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Huiyin Lin (林徽因)

Architect and professor

Kaining Jin

Name:

Huiyin Lin

Country:

China

Education:

University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, USA

Memberships:

Member and Engineer of Beijing Urban Planning Commission in 1950

Short Biography

The architectural work of Huiyin Lin comprised theoretical and practical achievements. After graduating from the University of Pennsylvania, Huiyin Lin returned to China and started teaching at the Dongbei University in 1928. She did research in architectural history, especially in the field of ancient Chinese architecture. Besides her theoretical work, she completed in collaboration with her husband Liang Sicheng several architectural projects, such as the school building of Jilin University, the school building of the Jinzhou branch of Jiaotong University, Xiao He Garden, as well as the Fuzhou East Street Literary Theater.

Work

Theoretical work on architecture

Lin, Huiyin.“On Several Characteristics of Chinese Architecture.” Journal of the China Construction Society 3, no. 1 (March 1932): 163-179.
Liang, Sicheng, and Huiyin Lin. Preface to the Outline of the City Plan: Introduction. Shanghai: Longmen United Books Press, 1951.
Liang, Sicheng, Huiyin Lin, and Dunzhen Liu. “Northern Wei architecture as represented in the Yungang Grottoes.” Journal of the China Construction Society 4, no. 3-4. (December 1933)
Lin, Huiyin. Qing Style Construction Rules, Chapter 1: Introduction. Beijing: China Construction Institute Press, 1934.
Liang, Sicheng, and Huiyin Lin. ”From Tianning Temple to the Identification of Architectural Age.” Miscellany of Pingjiao Architecture 3, no.4 (March 1935): 137-158.
Liang, Sicheng, and Huiyin Lin. Pre-inspection of ancient buildings in Jinfen Chronicle. Beijing: China Construction Institute Press, 1935.
Lin, Huiyin. ”Reference for modern housing design.” Journal of the China Construction Society 7, no. 2 (October 1945).
Lin, Huiyin. ”Post-Editorial Remarks.” Journal of the China Construction Society 7, no.2 (October 1945).
Lin, Huiyin. Foreword to A Pictorial History of Chinese Architecture. Beijing: Beijing Construction Industry Press,1984.
Liang, Sicheng, and Huiyin Lin. “Beijing – an incomparable masterpiece of urban planning.”Journal of New construction 2, no.7-8 (May1951).
Liang, Sicheng, and Huiyin Lin. ”The translator’s experience – Reconstruction of the Destroyed Areas of the Patriotic War in the USSR.” Shanghai: Longmen United Books Press, 1951.
Liang, Sicheng, and Huiyin Lin. “Leonardo da Vinci – the architectural engineer with a great vision.” People’s Daily (May 1952).
Liang, Sicheng, and Huiyin Lin. “Architectural traditions of the motherland and current construction issues.” New observations, no.16 (September 1952).
Lin, Huiyin. The History of Chinese Architecture, Chapter 6: Song, Liao and Jin Parts. Beijing: Arts and Letters Transcription and Printing Agency Press, 1954.
Liang, Sicheng, Huiyin Lin,and Zongjiang Mo. “Historical stages in the development of Chinese architecture.” Journal of Architecture, no.2 (December 1954).
Lin, Huiyin. Preface to Chinese Architectural Color Painting Patterns. Beijing: People’s Fine Arts Press, 1955.

Bibliography

Wilma Fairbank, Liang and Lin, trans. Han Cheng,2 nd ed.(Beijing: Law Press, 2016), 29-49

Zhang,Jinqiu. (online) Available at: https://baike.baidu.com/item/%E6%9E%97%E5%BE%BD%E5%9B%A0/236792 (last accessed on 15 Mar. 2022)

Illustration credits

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