Hui-yin Lin

(1904–1955) Chinese architect and writer (1904-1955)

Hui-yin Lin (China, 1904–1955) is listed in the catalogue as an architect. By year of birth, Hui-yin Lin belongs to the chapter ‘Modernism’ in this site’s history of architecture.

Hui-yin Lin was born in Hangzhou and died in Beijing Tongren Hospital. Hui-yin Lin trained at University of Pennsylvania School of Design and Yale School of Drama. Hui-yin Lin became a member of Society for the Study of Chinese Architecture and Architectural Society of China.

The best-known works include ‘Monument to the People's Heroes’, ‘A Pictorial History of Chinese Architecture’, and ‘Smile, Ninety-nine Degrees, Don't Let Our Land be Lost Again!’. The catalogue has one building by Hui-yin Lin. The dated building is from 1952.

Contemporary architects in the same chapter include Zhao Shen, Loo Shu-Shung, Liang Sicheng, Alar Kotli, and Egon Eiermann.

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