Jing Liu

Conference, Sydney Opera House

Architect and Co-Founder, SO – IL

Jing Liu co-founded SO – IL with Florian Idenburg in 2008. Over 20 years of practice, Jing has brought an intellectually open, globally aware, and locally embedded sensibility to her work spanning a wide range of mission-driven projects.

Through building practice and interdisciplinary collaborations, Jing has led SO – IL to explore new construction techniques, such as in Kukje Gallery in Seoul and K11 Museum in Hong Kong — and to engage with the spatial-material conditions of cities in transformation — in projects like Martin Luther King Library in Cleveland, Neighborhoods Now initiative in New York City, and the Melbourne Arts Precinct Transformation. In each case, Jing carefully considers the feedback loop between the cultural, social and economic systems unique to the place and its design practices and seeks to make positive contributions toward its equitable, thriving future.

Jing is a current board member of Urban Design Forum and director of American Institute of Architects New York Chapter, stewarding design culture, fostering global exchange, and engaging diverse communities in the city. She frequently writes for academic and design publications on topics including housing, design culture, and female practices.

Jing is an adjunct faculty member at Columbia University’s Graduate School of Architecture Planning and Preservation and a visiting faculty member at Princeton University’s School of Architecture. She has been inducted into American Academy of Arts and Letters, awarded New Generation Leader by Record’s Women in Architecture, and received United States Artist Fellowship and the Vilcek Prize for her contribution and leadership in the field.

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