Born and raised in Yantai, China, Alex is a designer based in Los Angeles, working directly with Thom Mayne at Morphosis/Stray Dog Café. He graduated from Yale University (M.Arch, 23) and the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign (B.Sci, 19). Before Morphosis, he practiced architecture with OMA, Pentagram, SOM, and Gensler, with projects built in Milan, Paris, New York, and Beijing. He was also a player at Yale Table Tennis Club.
Morphosis Architects, Los Angeles, CA, US, Architectural Intern
Working directly with Thom Mayne at Stray Dog Cafe.
OMA (The Office for Metropolitan Architecture), Rotterdam, NL, Architectural Intern
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, IL, US, Bachelors, Architecture / Minor in Urban Planning
Dean's Scholarship, Scholarship
Yale School of Architecture
Graduate with Highest Honors, Award
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign