Staff CV

Name: LAI Chee Kien

Present Appointment: Assistant Professor

Contact Information:

Dept of Architecture, NUS
National University of Singapore,
4 Architecture Drive, Singapore 117566.
Tel:(65)65163526; Fax:(65)67793078;

Email:akilaick@nus.edu.sg

Web: www.laicheekien.com

Research Areas:

Histories of Art, Architecture, Settlements, Urbanism and Landscapes in Southeast Asia

Teaching Areas:

History and Theory of Architecture

Architectural Design

Research Methodology

Academic/Professional Qualifications:

B.Arch. (Hons) (1992), National University of Singapore

M.Arch. by research (1996), National University of Singapore

Ph.D. (2005), University of California, Berkeley, U.S.A.

Registered Architect (Reg. No. 1522), Singapore

Grants and Scholarships:

Spiro Kostof Fellowship, U.C. Berkeley (2000)

Career History:

Assistant Architect, Akitek Tenggara II (1995-1997)

Lecturer (1998-2000), Assistant Professor (Sep 2005 to present), Department of Architecture, N.U.S.

Publications:

Lai, Chee Kien, (2008) Singapore: Towards Another Botanical Age

Lai, Chee Kien, (2007) Building Merdeka: Independence Architecture in Kuala Lumpur, 1957-1966

Lai, Chee Kien, (1999) A Brief History of Malayan Art

Updated: 8 July 2009