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Alex Mingda Zhang

Alex Mingda Zhang

Los Angeles, CA, US

 
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About 

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. 

Employment 

OFFICEUNTITLED (OU), Los Angeles, CA, US, Junior Designer

Mar 2024 - current
 

Morphosis Architects, Los Angeles, CA, US, Architectural Intern

Working directly with Thom Mayne at Stray Dog Cafe.

Aug 2023 - current
 

OMA (The Office for Metropolitan Architecture), Rotterdam, NL, Architectural Intern

Nov 2021 - Aug 2022
 

Pentagram, New York, NY, US, Architecture / Graphic Design Intern

May 2021 - Aug 2021
 

Skidmore, Owings & Merrill (SOM), New York, NY, US, Architectural Intern

Jun 2019 - Aug 2019
 

Gensler, San Diego, CA, US, Architectural Intern

Jun 2018 - Aug 2018
 

Education 

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

Aug 2019 - May 2023
 

University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, IL, US, Bachelors, Architecture / Minor in Urban Planning

Aug 2016 - May 2019
 

Awards 

Dean's Scholarship, Scholarship

Yale School of Architecture

2020
 

Graduate with Highest Honors, Award

University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

2019
 

Areas of Specialization 

Skills