PEOPLE
LAURA WANG
ARCHITECT, LEED AP
Laura brings both management and design expertise to the studio. She led project management and design efforts of large international projects at Robert A.M. Stern Architects. Her project experience includes luxury multi-family residential and mixed-use development in China and Kazakhstan, which the scope emcomposes architecture, master plan, landscape, and interior design. Additionally, Laura has developed her professional practice at Rainforth Grau Architects in Sacramento, where she played key design roles in the campus modernization and institution expansion projects.
Laura’s appreciation for architecture is driven by the integrative quality of design in which one can draw references from diverse fields of study and engages members from various disciplines during the design process. Through rigorous research, analysis and refinement, the designer challenges and enhance the current paradigm, while satisfying practical demands.
Laura received her Bachelor of Arts in Architecture degree from UC Berkeley and Master of Architecture degree from Washington University in St. Louis with Honors, where she was the recipient of the Hugh Ferriss Architectural Drawing Award, honoring the student who has excelled in architectural representation. Laura’s student works were featured in Approach for exceptional academic project, and Three Stages of Architectural Education. Professional projects she engaged in were published in City Living and Robert A.M. Stern Architects: Buildings and Projects 2010-2014.
RAYMOND CHAU
ARCHITECT
Raymond is an architectural and urban designer, who has gained a broad spectrum of design experience from his practice in multiple internationally renowned offices, including AECOM, Skidmore Owings and Merrill and Grimshaw Architects. He has played key design and technical coordinative roles in numerous projects in United States, Asia and the Middle East, with scales ranging from community masterplans, civic projects, commercial buildings, residential development to healthcare, education and transportation facilities. In every project, Raymond strives to make use of the latest design and construction technology to create engaging environments that promote social cohesion and environmental sustainability.
Raymond earned his Bachelor of Environmental Studies (Honors Planning) with specialization in Urban Design and Land Development at University of Waterloo. He attained his Master of Architecture at Washington University in St. Louis. His academic achievement and design excellence were affirmed by his reception of the Frederick Widmann Prize, which was awarded to the top student in the graduating class.