Overview
- Liu’s death on Jan 18 was confirmed by his son and by MORROW Architects & Planners, with his family saying he developed complications after a fall about a week earlier.
- At the Housing and Development Board from 1969, he helped plan 20 of Singapore’s 24 HDB towns and oversaw roughly half of the nation’s public flats.
- As CEO and chief planner at the Urban Redevelopment Authority from 1989 to 1992, he contributed to the 1991 Concept Plan update and advanced conservation policies.
- Prime Minister Lawrence Wong, President Tharman Shanmugaratnam and National Development Minister Chee Hong Tat led tributes highlighting his lasting imprint on homes, public spaces and planning institutions.
- He founded MORROW in 2017, remained active internationally with work in more than 50 cities, and earlier trained at UNSW and Yale before a stint in I. M. Pei’s New York office.