Ellen Lou

SOM, Director of Urban Design and Planning | San Francisco, United States

About

Lingyue Anne Chen is a LEED accredited urban designer at the SOM San Francisco Office with a focus on urban systems and ecology, and their relationships to urban design. Chen has been an invaluable team member in the Urban Design studio and City HPD group, contributing to complex mixed-use projects of varying scales. She is also currently leading several research projects that explore trends in urban developments.

Ellen Lou

CTBUH Roles

Annual Conference, Presenter (Shanghai 2012)

Awards Symposium, Speaker (Chicago 2016)

Videos

03 November 2016

2016 Awards - Session 1 Q&A

Koon Hean Cheong, CEO, Housing and Development Board of Singapore; Benjamin Romano, Founding Principal, LBR&A Architectos; Pete Rose, Senior Associate, COOP HIMMELB(L)AU; and Ellen Lou,...

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Videos

03 November 2016

Design for All Scales: Wuhan Tiandi

The Wuhan Tiandi Site A master plan is none other than a social triumph, an unprecedented exercise in transforming a core area of one of...

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Research

17 October 2016

The Largest Megalopolis in the World: Assessing the Urbanization of the Pearl River Delta

Peter Kindel, Ellen Lou & Lingyue Anne Chen, Skidmore, Owings & Merrill LLP

With the world’s urban population expected to increase by roughly 2.5 billion people by 2050, developing an understanding of megalopolises is critical to understanding and...

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4 November 2016

CTBUH Names Shanghai Tower “2016 Best Tall Building Worldwide”

The CTBUH Awards Jury named Shanghai Tower, Shanghai as the “2016 Best Tall Building Worldwide” at the 15th Annual CTBUH Awards Ceremony and Dinner.

21 September 2012

Shanghai Congress News Day Congress: Day Three

See the highlights from the third day of the CTBUH 2012 Shanghai Congress including the plenary on the past, present, and future World's Tallest Buildings.

03 November 2016

2016 Awards - Session 1 Q&A

Koon Hean Cheong, CEO, Housing and Development Board of Singapore; Benjamin Romano, Founding Principal, LBR&A Architectos; Pete Rose, Senior Associate, COOP HIMMELB(L)AU; and Ellen Lou,...

03 November 2016

Design for All Scales: Wuhan Tiandi

The Wuhan Tiandi Site A master plan is none other than a social triumph, an unprecedented exercise in transforming a core area of one of...

03 November 2016

Interview: Wuhan Tiandi

Ellen Lou, Director of Urban Design and Planning, Skidmore, Owings & Merrill, is interviewed by Chris Bentley regarding the 2016 CTBUH Urban Habitat Award Winner,...

21 September 2012

Interview: The Livable City

Ellen Lou of Skidmore, Owings & Merrill is interviewed by Jeff Herzer during the 2012 CTBUH Shanghai Congress at the Jin Mao, Shanghai. Ellen discusses...

21 September 2012

Track 17: Urban Design in China Q & A

Track 17 panelists including: Ellen Lou, SOM; Ban Wang, Heller Manus Architects; and Christopher Drew, Adrian Smith + Gordon Gill Architecture take questions from delegates.

21 September 2012

A 21st Century Vision for Chinese Cities

This session presents an overview of contemporary city planning in China and addresses a range of challenges facing urban areas today: rapid urbanization, energy demands,...

17 October 2016

The Largest Megalopolis in the World: Assessing the Urbanization of the Pearl River Delta

Peter Kindel, Ellen Lou & Lingyue Anne Chen, Skidmore, Owings & Merrill LLP

With the world’s urban population expected to increase by roughly 2.5 billion people by 2050, developing an understanding of megalopolises is critical to understanding and...