Born: 1929, Taiwan (assumed)
Died: Unknown
Country most active: Taiwan
Also known as: 王秀蓮
The following is excerpted from Women Architects Worldwide: Building a Diverse and Inclusive Canon by Aubree Tillett, edited by Aubree Tillett and Jess Ilias, an open-access Pressbook designed to uplift the names of women architects from almost every country and territory around the world. This entry is shared in line with the Creative Commons licensing.
Born in 1929, Hsiu-Lian Wang is the first post-war Taiwanese woman registered as an architect in Tainan City, Taiwan (1953). She studied architecture at the National Cheng Kung University (NCKU) in Tainan City. After graduation, she was employed by NCKU as a teaching assistant. Hsiu-Lian Wang was a guest speaker at “Seventy Years: National Cheng Kung University (NCKU) Architecture Exhibition and Forum,” an event celebrating the 70th anniversary of the NCKU Department of Architecture and the achievements of their alumni through speeches and an exhibition of previous students’ architectural works (2013). She was recognized by the Women of Architecture Taiwan in their article, “From Others to Home-makers: Seeing Women in Architecture — The Inauguration Meeting of WAT,” published in Taiwan Architecture magazine (2018).
References
“Monastery Design Tops Taiwan Architecture Awards.” Taipei Economic and Cultural Representative Office in the United States. November 5, 2013. https://www.roc-taiwan.org/us_en/post/3923.html.
“NCKU Architecture Celebrates 70 Years with Exhibition and Forum.” National Cheng Kung University. September 17, 2013. https://web.ncku.edu.tw/p/406-1000-110937,r1353.php?Lang=en.
“Taiwan Architecture Magazine | From Others to Home-Makers: Seeing Women in Architecture—The Inauguration Meeting of WAT.” Women in Architecture Taiwan. June 5, 2018. http://wataiwan.org/en/news.php?category=3&post=3.