Lihan Jin is a New York–based architectural designer and the founder of the independent design practice Studio Lihan. His work explores the intersection of cultural heritage, material experimentation, and contemporary innovation. He holds a Master of Architecture from the Graduate School of Architecture, Planning and Preservation (GSAPP), Columbia University, and a Bachelor of Engineering in Landscape Architecture from South China University of Technology.

Alongside his independent practice, Lihan previously worked at Kohn Pedersen Fox Associates (KPF) in New York, where he contributed to large-scale architectural and urban projects across multiple phases—from concept design and design development to technical coordination. His portfolio includes the Shanghai North Bund Center, Singapore Changi Airport Terminal 5, and several major mixed-use developments throughout Asia. Prior to joining KPF, he worked at Renzo Piano Building Workshop in Paris and TRACE Architecture Office (TAO) in Beijing, experiences that shaped his cross-cultural perspective spanning architecture, landscape, material research, and urban design.

Lihan's independent work spans architecture, art, and design, earning wide international recognition. His concert hall proposal, Tension Instrument, investigates the interaction between timber and steel, transforming structural tension and acoustic forces into architectural form. The project has received the MUSE Design Awards Platinum Winner, French Design Awards Platinum Winner, A' Design Award Gold Winner, and New York Architectural Design Awards Gold Winner, and was shortlisted for the Architizer A+Awards.

His project Islamic Distiller, which integrates a solar-powered water purification system into a modular mosque structure, received the A' Design Award Bronze Winner. His gallery project Twisted Intertwining explores the ductility and torsional properties of metal, translating them simultaneously into a construction methodology and a principle of spatial organization. The project received a Special Mention at the Architizer A+Awards.

Lihan views architecture as the material record of forces acting upon the built environment—forces that include structure, climate, culture, as well as human occupation and use. For him, architectural form is not a fixed visual outcome, but the result of the continuous interaction between tension, resistance, transformation, and inhabitation. By combining advanced design methodologies with hands-on material experimentation, he seeks to create spaces that are both technically innovative and culturally resonant, revealing new relationships between people, materials, and place.