Chinese, b. 1932
Lo-Yi Chan, FAIA, architect and campus planner, has received local, national and international recognition for a variety of projects over his career. He was born in Canton, China, and grew up in Honolulu and Hanover, NH. He graduated summa cum laude from Dartmouth College, received his 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. He began his own firm in 1965 and for over 30 years his practice, Prentice & Chan, Ohlhausen, became well known for its projects for educational and cultural institutions. Noteworthy among his experience are the Sackler Museum in Peking University, Sever Hall Restoration at Harvard, the Connecticut Hospice, the Roosevelt Island Tramway and the Rockefeller Center at Dartmouth.
The firms' 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. Chan also taught master classes in architectural design at Cornell, Columbia, Harvard and MIT, and has lectured widely.
In 1996, Chan withdrew from architecture to focus exclusively on campus planning. He has served as the Campus Master Planner for Dartmouth, 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.
Chan lives in New York City with his wife Millie. They have three grown children and four grandchildren.
Chan apprenticed with I. M. Pei in New York City. He began his own firm in 1965 and for over 30 years his practice, Prentice & Chan, Ohlhausen, became well known for its projects for educational and cultural institutions. Noteworthy among his experience are the Sackler Museum in Peking University, Sever Hall Restoration at Harvard, the Connecticut Hospice, the Roosevelt Island Tramway and the Rockefeller Center at Dartmouth.
The firms' 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. Chan also taught master classes in architectural design at Cornell, Columbia, Harvard and MIT, and has lectured widely.
In 1996, Chan withdrew from architecture to focus exclusively on campus planning. He has served as the Campus Master Planner for Dartmouth, 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.
Chan lives in New York City with his wife Millie. They have three grown children and four grandchildren.
