Tony Chen (MArch'27)

Tony Chen is a designer from Los Angeles currently pursuing a Master of Architecture at the Weitzman School of Design at the University of Pennsylvania. He also holds a Master of Arts in Applied Economics from Claremont Graduate University. Entering architecture from an interdisciplinary background, he brings an analytical understanding of systems, institutions, and human behavior into his design work.

His interests center on architecture’s ability to dignify everyday life through continuity, permeability, movement, and civic generosity. Through projects ranging from adaptive reuse and urban housing to transportation infrastructure and large-scale public space, he explores how architecture can connect landscape, structure, and social experience.

Tony’s work has been recognized through the Kanter Tritsch Prize in Energy and Architectural Innovation, the Atkin Fellowship, the T-Square Club Fellowship, the AEDAS Fellowship, the E. Lewis Dales Traveling Fellowship, and first place in the HOK Futures Design Competition. Professionally, he has contributed to workplace, adaptive-reuse, and mixed-use projects at Gensler Los Angeles. He is grateful to the mentors, friends, and collaborators who have supported him along the way and believes architecture is, at its heart, a shared endeavor.