October 19, 2026

At Forge Project in Ancram, NY, Dominic joined Michael K. Chen, and Dr. Sarah Biscarra Dilley, Director of Relational Education at Forge Project, for Placing Architecture’s Responsibility to Land Justice. The conversation explored what shifts when we commit to a relationship with the places we inhabit, launching a series on the interdependence of architecture, land justice, and Native sovereignty.

September 22, 2026

Leong Leong is thrilled to present its design for STOOLS, an exhibition curated by Barkow Leibinger, A83, and PIN-UP. Running from September 26 to December 5, the show brings together 44 stools by Berlin- and New York–based architects and designers.

July 13, 2026

Leong Leong is grateful to be included in Wallpaper‘s USA 400 again this year, alongside so many friends, colleagues, clients, and collaborators. The firm thanks Anna Fixsen and the Wallpaper team for recognizing the breadth and diversity of the country’s creative landscape.

January 31, 2026

At Storefront for Art and Architecture's Rethinking Resilience Roundtable on museums, Dominic's talk examined the museum as a world-building machine and proposed five shifts repositioning it as a living system accountable to the communities it serves and the ecologies in its care.

October 23, 2025

A conversation between Dominic Leong and Jennifer Dunlop Fletcher, Helen Hilton Raiser Curator of Architecture and Design and Head of the Department of Architecture and Design at SFMOMA. The discussion explored the program’s theme, “Design and the Human Body examining how design and architecture shape our relationship to the physical world in an increasingly digital era.

September 11, 2025

Dominic Leong discusses Casa Malaparte in Jean-Luc Godard’s Le Mépris in T Magazine, exploring how its tension between simple forms and monumental gestures shapes the practice while remaining grounded at a human scale.

June 25, 2025

Dominic Leong contributes essay to 100 Words for Water: A Projective Ecosocial Vocabulary. A contributing essay by Dominic Leong, titled “Wai” draws on the work of Native Hawaiian scholar, Mary Kawena Pukui, to describe water as a shared resource bound to collective stewardship.

June 1, 2025

Leong Leong collaborates with Sky High Farm on strategic plan. We’re collaborating with Sky High Farm on a strategic plan for their transition to 560 acres of land in Ancram, NY, the ancestral territory of the Stockbridge-Munsee.

May 22, 2025

Leong Leong delivers 2025 Gil Oberfield Lecture at the AIA Center for Architecture. The annual Gil Oberfield Memorial Lecture was founded in honor of Gil Oberfield, AIA, former member and chair of the AIANY Interiors Committee.

May 1, 2025

Leong Leong collaborates with Carolyn Lazard and Jerome Haferd on accessibility plan for Denniston Hill Artist Residency. Carolyn Lazard, Remise doorstopper (Tuesday-Sunday 11 am-5pm, Thursday 11 am-8pm), 2021 Wood doorstopper, green paint (Left) / Denniston Hill existing porch (Right).

March 25, 2025

“HĀLAU KŪKULU HAWAI‘I: A Home that Builds Multitudes” “HĀLAU KŪKULU HAWAI‘I: A Home that Builds Multitudes,”an essay co-authored by Sean Connelly and Dominic Leong, considers the Native Hawaiian saying he ‘ōpū hālau (a house-like stomach) to offer an understanding of home through a reciprocal relationship with ‘Āina (land/that which feeds).

December 6, 2024

Dominic Leong joins Board of Directors at The Architectural League of New York. THE ARCHITECTURAL LEAGUE OF NEW YORK supports critically transformative work in the allied fields that shape the built environment.

November 2, 2024

Leong Leong and After Oceanic open Hālau Kūkulu Hawai‘i at the Cooper Hewitt's Smithsonian Design Triennial: Making Home. MAKING HOME — SMITHSONIAN DESIGN TRIENNIAL: On Saturday, November 2, we opened Hālau Kūkulu Hawaiʻi: A Home That Builds Multitudes at the Cooper Hewitt's Design Triennial: Making Home.

August 27, 2024

Dominic Leong appointed Louis I. Kahn Visiting Assistant Professor of Architectural Design at Yale School of Architecture. This Fall, Dominic was appointed the Louis I. Kahn Visiting Assistant Professor of Architectural Design at Yale University, leading a course titled Oceanic Worldbuilding: From the Archive to an Architecture for 'Āina.

June 10, 2024

Chris Leong has been appointed as the Senior Director of Interiors for MillerKnoll. We are excited to announce that Chris Leong has been appointed as the Senior Director of Interiors for MillerKnoll.

May 8, 2024

Hancock Park House Nominated for Mies Crown Hall Prize 2024 Cycle. The Mies Crown Hall Americas Prize at the Illinois Institute of Technology, founded in 2012 in Chicago, is a biennial award recognizing excellence in built works of architecture in the Americas.

May 3, 2024

Leong Leong's Essx Design Featured in NYT's "10 New York Destinations for Design Lovers" NEW YORK TIMES: The New York Times explores 10 New York destinations for design lovers this month as art and design fairs draw aesthetes to the city, featuring the concept store Essx whose 7,000-square-foot minimalist, geometric interior space was designed by the architecture firm Leong Leong, strategically employing simple shapes as display elements filled with fashion from brands like Wales Bonner, Comme des Garçons, and Maison Margiela.

April 14, 2024

Vogue Spotlights Leong Leong's Innovative Exhibit Space for Met's "Sleeping Beauties" VOGUE: The New York-based architecture firm Leong Leong designed the physical space for the Met's "Sleeping Beauties" exhibition, envisioning a single snaking hallway widening into a series of round, domed rooms to create an immersive and episodic experience for displaying the garments.

April 11, 2024

New York Architect Dominic Leong Has Secured Art and Fashion’s Most Coveted Gig. CULTURED: Cultured visits the Chinatown studio of Leong Leong, the architecture firm designing the Met's upcoming fashion exhibition, "Sleeping Beauties: Reawakening Fashion."

April 1, 2024

Leong Leong transforms 1970s Los Angeles ranch house into "suburban sanctuary" DEZEEN: Leong Leong transformed a 1970s Los Angeles ranch house into a striking 6,000-square-foot suburban sanctuary blending domestic and institutional spaces, inverting inside/outside and public/private through additions like a continuous wall, outdoor areas, and a polycarbonate-wrapped second story inspired by artists exploring suburban architecture complexities.

March 12, 2024

Leong Leong's Wins Bronze at 2023 Brick in Architecture Awards for their Philadelphia Apartment Building Design. THE ARCHITECT'S NEWSPAPER: Leong Leong was honored with a Bronze award in the Residential Multifamily category at the 2023 Brick in Architecture Awards from the Brick Industry Association.

January 20, 2024

"Built Ecologies" film screening at MoMA. MoMA BUILT ECOLOGIES: Dominic Leong, co-founder emeritus of Hawaiʻi Non-Linear with Sean Connelly, was recently featured in Built Ecologies video series by MoMA’s Emilio Ambasz Institute for the Joint Study of the Built and Natural Environment.

December 10, 2023

W Magazine features the Hancock Park House. W MAGAZINE: Visiting the home of L.A. gallery owners Esther Kim Varet and Joseph Varet, in the historic neighborhood of Hancock Park, is surprising from the start—like sipping a drink that looks like cucumber water but turns out to be a vodka gimlet.

November 9, 2023

Leong Leong will design The Costume Institute's Spring 2024 exhibition, "Sleeping Beauties: Reawakening Fashion" In collaboration with The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Leong Leong will design The Costume Institute's Spring 2024 exhibition, "Sleeping Beauties: Reawakening Fashion."

November 7, 2023

Shah Garg Foundation's "Making Their Mark" Exhibition Opens. Just opened, the Shah Garg Foundation's "Making Their Mark" is a revelatory exhibition we designed in collaboration with curator Cecilia Alemani.

October 25, 2023

OSU Baumer Lecture Series, Frida Escobedo & Dominic Leong. The Baumer Series at Ohio State University's Knowlton School, invites prominent researchers and practitioners of architecture, landscape architecture, and city and regional planning to present their work and to engage subjects both topical and enduring.

October 15, 2023

Leong Leong named to AN Interior’s Top 50 Architects and Designers of 2023. Leong Leong has been named to AN Interior’s Top 50 Architects and Designers of 2023, which recognizes the best North American architecture and design companies working in interiors today.

September 21, 2023

Saving Chinatown, While Also Making It Their Own. Dominic spoke to T: The New York Times Style Magazine about what it means for Leong Leong to have its office in Chinatown for a piece about a "younger generation of Asian Americans...fighting to keep the history and culture of the Manhattan neighborhood alive."

April 24, 2023

The World Around Young Climate Prize. The World Around: Dominic was one of 25 world renowned architects, urbanists, and designers who provided mentorship and coaching to one of the 25 under-25 finalists for The World Around's inaugural Young Climate Prize.

April 23, 2023

Dominic Leong at The World Around Summit 2023 - Guggenheim Museum. The World Around, a collaborative global platform dedicated to making the best ideas in architecture accessible to all, hosted its fourth annual summit on Saturday, April 22 at the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum in New York.

February 17, 2023

Chris and Dominic Leong join Various Small Fires, W Magazine, and Maison Margiela in celebrating Frieze Los Angeles at Hancock Park House. W MAGAZINE: In celebration of Frieze Los Angeles, an intimate dinner was held at the private home of Esther Kim Varet and Joseph Varet, co-founders of the contemporary art gallery Various Small Fires and clients of Leong Leong.

December 13, 2022

MoMA features Hawai'i Nonlinear. The Museum of Modern Art's Emilio Ambasz Institute for the Joint Study of the Built and the Natural Environment profiles Hawai’i Nonlinear (Link) in a short documentary, "Reclaiming Indigenous Architecture in Hawai'i" .

November 27, 2022

Cooper Union presents in-progress and completed work by Leong Leong in "Flow State" "Flow State" exhibition opens at The Cooper Union.

October 15, 2022

Leong Leong named to AN Interior's Top 50 Architects and Designers of 2022. Leong Leong has been named to AN Interior's Top 50 Architects and Designers of 2022, which recognizes the best North American architecture and design companies working in interiors today.

September 2, 2022

The Bellslip longlisted in Dezeen Awards 2022 Leisure and Wellness Interiors category. Leong Leong's design of the The Bellslip's (Link) lobby and gathering space has been longlisted in the Leisure and Wellness category of the 2022 Dezeen Awards.

September 1, 2022

Dominic Leong appointed Associate Professor Adjunct at The Cooper Union Irwin S. Chanin School of Architecture for Fall 2022. Dominic joins the faculty of The Cooper Union for the Advancement of Science and Art for Fall 2022 as a visiting Adjunct Associate Professor in The Irwin S. Chanin School of Architecture.

August 28, 2022

Chris Leong to teach Architecture Studio III at Columbia GSAPP. Chris Leong is returning to Columbia GSAPP for the Fall 2022 semester to teach a graduate design studio that explores how adaptable, multi-use structures can create new models of more connected living.

August 16, 2022

Pandemic Resilient Housing. Together with Asian Americans for Equality (AAFE) (Link) and Transsolar, Leong Leong has been developing pandemic resilient housing strategies.

August 15, 2022

MoMA PS1 Courtyard Coalition. Over a two year period, Leong Leong collaborated with MoMA PS1 to develop the Courtyard Coalition, a process that culminated in a participatory mapping project led by artist Cara Michell (Link), that looked at Long Island City’s past and present.

December 30, 2021

Leong Leong commissioned by NYC HPD to design affordable housing. NYC Department of Housing Preservation & Development (Link) has announced the selection of the Norma, an 11-Story, 100% affordable home ownership project designed by Leong Leong (Link) with Almat Urban and Bedford Stuyvesant Restoration Corporation (Link).

May 17, 2021

Dasha Zhukova launches Ray. Arts patron and philanthropist Dasha Zhukova has launched Ray, a new venture that aims to bring art, culture, and thoughtful design to real estate.

February 15, 2021

HNL + MIT. Dominic and Chris Leong along with Hawai’i Nonlinear co-founder Sean Connelly have been appointed as visiting lecturers to teach a graduate design course at the MIT School of Architecture and Planning this Spring 2021 semester.

May 1, 2020

Lecture at MIT SA+P - "Bio-Trust: On Insides and Outsides" In a live-stream lecture presented by MIT's School of Architecture and Planning, Chris and Dominic reflected on Leong Leong's 10 years of practice and the studio's ongoing research into informal and formal collectivities.

July 18, 2019

The Anita May Rosenstein Campus named 2019 AIA|LA Presidential Honoree. The American Institute of Architects Los Angeles Chapter has named the Los Angeles LGBT Center as a 2019 AIA|LA Presidential Honoree for Community Contribution.

May 8, 2019

Anita May Rosenstein Campus. The Anita May Rosenstein Campus for the Los Angeles LGBT Center completes Phase I of construction.

December 5, 2018

Architecture Effects. Leong Leong exhibits "Float Tank 01" as part of Architecture Effects at The Guggenheim Museum Bilbao, an exhibition of architecture, art, and storytelling in the reappraisal of a timeless question: What makes architecture more than just building?

September 13, 2018

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June 21, 2018

24x24x24. Making the most of the longest day of the year, 24x24x24 brings together 24 designers to shape a day of programming and contribute a seat for a collective gathering during the summer solstice.

May 14, 2018

NYCxDesign Awards Finalist. Leong Leong is honored to be selected as an NYCxDesign Awards Finalist for the Everlane New York store (Link).

March 7, 2018

The Architect's Newspaper selects Leong Leong for "Top 50 Interior Architects" list. Leong Leong is honored to be selected by the editors of The Architect’s Newspaper for its first annual “Top 50 Interior Architects” list, which recognizes the 50 most innovative and influential architects and designers working in interiors today.

January 18, 2018

Leong Leong to participate in "No-Thing" exhibition curated by Juan García Mosqueda and presented by Friedman Benda. Leong Leong is excited to participate in No-Thing, an exhibition curated by Juan García Mosqueda and presented by Friedman Benda (Link), with newly commissioned works from nine emerging architectural practices.

October 27, 2017

New Local / Living. Please join us for New Local / Living on Friday, October 27.

July 14, 2017

Dominic and Chris at Culture Lab Detroit. Dominic and Chris are honored to participate in this year's Culture Lab Detroit (October 5 and 6) along with Hilton Als, Martine Syms, Mel Chin, and others.

April 17, 2017

Dominic to lecture at University of Oregon. Dominic (Link) will be lecturing at the University of Oregon's (Link) Eugene and Portland campuses.

January 25, 2017

Leong Leong receives 2017 Emerging Voices award from The Architectural League of New York. Leong Leong has received the Emerging Voices award for 2017 from The Architectural League of New York.

September 30, 2016

Dominic Leong to present lecture at University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee. Dominic Leong to present lecture at University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee School of Architecture and Urban Planning titled “Bad Practice” on Friday, September 30 at 4:30pm in the Architecture and Urban Planning Building 170.

September 3, 2016

Leong Leong to collaborate with Project Projects on permanent exhibition design for the Bass Museum of Art in Miami. Leong Leong to collaborate with Project Projects on the design of a permanent exhibition at the Bass Museum of Art in Miami.