Type of event
Symposium
Date & Time:

May 28, 2022, 9:00 AM EST

Academic Convenor:

Jeffrey W. CODY

  • Former Senior Project Specialist, Building & Sites Department, Getty Conservation Institute
  • Author of Building in China: Henry K. Murphy’s “Adaptive Architecture,” 1914-1935

WU Jiang

  • Former Vice-President of Tongji University
  • Academician of the French Academy of Architecture
Panelist:

HO Puay Peng

  • UNESCO Chair on Architectural Heritage Conservation and Management in Asia
  • Professor and Head, Department of Architecture, NUS

LAI Delin

  • Professor, Department of Fine Arts, University of Louisville

LU Wei

  • Director, Fuzhou Architectural Design Institute
  • Lecturer, Fuzhou University School of Architecture and Urban Planning
  • Translator of Building in China: Henry K. Murphy’s “Adaptive Architecture,” 1914-1935

LU Yongyi

  • Professor, College of Architecture and Urban Planning, Tongji University

TONG Ming

  • Professor, Southeast University School of Architecture
  • Principal Architect, TM Studio
Moderator:

ZHANG Qin

  • Associate in Research, Fairbank Center for Chinese Studies, Harvard University
  • Associate, Harvard CAMLab

MIN Jiajian

  • Project Manager, Harvard CAMLab
Interpreter:

ZHU Ning

  • Researcher, Harvard CAMLab
Tradition and Innovation – From Henry Murphy to Modern Chinese Architecture

传统与创新——从亨利 · 茂飞到中国现代建筑

 

The balance and compromise between tradition and innovation, modernity and locality, the West and the East, have always been topics in modern Chinese architectural practice and discourse. Henry Killam Murphy (1877-1954) is a significant figure in the history of modern Chinese architecture. However, he has been overlooked in the contemporary debates about “localization” and “globalization” by both Chinese and Western researchers. Since the publication of the Chinese translation of Building in China: Henry K. Murphy’s “Adaptive Architecture,” 1914-1935. by Jeffrey W. Cody in 2022, it has been an excellent opportunity to discuss Henry Murphy’s influence on modern Chinese architecture and urban planning, and more importantly, the underlying social, cultural and economic context, as well as the meaning of “tradition and innovation” in a broader context of the modern Chinese architectural world.

Note: [Symposium in both Chinese and English with Simultaneous Interpreting]

Type of event
Symposium
Date & Time:

May 28, 2022, 9:00 AM EST

Academic Convenor:

Jeffrey W. CODY

  • Former Senior Project Specialist, Building & Sites Department, Getty Conservation Institute
  • Author of Building in China: Henry K. Murphy’s “Adaptive Architecture,” 1914-1935

WU Jiang

  • Former Vice-President of Tongji University
  • Academician of the French Academy of Architecture
Panelist:

HO Puay Peng

  • UNESCO Chair on Architectural Heritage Conservation and Management in Asia
  • Professor and Head, Department of Architecture, NUS

LAI Delin

  • Professor, Department of Fine Arts, University of Louisville

LU Wei

  • Director, Fuzhou Architectural Design Institute
  • Lecturer, Fuzhou University School of Architecture and Urban Planning
  • Translator of Building in China: Henry K. Murphy’s “Adaptive Architecture,” 1914-1935

LU Yongyi

  • Professor, College of Architecture and Urban Planning, Tongji University

TONG Ming

  • Professor, Southeast University School of Architecture
  • Principal Architect, TM Studio
Moderator:

ZHANG Qin

  • Associate in Research, Fairbank Center for Chinese Studies, Harvard University
  • Associate, Harvard CAMLab

MIN Jiajian

  • Project Manager, Harvard CAMLab
Interpreter:

ZHU Ning

  • Researcher, Harvard CAMLab