Speaker Details
Liu Thai-Ker
Chairman, Centre for Liveable Cities, Singapore
Liu Thai-Ker is a renowned architect-planner, closely associated with the successful implementation of public housing in Singapore and the formulation of a vision for the citys urban development. As architect-planner and later CEO of the Housing & Development Board (1969-1989), Dr Liu created two dozen new towns of around 200,000 persons each and oversaw the implementation of more than half a million dwelling units. As Chief Planner-cum-CEO of the Urban Redevelopment Authority (1989-1992), he spearheaded the major revision of the Singapore Concept Plan, consolidation of conservation policies and practice, and streamlining of planning application guidelines and procedures. Since 1992, Dr Liu has been Director of RSP Architects Planners & Engineers (Pte) Ltd. Projects include the Chinese Embassy in Singapore and the master plan for the National University of Singapore. He has also re-planned close to a dozen cities of 2 to 5 million people each in China, Taiwan and the Middle East as well as central business districts, townships, residential areas and industrial estates. In 2002, Dr Liu was invited to chair the design jury for the Beijing Olympics master plan competition. He is currently an Adjunct Professor at the Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy, and in 2008, was appointed Founding Chairman of the Advisory Board for the Centre for Liveable Cities in Singapore. Dr Liu has a Bachelor of Architecture from the University of New South Wales and Master in City Planning from Yale University. In 1995, he was conferred Doctor of Science honoris cause by the University of NSW.
