Lin Huiyin (Chinese: 林徽因, born 林徽音; pinyin: Lín Huīyīn; 10 June 1904 – 1 April 1955; known as Phyllis Whei Yin Lin[1] when studying in the United States) was a Chinese architect, writer, and poet. She is known to be the first female architect in modern China. [2]

On May 18, the University of Pennsylvania’s Weitzman School of Design awarded the architect and poet Lin Huiyin a posthumous Bachelor of Architecture degree, part of a broader effort by the school to recognize the achievements of female students who attended before the program was opened to women in 1934.

On May 18, 2024, the University of Pennsylvania awarded Lin Huiyin (林徽因) with an architecture degree, exactly 100 years after they refused to admit her into their undergraduate program because she was a woman.

Lin Huiyin, known as Phyllis Lin, was an outstanding Chinese architect and writer of the 20th century. In October 1904, Lin was born to a wealthy family in Hangzhou, though her family had roots in Minhou, Fujian Province.

Lin Huiyin (1904-55), a pioneering Chinese architect and writer, was awarded a posthumous Bachelor of Architecture degree from the Weitzman School of Design of the University of...

Oct 15, 2023 · At the May 18, 2024, Weitzman Commencement Ceremony, the School will award Lin, arguably the first and most famous female architect in modern China, with a long overdue posthumous Bachelor of Architecture degree.

Lin Huiyin (Chinese: 林徽因, born 林徽音; pinyin: Lin Huiyin; known as Phyllis Lin or Lin Whei-yin when in the United States; 10 June 1904 - 1 April 1955) was a noted 20th-century Chinese architect and writer.

Jun 24, 2024 · On May 18, 2024, the University of Pennsylvania awarded Lin Huiyin (林徽因) with an architecture degree, exactly 100 years after they refused to admit her into their undergraduate program because she was a woman.

Feb 14, 2024 · In 1932, two young architectural historians, Lin Huiyin (1904–1955) and Liang Sicheng (1901–1972), established an intellectual blueprint that would be a defining moment in the historiography of Chinese architecture.

Jun 14, 2023 · This is the story of Lin Huiyin (林徽因), a pioneer woman who changed the face of Chinese architecture forever. Huiyin grow up in a time, when women were still marginalized in Chinese society, barred from equal participation in the sociocultural sphere, denied physical, intellectual and social autonomy (Yeh, 1992, p. xlv).