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Lin Huiyin (Chinese: 林徽因, born 林徽音; pinyin: Lín Huīyīn; known as Phyllis Whei Yin Lin when in the United States; 10 June 1904 – 1 April 1955) was a Chinese architect, writer, and poet. She is known to be the first female architect in modern China.
Lin Huiyin (Chinese: 林徽因, born 林徽音; pinyin: Lin Huiyin; known as Phyllis Lin or Lin Whei-yin when in the United States; 10 June 1904 - 1 April 1955) was a noted 20th-century Chinese architect and writer.
Apr 11, 2018 · This breathtaking wooden temple was built in 857 A.D., making it the oldest known building in China at the time. (It is now the fourth-oldest known). Liang and Lin crawled into the temple’s most...
Feb 14, 2024 · In 1932, two young architectural historians, Lin Huiyin (1904–1955) and Liang Sicheng (1901–1972), established an intellectual blueprint that would be a defining moment in the historiography of Chinese architecture.
Oct 23, 2023 · Lin Huiyin, who graduated from Penn with a fine arts degree in 1927, was denied a diploma in architecture because she was a woman. She was a renowned architect and writer who worked with her husband Liang Sicheng on preserving and reconstructing historic buildings in China.
Jun 24, 2024 · On May 18, 2024, the University of Pennsylvania awarded Lin Huiyin (林徽因) with an architecture degree, exactly 100 years after they refused to admit her into their undergraduate program because she was a woman. [...] With the news of Lin’s belated degree quickly going viral on Chinese social media, her name is again in the public eye.
Oct 16, 2023 · Lin Huiyin, visionary Chinese architect, preservationist, and activist, will be awarded a posthumous architecture diploma from UPenn.
