Alvin Huang, AIA is the Founder and Design Principal of Synthesis Design + Architecture
and an Associate Professor at the USC School of Architecture. He is an award-winning
architect, designer, and educator specializing in the integrated application of material
performance, emergent design technologies and digital fabrication in contemporary
architectural practice. His work spans all scales ranging from hi-rise towers and mixed-
use developments to temporary pavilions and bespoke furnishings.
His work has been published and exhibited widely and has gained international
recognition with over 30 distinctions at local, national, and international levels including
being honored as the Young Architect of the Year by the American Institute of Architects
California Council in 2016, being selected of as one of 50 global innovators under the age
of 50 by Images Publishing in 2015, being featured as a “Next Progressive” by Architect
Magazine in 2014, and being named one of Time Magazine’s 20 Best Inventors of 2013.
He has been an invited critic, guest lecturer, and keynote speaker at various institutions
in the US, Canada, Mexico, Chile, UK, Germany, Italy, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Israel,
India, Thailand, Japan and China.