Alison Von Glinow is the co-founding partner of Kwong Von Glinow – a Chicago-based architecture practice. Since launching in January 2017, her office has earned first prize in two international housing competitions for design of the Table Top Apartments in New York City and Towers within a Tower in Hong Kong. Her practice has been awarded the 2018 Architectural League Prize of New York for Young Architects, and named by Wallpaper* Magazine as a top 20 Emerging Practice to Watch. Alison shares her expertise in housing as a Forefront Fellow for New York’s Urban Design Forum.
Prior to opening Kwong Von Glinow in 2017, Alison’s work includes collaborations with Herzog & de Meuron in Basel, Switzerland, SOM in both Chicago and New York, Toshiko Mori Architect in New York, and Svendborg Architects in Copenhagen, Denmark. Alison earned her Masters of Architecture from Harvard University Graduate School of Design.
