Max Kuo

Max Kuo is a founding partner of the studio ALLTHATISSOLID and a Lecturer at UCLA Architecture and Urban Design. Max has been a Visiting Critic at Syracuse University, MIT School of Architecture, Tongji University, Harvard Graduate School of Design, and several universities in Seoul. He has previously practiced in the offices of Reiser + Umemoto and Fernando Romero Enterprise and prior to entering architecture, Max was an artist-in-residence at the Whitney Museum, Independent Studies Program and Red Gate Gallery in Beijing.

Max’s recent writings and design practice explore pluralism in contemporary culture and the creative and paradoxical effects of digital networks on architectural form-making. Max’s writings have been published in architectural journals such as Log, Pidgin (Princeton), Thresholds (MIT), Mas Context (Chicago), and Pool (UCLA).

Companies

• Lecturer UCLA Architecture and Urban Design (2021)
• Design Critic, GSD Harvard Graduate School of Design (2014)
• Visiting Critic School of Architecture at Syracuse University (2021 — 2021)
• Lecturer MIT School of Architecture and Planning (2020 — 2020)
• Visiting Critic Tongji University (2019 — 2019)
• Assistant Professor Soongsil Univ Dept of Architecture (2011 — 2013)
• Designer Lean Arch (2009 — 2009)
• Project Designer LAR - Fernando Romero (2008 — 2009)
• Intern Reiser + Umemoto RUR (2007 — 2007)

Education

• Master of Architecture (M.Arch.) UCLA Architecture and Urban Design (2005 — 2008)
• Bachelor of Arts (BA) UCLA Department of Art (1997 — 2001)