Lo-Yi Chan, an architect and campus planner, has completed a wide
range of projects receiving national and international recognition.
Most recently, Chan received an Honorary Doctor of Arts from Dartmouth
College in 2004.
Born in Canton, China, Chan grew up in Honolulu and Hanover, NH where
he graduated from Dartmouth College. Following a Master of
Architecture from Harvard and a one year round-the-world Appleton
Traveling Fellowship, Chan apprenticed with I M Pei in New York City.
In 1965, Chan launched his own firm and over three decades his
practice, Prentice & Chan, Ohlhausen, became well known for its
projects for educational and cultural institutions. Chief among these
are the Sackler Museum in Peking University, Sever Hall Restoration at
Harvard, the Connecticut Hospice, the Roosevelt Island Tramway in NYC,
and the Rockefeller Center at Dartmouth. The firm's work has been
widely published in the U.S. and abroad and is included in all major
surveys of work in New York City . Winner of many awards, Chan's firm
was singled out as the outstanding firm in 1994 in New York City. His
work has been exhibited by The Museum of Modern Art, the Whitney
Museum, Columbia University, the National Academy of Design, and the
Boston Architectural Center.
Chan also taught master classes in architectural design at Cornell,
Columbia, Harvard and MIT, and has lectured widely. He has served as
the College Campus Master Planner for Dartmouth College for over 25
years.
In 1996, Chan withdrew from architecture to focus exclusively on
campus planning. In addition to Dartmouth, he has served as the Campus
Master Planner for Colgate , Connecticut College, Phillips Andover,
Lawrenceville, Blair Academy and Berkshire School, among others.
Chan has served on numerous boards including New York City 's Art
Commission, the New York State Council on the Arts, and the National
Endowment for the Arts. He is on the boards of Berkshire School,
Berkshire Choral Festival and the Lingnan Foundation, among others.
Chan lives in New York City with his wife, Millie.
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