Liang Sicheng (Chinese: 梁思成; 20 April 1901[1] – 9 January 1972) was a Chinese architect and architectural historian, known as the father of modern Chinese architecture. His father, Liang Qichao, was one of the most prominent Chinese scholars of the early 20th century. His wife was the architect and poet Lin Huiyin. His younger brother, Liang Siyong, was one of China's first archaeologists.
Liang authored the first modern history on Chinese architecture, and he was the founder of the Architecture Department of Northeastern University in 1928 and Tsinghua University in 1946. He was the Chinese representative of the Design Board which designed the United Nations headquarters in New York City. He, along with wife Lin Huiyin, Mo Zongjiang, and Ji Yutang, discovered and analyzed the first and second oldest timber structures still standing in China, located at Nanchan Temple and Foguang Temple at Mount Wutai.
He is recognized as the "Father of Modern Chinese Architecture". Princeton University, which awarded him an honorary doctoral degree in 1947, issued a statement praising him as "a creative architect who has also been a teacher of architectural history, a pioneer in historical research and exploration in Chinese architecture and planning, and a leader in the restoration and preservation of the priceless monuments of his country."
^Liang reported his birth year as 1902 at University of Pennsylvania and to the United Nations Design Board.
LiangSicheng (Chinese: 梁思成; 20 April 1901 – 9 January 1972) was a Chinese architect and architectural historian, known as the father of modern Chinese...
and her husband is the famed "Father of Modern Chinese Architecture" LiangSicheng, both of whom worked as founders and faculty in the newly formed Architecture...
Sishun, Liang Sicheng, and Liang Sizhuang were borne by Li Huixian. Liang Siyong, Liang Sizhong, Liang Sida, Liang Siyi, Liang Sining, and Liang Sili were...
the continuity of the civilization of which it is an integral part. — LiangSicheng, 1984 In more recent times, China has become the most rapidly modernizing...
recognized by the government of the People's Republic of China. Liang's father, architect LiangSicheng, had led attempts to prevent the destruction of the walls...
building a unique exterior appearance, complicated and magnificent. LiangSicheng, the respected Chinese architect, commented with a surprise when he...
Four Modern Masters in Architecture" in mainland China, along with LiangSicheng, Tung Chuin, and Liu Dunzhen.[citation needed] Born in Nanyang, Henan...
Thompson, Peter. "The origins of entasis" (PDF). University of York. Liang, Sicheng, and Wilma Fairbank, ed. A pictorial history of Chinese architecture:...
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time. Lin and Xu became friends. However, she was already betrothed to LiangSicheng by his father. Xu's last lover was Lu Xiaoman, who was married to Wang...
in 2010, the State Administration of Cultural Heritage designated LiangSicheng and Lin Huiyin's residence as a protected cultural site.[citation needed]...
China. It was rediscovered by the 20th-century architectural historian LiangSicheng (1901–1972) in 1937, while an older hall at Nanchan Temple was discovered...
the original site. The rebuilding plan was devised by the architect LiangSicheng, and now the Pavilion of Prince Teng is the landmark of Nanchang. There...
and first photographed by early twentieth-century Chinese architects LiangSicheng and Lin Huiyin. These made it a popular place of pilgrimage, but patriarchs...
with the European imperialists and suppressing the masses. Liang Qichao's son, LiangSicheng, denounced Li in 1951 for "selling out" the country. History...
They became especially warm friends with LiangSicheng, the son of the distinguished Chinese reformer Liang Qichao, and his wife, Lin Huiyin, whom they...
Federation in 1994. Liang was the youngest son of Chinese scholar and reformist Liang Qichao. His elder brothers, LiangSicheng and Liang Siyong, were also...
Qing dynasty architecture by the Chinese architect LiangSicheng, first published in 1934. Liang based his research of Qing dynasty architecture on the...
architectural historians including the prominent early 20th-century historian LiangSicheng. The architectural designs of these buildings have since been studied...
Society for the Study of Chinese Architecture founded. The architects LiangSicheng, Liu Dunzhen [zh] Research work in the society. Modern Chinese architecture...
built to the museum.[citation needed] The main building was designed by LiangSicheng in the 1930s combining Chinese and Western architectural styles. The...
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