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William Wong

William Wong

Philadelphia, PA, US

 

About 

Designer, writer, and tutor, with a background in architecture and teaching. Experience in a variety of fields, including architecture, journalism, banking, and education.

Employment 

Gensler, New York, NY, Architectural Intern

May 2013 - current
 

Education 

University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, US, MArch, Master of Architecture

Aug 2011 - current
 

Yale University, New Haven, CT, US, Bachelors, Architecture

Aug 2005 - May 2009
 

Awards 

E. Lewis Dales Traveling Fellowship, University of Pennsylvania, 1st Place

Portfolio competition for travel abroad during the summer prior to the student's final year as a candidate for the first professional degree in architecture.

2013
 

Harlan Coornvelt Memorial Medal, University of Pennsylvania, Award

Awarded to the student who achieved the most outstanding record in required architectural structure courses. Established in 1975 in memory of Harlan Coornvelt, who served as an Associate Professor of Architecture at the School of Design from 1968 until his death in 1973.

2012
 

Will M. Mehlhorn Scholarship, University of Pennsylvania, 1st Place

Awarded to the students who have done the best work in the history and theory sequence. Established in 1989 through a bequest by Will M. Mehlhorn, former architectural editor of House and Garden.

2012
 

Frank Miles Day Memorial Prize, University of Pennsylvania, Award

This prize is awarded to the architecture student submitting the best essay in courses in the history and theory of architecture. Named for Towne School graduate and architect of Penn's Houston Hall, University Museum, Weightman Hall, and Franklin Field.

2012
 

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