His research focuses on architecture's role in mediating moments of transnational exchange between China and other parts of the world. His articles and essays have appeared in Architectural History, Grey Room, Artforum International, and the Journal of the Society of Architectural Historians, among others. His first book, An Improvised City: Architecture and Extraterritoriality in Shanghai, 1843-1936, is under contract with the University of Washington Press. He's currently at work on a second book-length project tentatively titled Designing Reform: Architecture in Post-Revolutionary China, 1972-1989, which is under contract with Yale University Press.