Limin Hee is Director of Research at Singapore’s Centre for Liveable Cities (CLC), a nexus and knowledge centre for liveable and sustainable cities, where she focuses on research strategies, content development and international collaborations.

Under Hee’s leadership in research, the CLC has developed its signature Urban Systems Studies series, which captures the practices and knowledge underlying Singapore’s transformation over the last 50 years. She is also the project lead for collaborative projects to promote thoughtful design to enhance liveability in cities and on how to make sustainable, integrated districts as prototypes of future living in Singapore.

She has played similar leading research roles at the National University of Singapore School of Design and Environment, as well as at the Centre for Sustainable Asian Cities and the Asia Research Institute.

Hee’s individual research focuses on urban liveability and sustainability and their agenda for architecture, urbanism and public space. Her work has been widely published, including in international refereed journals and architectural reviews. Her recent books include ‘A City in Blue and Green: A Singapore Story’ (Springer: 2019 – forthcoming), ‘Constructing Singapore Public Space’ (Springer: 2016) and ‘Future Asian Space’ (NUS Press: 2012).

Hee obtained her Doctor of Design from Harvard University Graduate School of Design, and her Master of Arts (Architecture) and professional degree in architecture from the National University of Singapore.