Archinect
Alexander Morley

Alexander Morley

New York, NY, US

 

About 

Alexander's School Blog on Archinect:

The Architectural Venn Diagram

A new adventure begins as we finish one chapter; we hope to share our story with you.

We are graduates of Washington University in St. Louis, Sam Fox School of Design & Visual Arts.

Category Title

Employment 

Ferguson & Shamamian Architects, LLP, New York, NY, US, Project Architect

Jan 2014 - current
 

Artefact Inc. Architects, Bethlehem, PA, US, Intern Architect

Jun 2009 - Jun 2010
 

Arup, New York, NY, US, Urban Design Winter Intern

Jan 2009 - Feb 2009
 

Education 

Washington University in St. Louis, Saint Louis, MO, US, MArch, Sam Fox School of Design & Visual Arts

Graduated with Honors

Sep 2010 - Dec 2013
 

Aalto University, Otaniemi, FI, Semester Exchange Studio

Jan 2012 - May 2012
 

Lehigh University, Bethlehem, PA, US, BA in Architecture

Minor in History
Certificate in Global Citizenship

Graduated Phi Beta Kappa with High Honors

Sep 2004 - May 2008
 

Danish Institute for Study Abroad (DIS), Copenhagen, DK, Architecture + Design

Sep 2006 - May 2007
 

Awards 

2013 Steedman Summer Travel Fellowship, Grant

Awarded annually to one student in the Washington University Graduate School of Architecture & Urban Design, the fellowship supports summer travel and investigation of an architectural topic of the student's choosing. Recipients are selected by the Steedman Fellowship Governing Committee on the basis of their proposed study outline, portfolio of work, and academic achievement, and must present their research to the student body in the fall.

As the graduate level recipient, I spent the summer of 2013 in China to study the organizational strategies and social life of traditional urban neighborhoods, specifically the Hutong alleys in Beijing and the Lilong lanes in Shanghai. Engaging in hours of on-site observation, I simultaneously researched the history of Chinese architecture and urbanism at local institutions while I built upon my network of contacts in the two cities. I was fortunate in my time to meet with a diverse array of local residents, real estate agents, architects, planners, conservationists, academics, and expatriates to analyze and better understand the complexities of these neighborhoods and the role that China’s current development model plays in their uncertain future.

The final body of work includes a 39 page treatise on the relevance of the Beijing Hutong and the Shanghai Lilong in China's current urbanization. Through three vignettes that critique Chinese neo-liberal policy, density laws, and security of tenure, I provide a window into the history, life, vitality, development, transformation, informalization, and reformalization of these incredible urban nodes. I argue for their continued existence as they provide the very residential framework that China needs to sustain itself with its swelling migrant population.

2013
 

Williams Prize for Outstanding Writing in Art & Architecture, Award

Established in 1908 by Edward H. Williams, professor of geology and mechanical engineering, the Williams Prizes, which range from $200 to $1000, recognize outstanding work in writing by a student in his or her respective field of study at Lehigh University.

2009
 

Lehigh University Presidential Scholar, Scholarship

The President’s Scholar Program recognizes outstanding academic achievement by undergraduate students by providing a fifth year of study free of tuition. This benefit is intended to give students an opportunity to undertake an advanced project of a scholarly or creative nature that does not lead to a degree.

2008