liu. The Formation and Diffusion of the Idea of Lawn on a Global Scale (Part I):Origins and Developments in the West. Landscape Architecture. 2016/2: 94-101.
• Yishi Liu. Emerging China-Based Scholars and the Theoretical Explorations and Prospective Trends of the Research on Modern Chinese Architectural History. Time Architecture. 2016/1:37-45.
• Yishi Liu. More than Mortar and Bricks: Making and Remaking of the Main Street of Charlottesville, Virginia,1950-2010.. Journal of International Urban Planning. 2015/5:67-75.
• Yishi Liu. A Study on the Intellectual Origins of Xinjing Plan of Manchukuo. Review of Urban Planning. 2015/4: 99-110.
• Yishi Liu. The Review of Foreign Architects and Architectural Firms in China since 1840. Urban Environmental Design. 2015/6+7:320-329.
• Yishi Liu. The Formation and Characteristics of Oberlin-in-Shansi School, 1909-1937. Chinese Landscape Architecture. 2015/7: 73-77.
• Yishi Liu. Frontier, Fringe and Borderline: the Current Situations and Prospective Trends of the Study of Modern Chinese Architectural History. Architectural Journal. 2015/6: 63-67.
• Yishi Liu. A Brief History of the Architectural Society of China in the Past 60 Years: An Institutional Study. New Architecture. 2015/2: 142-147.
• Yishi Liu. The Formation and Characteristics of Tsinghua College. Landscape Architecture. 2015/3: 87-93.
• Yishi Liu. “Book Review of Architecture from 1400”. Architectural Journal, 2014/12: 113-115.
• Yishi Liu. “The Initial Stage of Architectural Journalism of the PRC”. Architect, 2014/6, Vol. 172: 99-107
• Yishi Liu. “A Collection of Historical Materials of the Early Construction of Tsinghua College”. Architectural History, Vol. 34, 2014/2:164-186.
• Yishi Liu. “The Inauguration of Architectural Journal”. Architectural Journal, 2014/9-10: 68-73.
• Yishi Liu. “60 Years of the Journal of Architecture”. Architecture. 2014/19: 18-23.
• Yishi Liu. “A Historical Survey of the Campus Design and Architecture of Oberlin-in-Shansi School,”. Southern Architecture, 2014/4: 116-123.
• Yishi Liu. “A Historical Survey of Structural Form and Construction Techniques of the Tsinghua Dome,”. Architectural Journal, 2013/11: 32-37.
• Yishi Liu. “Colonialism and A New Approach to Modern Chinese Architectural History,”. Architectural Journal, 2013/9: 8-15.
• Yishi Liu. “A Critical Review of Leon Hoa's Planning and Architectural Thoughts,”. Architectural Journal, 2013(2): 15-21.
• Yishi Liu. “Teaching Modern Chinese Architectural History in China: Review and Retrospect,”. New Architecture. 2013/1:22-27.
• Yishi Liu. “The Characteristics of Modern Chinese Architecture”. Architect. 2012/6, Vol. 160: 59-62.
• Yishi Liu. “The Main Thread and Periodication of Modern Chinese Architectural History,” Architectural Journal, 2012(10): 70-75.
• Yishi Liu. “The 1937 Ceremony of the Completion of Manchukuo's Capital Construction,” New Architecture. 2012/5:27-32.
• Yishi Liu. “The Formation and Characteristics of Changchun City, 1900-1957,”. Southern Architecture. 2012/5:66-73.
• Yishi Liu. “Categorization and Distribution of Verandah Style Architecture in China,” Southern Architecture. 2011/2:42-49.
• Yishi Liu. “Modern, Chinese, Architectural History: the Field and its Development,” Architectural Journal. 2010/6:1-5.
• Yishi Liu and Fuhe Zhang. “Modernism in Changchun City in the 1930s”, New Architecture, 2006/5:59-62.
• Yishi Liu and Fuhe Zhang. “Periodization of the Development of Changchun City from 1900”, Architectural History, Vol. II, (October 2006):215-228.、
• Yishi Liu. “Nationalism: An Approach to Understanding Modern Architecture in the National Chinese Style”, Huazhong Architecture, 2006/1:5-8.
• Yishi Liu et al. “Architectural Criticism: Voice from Future Architects”. Art Observation. 2005/4: 15-17.
• Yishi Liu. “The Distribution of Watchtower-Like Folk Houses Throughout China and Their Features,”. Architectural Journal, 2004/9: 52-54.
Conference Papers and Invited Lectures
• Yishi Liu. “A Thin Concrete Shell: Chinese Modern Architecture and Conservation on the Tsinghua Campus 1910-1930,” Proceeding of the Technology in Modern East Asia Workshop, Cambrige, UK, May 2016
• Yishi Liu. “Critical Utopia: the Making of University Town in Guangzhou, 2002-2009,” Proceeding of the 12th International Study of Traditional Environments (IASTE) Conference, Beirut, Lebanon, December 2010
• Yishi Liu. “Other Modernities: Rise of A Japanese Colonial Capital City, 1932-1937,” Proceeding of the 11th International Study of Traditional Environments (IASTE) Conference, Oxford, UK, December 2008
• Yishi Liu. “Modern Chinese Urban History in an International Context”, in the Proceeding of the Fourth International Conference on Chinese Architectural History, pp. 157-163, June 2007
• Yishi Liu. “Hidden Discourse: A Trans-lingual Study in Architectural Communication Between East and West”, in Proceedings of the Fourth Modern Asian Architecture Network International Conference, Shanghai, pp. 329-333, October 2004
• Yishi Liu. “The Ecological Idea of Confucianism and Its Significance in City Design”, in Proceedings of the 2002 Seoul International Conference on East Asian Architectural History: Traditional Architecture in modern Asia, collected at Urbanism and Landscape section, Seoul, Korea, October 2002, pp.629-638, October 2002
• Yishi Liu. “The Guidance that Confucian Humanity Can Offer Modern Architecture and City Design in Housing” in Proceedings of the 46th International Federation of Housing and Planning Conference, Tianjin, China, September 2002
• Yishi Liu. “The Achievements of Art and Mathematics in ‘Ying Zao Fa Shi’”, in Proceedings of the Third International Conference on Mathematics Education and Cultural History of Mathematics in this Information-Oriented Society, Kyoto, Japan, July 2002, pp. 161-164
• Invited to the 74th Annual Meeting of Association of Asian Studies to give a presentation titled “Spatial Production and Reproduction of the First Automobile Works in Changchun, 1953-1957,” Philadelphia, March 2014
• Invited to give a talk titled “A Comparative Study of Campus Planning of University of Virginia and Tsinghua University,” Charlottesville, Virginia, November 2012
• Invited to the 70th Annual Meeting of Association of Asian Studies to give a presentation titled “Idiosyncrasies of Japanese Colonial Rule in the Urban Construction of Changchun,” Honolulu, Haiwaii, April 2011
• Invited to the Engaging in the Preservation of Cultural Heritage Symposium to give a presentation titled “In Between Theory and Practice: Preservation of Built Environment in Contemporary China,” University of Texas, Austin, September 2010
• Invited to the Twelfth International Conference on Modern History of Chinese Architecture to give a keynote speech on verandah style architecture and development of modern Chinese architectural history, sponsored by Tsinghua University, Beijing China, July 2010
• Invited to International Association for the Study of Traditional Environments 2008 Conference "Interrogating Tradition," Oxford, UK, December 2008
• Invited to the Eleventh International Conference on Modern History of Chinese Architecture, sponsored by Tsinghua University and People’s Municipality of Kunming, Kunming China, July 2008
• Invited to the fourth International Conference on Chinese Architecture History, sponsored by Shanghai People’s Municipality and Tongji University, Shanghai, June 2007
• Invited to the tenth Seminar of Modern Chinese Architectural History to give a presentation on “A Study on the Typology of Modern Chinese City Planning and Architectural Styles,” Beihai, China, July 2006
• Invited to the fourth modern Asian Architecture Network International Conference to give a presentation on “Hidden Discourse: A Trans-lingual Study in Architectural Communication between the West and East”, Tongji University, Shanghai, October 2004
• Invited to the ninth Seminar of Modern Chinese Architectural History to give a presentation on “The Distribution of Watchtower-like Folk Houses throughout China and Their Features,” Kaiping, Guangdong, July 2004
• Invited to the 46th International Federation of Housing and Planning Conference in Tianjin, China, September 2002
• Invited to the Third International Conference on Mathematics Education and Cultural History of Mathematics, Kyoto, Japan, July 2002
Grants and Awards
• Research Stipend, Dumbarton Oaks Museum and Gardens, USA, 2019, US$3000.
• GAHTC grant, Mellon Foundation, 2018, workshop and lectures in CEPT, Ahmedabad, India
• The Rockefeller Archive Center Research Stipend, USA, January 2019, US$5000.
• National Scientific Funding of China, Surface Project, 2018~2021, project of "Institutions, Buildings and Professionals: A Study on Modern Architectural History of Beijing from an Institutional Perspective, 1949-1966", RMB610,000 (US$87,142)
• National Scientific Funding of China, Youth Project, 2014~2016, project of "Comparative colonialism and a new approach to the study of modern Chinese architectural history", RMB250,000 (US$35,714)
• Small Grant for Faculty Members, the Council of China and Inner Asia of the Association for Asian Studies, 2014~2015, US$2000.
• National Post-doc Research Funding of China, 2012~2013, project of "Japanese colonialism and colonial urbanity in the East Asian context", RMB50,000 (US$7,142)
• Elvera Lim Fellowship, 2008-09, Center for Chinese Studies, University of California at Berkeley, US$10,000
• Academy of Korean Studies Stipends, 2007-10, Academy of Korean Studies, Seoul Korea
• Spiro Kostof Fellowship, 2006, Department of Architecture, University of California at Berkeley
• DuPont Fellowship, 2005, School of Architecture, Tsinghua University
• First Prize for Excellent Scientific Research Results of Hubei Province in the annual competition, 2002, due to a collective of the papers on architectural history and theory research, awarded by Educational Bureau of Hubei Province
Courses Taught
• Modern Chinese Architectural History, since 2012
• History of the Global Built Environment (School of Architecture and Landscape Architecture, Peking University, 2015)
• Studios (undergraduate First-year, Third-year and fourth-year classes, with a focus on preservation, renovation and urban regeneration), since 2014
• Field measuring and surveying of modern Chinese architecture
