Chee Kien Lai

Ph.D. Architectural History and Urbanism, University of California, Berkeley M.Arch. by research, National University of Singapore B. Arch. (Hons.), National University of Singapore B.A. (Arch. Studies), National University of Singapore

Director, Board of Directors, International Association for the Study of Traditional Environments (IASTE, U.S.A.); Member, Badan Warisan Malaysia (Malaysia); Member, Malaysian Branch of the Royal Asiatic Society (Malaysia); Member, Nature Society of Singapore (Singapore); Member, Singapore Heritage Society (Singapore); Member, South Seas Society (Singapore)

Through the Eyes of Lee Kip Lin: Photographs of Singapore 1965 - 1995, Singapore: National Library Board, Singapore, and Editions Didier Millet, 2015. Book Chapters - “Camp Architecture: Places and Home”. In Giving Strength to our Nation: the SAF and its People. pp. 103-109, ed. Goh Eck Kheng. Singapore: Landmark Books, 2015. Routledge: Taylor and Francis Group, 2015. “Imagining Nanyang: the Framing of Southeast Asia in Wong Kar‑wai’s movies”. In Asian Cinema and Space: Interdisciplinary Perspectives, 109-125, ed. Lilian Chee and Edna Lim. Routledge, 2015. “Epilogue”. In Iversen: Architect of Ipoh and Malaya, Ruth Iversen Rollitt, 213-4. Penang: Areca Books, 2015. Last Train from Tanjong Pagar, (graphic novel, in collaboration with Mr. Koh Hong Teng) Singapore: Epigram Books, 2014. “The Nation and Its Murals: A Reading of Figural Images in Malaysia, 1957‑69”. In The Nation: Narratives and Communities in the Asia Pacific, ed. Norman Vasu, Yolanda Chin and Kam‑yee Law, 30‑54. Comparative Development and Policy in Asia, ed. Ka Ho Mok and Rachel Murphy. Oxford: Routledge, 2013. Cords to Histories (In English and Chinese), Foong Shoon Fui Kuan art and culture series, vol. 10, ed. Chong Wen Ling. Singapore: Foong Shoon Fui Kuan, 2013. “Sonny Chan: Situating Architectural Worlds”. In Green Ink on an Envelope: The Architectural Practice of Chan Sau Yan Sonny, ed. Ho Weng Hin and Tan Kar Lin, 24‑27. Singapore: Singapore Heritage Society, 2013. “Filtered Cosmopolitanism and Southeast Asia”. In Singapore Metropolitan Region, 153‑154. Singapore: Centre for Advanced Studies in Architecture, DOA, NUS, 2013. “The Path Less Travelled: No. 11 Geylang Lorong 24A”. Singapore Architect no. 273 (The New Conservators): 64‑73. Singapore: Singapore Institute of Architects, 2013. “Post‑tropical/ post‑tsunami: Climate and architectural discourse in South and Southeast Asia”. (co‑written with Dr. Anoma Pieris, the University of Melbourne in Australia). “Southeast Asian Spatial Histories and Historiographies: a re‑examination”. “Ventilation Blocks and their use in Southeast Asia”. In Casting Architecture: Ventilation Blocks, 23‑27. Singapore: Department of Architecture, National University of Singapore, 2013. “Rambutans in the Picture: Han Wai Toon and Overseas Chinese Space in Singapore”. In Singapore in Global History, ed. Derek Heng and Syed Muhd Khairuddin Aljunied, 169‑195. The Journal of the Society of Architectural Historians, Australia and New Zealand (SAHANZ), Vol 19 No. 2: 82‑105. (Australia), 2011. Amsterdam: Amsterdam University Press, 2011: Journal Articles - “Malaya in Art and Architecture”. Inter-Asia Cultural Studies Vol. 16 no. 1 (Revisiting Malaya): 113-127. Singapore Journal of Tropical Geography, Vol 32, No 3: 365 ‑ 381 (United Kingdom), 2011. “Maidan to Padang: Reinventions of Urban Fields in Malaysia and Singapore”. Traditional Dwellings and Settlements Review, Vol 21 No 2: 55‑70. (United States), 2010. “Beyond Colonial and National Frameworks: Some Thoughts on the Writing of Southeast Asian Architecture”. Journal of Architectural Education, Vol 63 No. 2: 74‑75. (United States), 2010. Building Merdeka: Independence Architecture in Kuala Lumpur, 1957‑1966, Kuala Lumpur: Petronas, 2007

Supervisor of dissertation awarded a Commendation Prize at the Royal Institute of British Architects President Medals and Student Awards 2013, for Mr. Srisaravanan Subramaniam’s Seva and the Shrine: Transcending the Boundaries of the Hindu Temple in Singapore. Winner (as Supervisor of Studio Group), Mubin Sheppard Memorial Prize Cycle 9 (2010/2011): Category: Conservation Area Study [Taiping, Malaysia] Honourable Mention (as Supervisor of Studio Group), Mubin Sheppard Memorial Prize Cycle 9 (2010/2011): Category: Conservation Area Study [Kuala Terengganu, Malaysia] Supervisor of dissertation awarded Honourable Mention [only prize in the dissertation category], Mubin Sheppard Memorial Prize - Cycle 8 in 2009, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, for Mr. Craig San Kin Mun’s Builders in Malaya: A Study of the Construction Industry in Kuala Lumpur at the Turn of the 19th Century, 2007

URA Conservation Advisory Panel (2012-present) URA-MND Bukit Brown Cemetery Heritage Advisory Working Committee Member (since November 2011) URA-MND Rail Corridor Consultation Group Member (since 2011) MICA - National Art Gallery Implementation Steering Committee Member (2005 - 2006) MICA - National Art Gallery Museological Sub-Committee, Deputy-Chair (2005 - 2006)

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