Esther Lorenz is a licensed architect and academic, and Associate
Professor at the School of Architecture, University of Virginia. Her research
explores the connections between architecture and culture, from the study of
new urban formations to cultural and spatial practices in relation to built
form, to investigations of the intersections between media and architecture.
Shiqiao Li is Weedon Professor in Asian Architecture, School of Architecture, University of Virginia, where he teaches history, theory, and design of architecture, and directs PhD in the Constructed Environment Program. He studied architecture at Tsinghua University in Beijing and obtained his PhD from AA School of Architecture and Birkbeck College, University of London. Prior to joining University of Virginia, Li practiced architecture in London and Hong Kong, and taught at AA School of Architecture, National University of Singapore and The Chinese University of Hong Kong. Some of his design research and teaching is featured in Kowloon Cultural District (Hong Kong: mccm creations, 2014, co-edited with Esther Lorenz). His research contributes towards an understanding of architecture as it is situated in indigenous cultural contexts. His books include Understanding the Chinese City (London: Sage, 2014), Architecture and Modernization (Beijing: WaterPower Press, 2009, in Chinese) and Power and Virtue, Architecture and Intellectual Change in England 1650-1730 (London and New York: Routledge, 2006).
