Alison Von Glinow is co-founder and principal of Kwong Von Glinow, a Chicago-based architecture practice whose work draws on familiar architectural elements to create designs that are innovative yet accessible, blending forward-thinking concepts with familiar and identifiable forms. The practice’s optimistic and exploratory approach focuses on designing inventive living environments, cultural and institutional spaces, urban public environments, and contemporary workplaces.
Prior to co-founding Kwong Von Glinow, Von Glinow worked with Herzog & de Meuron in Basel, Switzerland; SOM in Chicago and New York; Toshiko Mori Architect in New York; and Svendborg Architects in Copenhagen, Denmark.
She has taught design studios at Harvard University GSD, Rice University, and Princeton University, University of Pennsylvania Weitzman School of Design, and is currently teaching at Syracuse University.
Von Glinow earned her Master of Architecture from Harvard Graduate School of Design and her bachelor’s degree from Barnard College. She is a licensed architect in Illinois.
