Calvin Liang is an architectural designer and critic currently based between Basel, Switzerland, and Phoenix, Arizona.
He holds a Masters of Architecture degree from Yale University, and a Bachelors of Arts in Architecture from Columbia University. His design and written work has been publicized in Retrospecta, Perspecta, Paprika!, and other publications.
He currently works at Christ & Gantenbein Architekten in Basel, Switzerland, having previously worked at the Yale Urban Design Workshop in New Haven, Connecticut and Junya Ishigami + Associates in Tokyo, Japan. He has worked on several award-winning projects and competitions, notably winning the Kunstmuseum Basel renovation competition with Christ & Gantenbein Architekten and the Art Biotop Water Garden with Junya Ishigami + Associates.
He also has extensive teaching experience, having co-taught several design studio and seminar courses at the graduate and undergraduate levels at both Columbia and Yale Universities.
To get in contact for full portfolio of work or potential inquiries:
t (usa): +1 480 559 2789
t (ch): +41 79 840 99 81
Curriculum Vitae:
2023: Working at Christ & Gantenbein Architekten in Basel, CH
2023: Graduated from Yale University School of Architecture with Masters of Architecture
2022: Teaching Fellow for Undergraduate Junior Studio at Yale University School of Architecture for Katherine “Trattie” Davies
2021: Worked at Christ & Gantenbein Architekten in Basel, CH
2021: Teaching Fellow for Graduate Core Studio II at Yale University School of Architecture for Peter DeBretteville
2020: Teaching Fellow for Undergraduate Junior Studio at Yale University School of Architecture for Katherine “Trattie” Davies
2020: Teaching Assitant for Undergraduate Seminar at Yale University School of Architecture for Mark Foster Gage
2019: Graduated from Columbia University with Bachelor of Arts in Architecture
2019: Teaching Assistant for Undergraduate Design Studio I at Columbia University/Barnard College for Jerome Haferd
2019: Research Assistant at Columbia University Graduate School of Architecture, Planning, and Preservation for Kenneth Frampton
2018: Worked at Junya Ishigami + Associates in Tokyo, JP
Awards + Publications:
2023: I.R. Feldman Prize Nominee at Yale University School of Architecture
2023: Katz/KPF Travel Award Fellowship Nominee
2023: Retrospecta for “A Montage of Artifacts” and “Critiques of Critical Regionalism in Japan: The Magariya and its Constituents in Tohoku”
2023: Paprika! as Issue Editor
2022: Constructs for “A Montage of Artifacts”
2022: Second Prize, Competition for the Complete Renovation of the GBS St. Gallen Vocational School, with Christ & Gantenbein Architekten
2022: Second Prize, Competition for “Rocket and Tigerli: The World’s Largest Timber Tower”, with Christ & Gantenbein Architekten
2021: First Prize, Competition for the Renovation of the Kunstmuseum Basel, with Christ & Gantenbein Architekten
2021: Retrospecta for “Michelangelo”
2018: Common Infrastructures in Mexico City for “Tierra Estereo”