Bo Liu

Bo Liu is an NY state licensed architect and an Associate at Diller Scofidio + Renfro (DS+R).

Her work focuses on public realm projects, spanning museums, schools, and community centers, through the lens of addressing uncertain futures with climate change and shifting urban needs. She joined DS+R in 2013 and has designed for several large scale institutional projects such as the Centre for Civilizations, Cultures, and Cities at the University of Toronto, the V&A Storehouse in London, and 15 Hudson Yards in New York, for which she developed parametric tools to design and optimize a cold warped facade. She is currently leading a new Performance Hall and Community center in the heart of East Harlem. Prior to joining DS+R, Bo worked at Asymptote and KPF.

She founded the Diversity Task Force within DS+R to tackle systemic inequities in the profession. In addition, she previously served as the Recruitment director at DS+R and currently manages mentorship liaisons with local and national level university partners such as FAMU, City College, City tech Brooklyn, and NJIT.

She previously taught the MSRED design studio from 2013-2017 at Columbia GSAPP and has been a returning GSAPP critic and guest critic at UC Berkeley, Pratt, and the University of Toronto. Bo holds a Bachelor of Science in Architecture from McGill University before receiving her M.Arch from Columbia GSAPP - where she received the Avery 6 Award and the AIA Architects Medal Award.