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Bercy Chen Studio LP is an architecture & urban planning firm with design/build capabilities based in Austin, Texas. Founded in 2001 by partners Thomas Bercy and Calvin Chen, both graduates of the University of Texas at Austin.

The firm was profiled in Architectural Record’s December 2006 “Design Vanguard” award issue, selected as one of ten emerging design firms in the world. In 2007 Bercy Chen Studio LP was part of the Young Americans exhibition at the Deutsche Architektur Museum in Frankfurt, Germany.

Thomas is from Belgium and Calvin is from Taiwan by way of Australia; the partners’ European and Asian backgrounds form a design philosophy of unique perspectives. The work is influenced by vernacular precedents from various cultures- whether Islamic, Indian, African or pre-columbian, while maintaining respect for the particular contemporary contextual conditions.

Due to this unique approach, the work has received national and international attention. Bercy Chen Studio won the prestigious “Emerging Voices” prize from the Architectural League of New York in 2006. Every year the League selects 7 of the most innovative designers from Europe and North America for this award.

The firm’s work has been published in The New York Times, Wall Street Journal, Domus, Dwell, Business Week. Thomas & Calvin have also been invited guest speakers at the National Building Museum in Washington D.C. Read Less

World Architecture News 21 for 21 Award, Finalist. (London, UK), March 2013

Piamonte Development. Invited Participant. ( Queretaro, Mexico) June 2012

Residential Architects Magazine. 15 to Watch. ( Washington DC) May 2012

2nd place, Xing-Tai Master Plan Invited Competition (Hebei, China), October 2010

Designer of the Year, 7th International Media Prize (Shenzen), January 2010

Five to Watch, Form Magazine, AIA (Los Angeles), September 2009

Short listed (Riverview), Barbara Cappochin Prize (Padua, Italy), September 2009

European Union 40 Under 40 Prize, August 2009

Short Listed, Mexicarte Museum, March 2009

Finalist, LifeWorks Headquarters, January 2009

Honorable Mention, Seoul Design Olympiad (S. Korea), September 2008

Invited Participant, Design Zone Qatar ( Doha, Qatar), August 2008

Winner (Riverview), UTSOA Student’s Choice Award, November 2008

Short listed, Giorgio Armani Resort, Invitation by Emaar Properties (Indonesia), June 2008

Proposal, Green Water Redevelopment, Collaboration with Foster & Partners, May 2008

Finalist, Dallas Asian American Culture Center, September 2008

Finalist, First Unitarian Universalist Church (Austin, Texas), December 2007

Finalist, UTSOA Students‘ Choice Award, Annie Residence, October 2007

Green Good Design Award, European Center for Architecture, June 2009

Design Vanguard Award, Global Top 10 Cutting Edge Firms, December 2006

Finalist, Best Plot in the World (Vienna), September 2006

First Place – Masterplanning, Asian American Resource Center Competition, May 2006

Emerging Voices 2006, The Architectural League of New York, March 2006

First Place Winner, Urban Reserve open national competition (Dallas), July 2005

Finalist, Self-Sufficient Housing (Barcelona) July 2005 Read Less

Seoul Design Olympiad (Seoul, S. Korea), September 2010

UT Austin SOA Centennial Exhibition. Mebane Gallery. Oct, 2010

AIA Austin Homes Tour (Austin, Texas). Oct, 2010

Epoxy Green Design Center (LA, California), AIA LA/ Form Magazine, Five to Watch Exhibition, September 2009

The Contemporary Space (Athens, Greece),Green Good Design Award, January 2009

Ministry of Culture (Quito, Ecuador), 26th Panamerican Architecture Bienal, December 2008

Art Basel Miami Beach (Miami, Florida), December 2008

City Hall of Gdansk (Poland), The Solidarity Museum, 2008

E.A.S.T East Austin Studio Tour (Austin, Texas) October 2008

The German Architecture Museum, Group Exhibition as part of the Young American show (download) July 2007

The Lawndale Museum, Rice University (Houston), Group exhibition of new design talent, May 2007

The Loisium Museum (Vienna), Best Plot in the World group exhibition, September 2006

The AIA Dallas Gallery, Urban Reserve Project, September 2005

Massachusetts Museum of Contemporary Art, The Interventionist Show (in collaboration with Spurse), May 2004 Read Less