Architect
Hsin-Kuang Chen, AIA
Brief
Hsinkuang Chen has over 13 years design experience in international star architecture companies, working on a variety of local and international projects including large scale mixed use, high rise commercial and residential buildings. His expertise is high performance exterior wall design, which involves the usage of parametric modeling and data analysis tool to shape the building form and optimize exterior wall details. With extensive experience on both building design and technology, he has developed an excellent ability to carry out the design idea to the construction details in an economic way without compromising the quality of final product. He is the founder and president of Chicago Taiwanese Architecture Institute, a nonprofit organization which provides Chicago architecture tours and professional training programs. He started his own design company – Smart Build Design at 2019 for architecture design, lighting fixture design and fashion design.
- SmartBuild Design | Founder
- Architectural design consultant – Licensed at Illinois state and New York state
- Sam Design Fashion Brand
- Lighting Design consultant
- Chicago Taiwanese Architecture institute (CTAI)| Founder & President
- Chicago Architecture tour 2015 – Event Director
- Chicago Architecture tour 2016 – Event Director
- Antunovich Associates | Senior Associate | 2015 – Present | Chicago, USA
- 123 E. Cermak Hotels, Chicago IL
- 675 N. Wells, Chicago IL (High -rise residential )
- 450 W. Belmont, Chicago IL (High -rise residential )
- 758 W. North AVE. (High -rise residential )
- Boler Headquarter (Office)
- Skidmore Owens & Mirroll | Architecture Professional | 2010-2015 | Chicago, USA
- Guangzhou Poly Headquarter & Intercontinental Hotel , China (Office: 331 Meter , Hotel:197.5 Meter )
- Qingdao Greentown Parcel 1-A , Qingdao, China (Mixed-use tower: 327 Meter)
- Laing O’Routke 100 MOUNT STREET, Sydney, Australia (Office Tower : 198 Meter)
- Social Security Adminstration National Support Center, Frederick, Maryland (Office & Data center)
- Shanghai Vanke South Station, Shanghai, China (Office Tower & Retail)
- Yongwei Times Center, Xian, China (Office Tower & Retail: 212 Meter)
- Star River Headquarter, Guangzhou, China (Office Tower & Retail: 279 Meter )
- Ningbon Shopping Center, Ningbo, China (Retail Shopping Center)
- Richard Meier & Partners Architects LLP | Model Maker | 2009-2010 | New York, USA
- OCT Shanzhen Clubhouse, Shanzhen, China
- Liberty Plaza, Mexico city, Mexico
- Teachers Village Newark, New Jersey
- C.Y.LEE & Partners | Designer | 2006-2007 | Taipei, Taiwan
- Farglory Harvard Housing, Taipei, Taiwan
- Kingdom of Global View Housing, Taipei, Taiwan
- National Cheng Kung University (Taiwan) | Bachelor of Science, Architecture | 2004