Education
Architecture, Syracuse University
Architecture, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
Additional Campus Affiliations
Assistant Professor, School of Architecture
Assistant Professor, Center for East Asian and Pacific Studies
Recent Publications
Zhao, W. (2024). Systems of settings and activities: A framework to study vernacular settlements and cultural landscapes in China. In Theorizing Built form and Culture: the Legacy of Amos Rapoport (pp. 136-146). Taylor and Francis. https://doi.org/10.4324/9781003372110-12
Zhao, W. (2023). From Sacred Wu-Yue to “The Center of Heaven and Earth”–Constructing an Imperial Landscape and a Global Heritage in China. Heritage and Society, 17(1), 1-20. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1080/2159032X.2023.2230833
Zhao, W. (2023). 从聚族而居到中西合璧: 浙江方岩民居的发展变化. 建筑史学刊 [Journal of Architecture History], (2), 68-78.
Zhao, W. (2022). Home Beyond the House: Transformation of Life, Place, and Tradition in Rural China. (Explorations in Housing Studies). Routledge. https://doi.org/10.4324/9781003294948
Zhao, W. (2021). Heritage as Narratives: A Case Study on Tourism Development in Longji Rice Terraces, China. (Proceedings for the Association of Collegiate School of Architecture 109th Annual Meeting ).