Alvin Huang is a Chinese-American architect, educator, and designer based in Los Angeles, California. He is the founder of

Synthesis Design + Architecture Synthesis Design + Architecture (also known as SDA), is an architecture and design firm based in Los Angeles, California led by Alvin Huang. Awards The firm was honored with the Presidential Emerging Practice of the Year Award by the American Ins ...

and an associate professor at the

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. In 2020, he was appointed the Director of Graduate & Post-professional Architecture at the USC School of Architecture.

Awards

He has received numerous honors and awards including the 2016 AEP Young Architects Award by the

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California Council, 2015 R+D Award by Architect Magazine, and 2014 ACSA New Faculty Teaching Award by the

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Work

Notable projects include Data Moire for

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(2016), Durotaxis Chair for Stratasys (2014), Pure Tension Pavilion for Volvo Cars (2014), the Groove at CentralWorld in Bangkok (2013), and the DRL10 Pavilion in London (2008). During the COVID-19 Pandemic of 2020, he spearheaded a grassroots effort known as Operation PPE, mobilizing over 300 architects, engineers, students and other volunteers throughout Southern California to 3D print personal protective equipment for medical professionals on the front lines.

Biography

Huang received his B.Arch from the

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in 1998, and his M.Arch from the

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in 2004. Prior to establishing

in Los Angeles, CA, he worked for AECOM in the U.S. and further on for the architectural practices of Zaha Hadid Architects,

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and

Future Systems Future Systems was a London-based architecture, architectural and design practice, formerly headed by Directors Jan Kaplický and Amanda Levete. Future Systems was founded by Kaplický and David Nixon after working with Denys Lasdun, Norman Fo ...

in London, UK.

References

Alumni of the Architectural Association School of Architecture 20th-century American architects American architects of Chinese descent USC School of Architecture alumni Architects from Los Angeles Living people 21st-century American architects American people of Taiwanese descent American businesspeople Architecture academics Year of birth missing (living people) {{US-architect-stub