#001
The Storage T
Hong Kong Remodel
#004
Grand Lattices Viewing Deck
Lake Shore Drive, Chicago
#013 S-M
The Table Top Walk-Up
New York, New York
#013 XL
The Table Top Super Block
New York, New York
#024
House XYZ / Installation
Suburban Home
#027
Tower within a Tower
Hong Kong, China
#028
In the Loop: ADA Ramp
San Antonio City Hall, Texas
#029
The Primitive Pavilion
Hong Kong, China
#031
Chinatown Gateway
New York, New York
#035
Pop-Up City
Storefront for Art and Architecture
Our Team:
We make architecture together.
Alison Von Glinow
Design Principal
Prior to opening Kwong Von Glinow in 2017, Alison’s prior work includes collaborations with Herzog & de Meuron in Basel, Switzerland, SOM in both Chicago and New York, Toshiko Mori Architect in New York, and Svendborg Architects in Copenhagen, Denmark.
Alison is a selected 2017-2018 Forefront Fellow with New York’s Urban Design Forum. Working with key leaders in housing, Alison is developing an holistic design approach to the creation and delivery of co-living housing units with her cohort.
Alison is a Chicago native. Alison earned her Masters of Architecture from Harvard University Graduate School of Design. She is a Board Member of the Chicago Architectural Club and a Part-Time Professor of Architecture at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago.
Lap Chi Kwong
Design Principal
With over seven years of professional practice, Lap Chi has spent his time designing internationally acclaimed projects at Pritzker-Prize winning offices of Herzog & de Meuron and Amateur Architecture Studio, including: the M+ Museum in Hong Kong, the Vancouver Art Gallery, the K Residence & Gallery, and the N Residence both in California. His work in single-family and multi-family residential design as well as cultural design has empowered him with the knowledge of working on both small and large-scale projects.
Lap Chi grew up in Hong Kong before moving to Seattle for his undergraduate education. He earned his Masters of Architecture from Harvard University Graduate School of Design. Lap Chi is a Board Member of the Chicago Architectural Club and a Part-Time Professor of Architecture at Illinois Institute of Technology in Chicago.
Named as one of the top 20
Emerging Architecture Practices in the World by Wallpaper* Magazine
The July 2017 Issue of Wallpaper* Magazine featured their pick of the top 20 emerging architecture practices in the world. We are honored to be among this impressive group.
CNN Style writes that Towers within a Tower
“offers a bold vision of vertical space in a city
whose skyline has been defined by it.”
After winning 1st Prize for the Hong Kong Housing Challenge, CNN Style interviewed Lap Chi Kwong, where he shared his experience growing up in Hong Kong and how the design of Towers within a Tower allows each resident to experience verticality in the city.
Viewpoint Magazine features
Tower within a Tower in their issue
covering design initiatives for City Futures.
Brilliant article featuring the forefront of design initiatives for the city of the future. We are proud to have Towers within a Tower among their pick!
Awards:
Rotch Traveling Fellowship Finalist
House, Some of This, Some of That
Graham Foundation Grant to Individual, Stage 2
Smuggling Architecture
New New York City Souvenir, Storefront for Art and Architecture
Pop-Up City Souvenir
1st Prize Hong Kong Pixel Housing Challenge 2017
Towers within a Tower
1st Prize New York Housing Challenge 2017
Table Top Apartments
People’s Choice, AIA New York Awards 2017
Table Top Apartments
1st Prize, 2017 Chicago Prize, Chicago Architectural Club
Grand Lattices
Events:
2018
APR
LECTURE
University of Washington
Department of Architecture
“Enjoy Architecture”
JAN
PRESENTATION
Urban Design Forum
Alison speaks on Fellowship Project
Design For Arrival: Arrival House
2017
NOV
LECTURE
MAS Context
at the Art Institute of Chicago
Lap Chi and Alison speak at
Tracing/Traces event
OCT
LECTURE
Storefront for Art and Architecture
Alison speaks at
New Iconities event
OCT
EXHIBITION
Chicago Architectural Club at Chicago Cultural Center
Kwong Von Glinow speaks on their
Under the Dome exhibition design
JUN
LECTURE
Harvard GSD Alumni Association
at AIA Chicago
“Enjoy Architecture”
MAY
LECTURE
Chicago Architectural Club
“Enjoy Architecture”
JAN
WORK
Chicago, USA
Office Launch!!!
We would love to:
Work / Collaborate / Talk with you.
Email:
hello@kwongvonglinow.com
Call:
(847) 437 - 2222
Visit:
3201 N.Ravenswood Ave, Chicago, 60657
Instagram:
@kwongvonglinow
For Employment Opportunities:
Full-time architectural designer:
Please write to hello@kwongvonglinow.com and include your CV and Portfolio (as attachment or google link). Please state your interest in a full-time position at our Chicago Office.
Summer Internship
Please write to hello@kwongvonglinow.com and include your CV and Portfolio (as attachment or google link). Please state your interest in a summer internship opportunity.
Our Mission:
To create architecture for all to enjoy.
Since setting up our office, our working motto has been Enjoy Architecture. Is this a command, a salutation, or a mantra? It is a little bit of all of these things. We started our practice because we enjoy making architecture. As we’ve designed housing that looks like stacked Table Tops, viewing decks that have taken a few formal liberties with the Chicago Frame, and and public spaces like ramps and pavilions built of familiar primary geometries, we’ve realized people get what we are doing. While this is a design method we are still defining, for us it is the start of how we are sharing Enjoy Architecture.