Born in Hong Kong, studied at the University of New South Wales and University of Sydney, first appointed at The University of New South Wales in 1989. Moved to The University of Adelaide as Lecturer in History and Theories of Architecture in July 1989; promoted to Senior Lecturer and appointed Deputy Director of the Centre for Asian and Middle Eastern Architecture in 1997.
During 1997-98, Visiting Lecturer in the PhD programme in architecture and in the MLArch programme at the University of Pennsylvania.
Appointed Senior Lecturer at UNSW in 1999. Appointed Head of History and Theory in the Architecture Program in 2000.
Appointed Visiting Professor of Architecture at Tongji University, Shanghai, 2003.
Awarded grants from the Graham Foundation for Advanced Studies in Architecture in 2000, from the Chiang Ching-kuo Foundation for International Scholarly Exchange and from the Ian Potter Foundation in 2001. Awarded an Anthony Mason Fellowship to Tsinghua University and Peking University by UNSW in 2002.
Research
My research activity is focussed on two fields: the history of Chinese gardens and Australian architectural history. The 17th-century treatise Yuan ye has been the main focus of my work in the last decade. I have been exploring its pertinence to contemporary debates in architecture and landscape architecture. My work on Australian architectural history deals mainly with 20th-century issues. Recent papers have discussed themes such as racism, modernism, architectural journals, and professionalism in Australian architecture.
Editorial Appointments
Member of the Editorial Advisory Board of Studies in the History of Gardens & Designed Landscapes, published in London. (1997-2000, 2002-2004)
Consulting Editor of ‘Penn Studies in Landscape Architecture,’ the book series on landscape architecture published by the University of Pennsylvania Press. (since 1996)
Corresponding Editor of Design Philosophy Papers, a new journal. (since 2003)
Foreign Member of the Editorial Board of Shidai jianzhu, a journal of Tongji University, Shanghai. (since 2001)
Member of the Editorial Board of Architectural Theory Review, a refereed journal of The University of Sydney. (since 1995)
Founding Editor of Fabrications: The Journal of the Society of Architectural Historians, Australia and New Zealand. (with Desley Luscombe, 1988-1992)
Recent Conference Engagements
Fung, S., Convenor. The Fourth Meeting on Readings on Chinese Writings: An Anthology. The Asia Center and the Department of East Asian Languages and Civilizations, Harvard University, 24-26 January 2003.
Fung, S. “Guanyu yanjiu kuangjia de sikao.” (“Reflections on Research Framework”) Invited presentation for the International Symposium for the Research on China’s Modern Architectural Academy in the 20th Century, Nanjing University, 26-28 June 2002.
Fung, S. “The Pavilion of Borrowing Borrowing.” Invited paper for the First International Symposium on Classical Chinese Gardens. The Asia Society, New York, 26-28 April 2002.
Fung, S., Convenor. The Third Roundtable on an Anthology of Chinese Writings on Gardens. Dumbarton Oaks Research Center, Harvard University,29-31 March 2002.
Fung, S. and Charles Rice, Convenors. International Symposium on Journal Publishing in Architecture, The Museum of Sydney, 1-3 February 2002.
Fung, S., Convenor. The Second Roundtable on an Anthology of Chinese Writings on Gardens. Dumbarton Oaks Research Center, Harvard University, 3-5 November 2000.
Fung, S. “The Language of Cultural Memory in Chinese Gardens.” Invited paper for the conference on “Structure and Meaning in Human Settlements”, University of Pennsylvania, 19-21 October 2000.
Fung, S. “Recent Reforms in Australian Architectural Education.” (in Mandarin) Invited presentation for the Conference on Chinese Architectural Education, Chinese University of Hong Kong, 16-18 August 2000.
Fung, S. and Charles Rice, Convenors. Double Frames: A Symposium of the Centre for Asian Environments. Faculty of the Built Environment, University of New South Wales, 20-22 June 2000.
Fung, S. Invited presentation for the Workshop on “Value Systems in the Visual Arts of India and China: New Approaches to the Textual Sources”, Sussex Research Centre for the History of Art, University of Sussex, 15-17 June 2000.
Fung, S. “Appropriating Western Techniques of Architectural Imaging in Modern China.” Refereed paper for the panel on “Representations of Asian Landscapes”, Association of Collegiate Schools of Architecture, 2000 International Conference, 10-13 June 2000, Hong Kong.
Fung, S. “Motion and Stillness in Ming Writings on Gardens.” Invited paper for the symposium on “Motion and the Experience of Landscape Design”, Dumbarton Oaks Research Center, Harvard University, 19-20 May 2000.
Recent Publications
Papers & Book Chapters
Fung, S. 'Shanghai Classes, Sydney Classes: The Agency of Curriculum Reform in the Mode of Cross-Cultural Exchange'. In: Proceedings of the 2nd International Symposium on Teaching and Research of Architectural History. Shanghai, Tongji University, pp. 18 - 24 2007.
Fung, S. & Wang, K., 2006, 'Zhongguo jianzhuxue xhong kuawenhua duihua de qianjing chuyi = Note on the Prospects of Cross-Cultural Dialogue in Chinese Architecture', in Shidai Jianzhu, vol 91, pp. 24 - 29.
Fung, S., 2005, 'The language of cultural memory in Chinese gardens', in Structure and Meaning in Human Settlements, eds Tony Atkin, Joseph Rykwert, University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archeology & Anthropology, Philadelphia (USA).
Fung, S., 2004, 'Xinxi Shidai Yu Tongji Zhi Lu = The Age of Information and the Future of Tongji', in Shidai Jianzhu, vol 80, pp. 80 - 81.
Fung, S., 2004, 'Jianzhu Qikan de Wenhua Zuoyoung = The Cultural Fubctioning of Architectural Journals', in Shidai Jianzhu, vol 76, pp. 43 - 47.
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