Elizabeth Bishop

Elizabeth Bishop is a Lecturer in Architecture at the University of California, Berkeley, specializing in design studios, façade engineering, and materials technology. With over a decade of international experience, she has worked on high-profile projects such as Burj Khalifa (SOM, Chicago) and KAPSARC (Zaha Hadid Architects, London), alongside roles as a façade engineer at Arup across Asia, the Middle East, and the Americas.

• Education: Master of Environmental Design from Yale School of Architecture; M.Arch and B.Arch from Tulane University.

Her research interrogates the spatial networks of global capitalism through the lens of the 'Infrastructure of Empire,' focusing on ports, docklands, and warehouse urbanism. In the Bay Area, she examines Oakland's port and urban development through frameworks of social responsibility and cultural preservation in architecture. She has published in journals like 306090 and frequently serves as a juror and lecturer.