Building Enjoyable Living Environments Through Architecture, Art, and Design

Kwong Von Glinow is an architecture practice based in Chicago founded in 2017 by Lap Chi Kwong and Alison Von Glinow. The practice builds the thoroughly enjoyable from the slightly familiar. Their work translates forward-looking architectural concepts into designs with broad appeal. Taking an optimistic and explorative approach, Kwong Von Glinow focuses on creating innovative living environments, places for cultural engagement, urban public space, and contemporary workspaces. The office has delivered a wide range of projects, including single-family homes, multi-family residences, institutional spaces, and cultural and public environments. Kwong Von Glinow are recipients of the 2023 Rice Spotlight Award, the 2022 Architectural Record Design Vanguard, the 2018 Architectural League Prize of New York, and a Graham Foundation grant. The pair has served as visiting faculty at IIT, Princeton University, Harvard University Graduate School of Design, and most recently Rice University.

Sam Vinz, along with Claire Warner, runs Volume Gallery, an event-based gallery with a specific focus on American design, and a strong emphasis placed on emerging contemporary designers. Sam graduated with a BA in Art History from UW-Madison with an emphasis in twentieth century European architecture. He completed his MA in Art Business from Sotheby’s Institute in London, writing his dissertation on an analysis of the contemporary design market. Sam has spent time working at Phillips de Pury, Carpenter’s workshop gallery, Wright Auction, and Chase Art Companies. Other than art and design, his interests pertain to anything loud and fast—rock n roll and Nascar being at the top of the list.

Claire Warner is the cofounder, with Sam Vinz of the Chicago-based Volume Gallery. Established in 2010, Volume Gallery focuses on material-driven practices across disciplines with a concentration on contemporary and historical American art and design. There is a commitment to finding meaning in materiality and a dedication to advancing innovative makers of the present and recent past. In addition to its exhibitions program, Volume Gallery releases editions, publications, and engages in site-specific commissions that showcase the work of American artists and designers to regional, national, and international audiences.