Annie Chu Explained

Annie Chu
Practice:Architect, interior designer and educator
Nationality:Chinese-American
Significant Projects:Founding principal of the Chu-Gooding
Significant Buildings:MOCA, Hammer Museum, The Huntington, Autry Museum of the American West, Studio Museum in Harlem, Southern California Public Radio, Los Angeles Philharmonic Association
Education:Columbia University, M.S. Building Design, (1988-1989)
Caption:Annie Chu Founding Principal of Chu-Gooding
Birth Place:Hong Kong, c.1960

Annie Chu is a Chinese-American architect, interior designer, and academic.[1] She was a founding principal of the Chu-Gooding architecture firm in Los Angeles.[2]

Early life and education

Annie Chu was born in Hong Kong around 1960. At the age of 16, she relocated to the United States.[3]

Chu received her Bachelor's degree in Architecture from SCI-Arc and a Master of Science in Building Science from Columbia University.[4]

Work

Chu fuses art and design in her work as an architect.[5] As an educator working across the U.S. and abroad, Chu was recognized as a 2016 Presidential Honoree of the Los Angeles chapter of the American Institute of Architects (AIA) Distinguished Educator Award.[6] Chu was later appointed Vice President of the International Interior Design Association (IIDA) Board of Directors.[7]

Chu is a Fellow of the American Institute of Architects. She is the co-principal with Rick Gooding and partner to Michael Matteucci at Chu + Gooding Architects, a Los Angeles-based design firm. She is a professor of interior architecture at Woodbury University.[8]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Reyes . Nina . October 11, 2016 . Woodbury University School of Architecture's Annie Chu, FAIA, IIDA Named to AIALA 2016 Presidential Honorees, Receives Distinguished Educator Award . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20170212092005/http://archinect.com/schools/release/920/woodbury-university-school-of-architecture-s-annie-chu-faia-iida-named-to-aia-la-2016-presidential-honorees-receives-distinguished-educator-award/149973192 . 2017-02-12.
  2. News: Anderton . Frances . Women of Substance: Julia Morgan And L.A.'s Female Architects . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20170213100526/https://www.kcet.org/shows/artbound/women-of-substance-julia-morgan-and-las-female-architects . 2017-02-13.
  3. Web site: Annie Chu – Chu—Gooding . 2024-11-24 . chugooding.com.
  4. Web site: Annie Chu, IIDA, FAIA . 2019-03-22 . www.iida.org . en.
  5. LA dolce vita . Vogue Living . Webb . Michael . 12 February 2017 . 6 July 2008 . https://web.archive.org/web/20080706045618/http://www.vogueliving.com.au/ . dead .
  6. Web site: Annie Chu, FAIA, the Presidential Honoree Interview. www.aialosangeles.org. 2017-02-11. https://web.archive.org/web/20170122200204/http://www.aialosangeles.org/home-page-latest-news/annie-chu-faia-the-presidential-honoree-interview. 2017-01-22.
  7. Web site: Jeanine Centuori and Annie Chu Named to AIA Fellowship Program Woodbury University . 2024-11-05 . Archinect . en.
  8. Web site: Greenberg . Ken . Annie Chu, FAIA, IIDA, Named to AIALA 2016 Presidential Honorees, Receives Distinguished Educator Award . https://web.archive.org/web/20170213090410/https://woodbury.edu/annie-chu-presidential-honoree/ . 2017-02-13.

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