Lisa Hsieh is an Associate Professor of Architecture at the College of Design. She received her PhD in History and Theory of Architecture from Princeton University in 2013, her dissertation titled "ArchiteXt: The Readable, Playable, and Edible Architecture of Japanese New Wave." She is a 2018 grantee of the Graham Foundation Research Award, and 2003 recipient of the Young Architect Award (aka Architectural League Prize), sponsored by the Architectural League of New York.

Her research work focuses on the history and theory of modern Japanese architecture. Her writings, which range from research, criticism, fiction and non-fiction, have been published in Log (Anyone Corporation), Architectural Research Quarterly (Cambridge University Press), and Thresholds (MIT Press). She has freelance-written for the Star Tribune newspapers.

Her teaching spans architectural history, theory, and design, and she leads a biyearly May-term travel studio in Japan. Prior to joining University of Minnesota, she had taught at the Knowlton School of Architecture, Ohio State University, and the Department of Mathematics at Indiana University. Formerly, a founding principle of Butterfly (ar-ch) Studio (with Jr-Gang Chi), her design work has been exhibited at the Banvard Gallery in Columbus, Ohio, the Urban Center Gallery in New York City, and the Pavilion de l'Arsenal in Paris.

She is a frequent juror in design competitions, including the AIA Minnesota 25 Year Award, AIA MN Merit Awards, Creative City Challenge at the City of Minneapolis (with Northern Lights), Young Architect Forum at the Architectural League of New York, Portman Prize Jury at Georgia Tech, and Gui Competition at the Knowlton School of Architecture.