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STUDIO AUG 2026
CELEBRATION:
FCA'S 44TH ANNIVERSARY
FCA celebrates 44 years since our company's founding.
PROJECT UPDATE JUL 2026
PROJECT MILESTONE:
CNU MEDICAL CENTER BREAKS GROUND
California Northstate University Medical Center breaks ground as the site for a new teaching hospital is prepared in Sacramento, California
RECOGNITION 2025
RUNNER UP:
BINAYTARA CANCER HOSPITAL
Binaytara Cancer Hospital selected as Runner Up for Top Healthcare Global Architecture and Design Awards by Rethinking the Future.
STUDIO JUL 2025
REMEMBERENCE:
CHIU LIN-TSE CHAN, ONE YEAR ON
As we approach the one-year anniversary of the passing of our co-founder and leader, Chiu Lin Tse-Chan, we take a moment to honor Chiu Lin and recognize her contributions to the field of Architecture.
PROJECT UPDATE OCT 2025
PROJECT COMPLETION:
FIRST PIN 74 COMPLIANT FACILITY IN CALIFORNIA
FCA completes work on the first PIN 74 compliant facility in the State of California at Sequoias Portola Valley.
STUDIO COMPETITION AUG 2025
COMPETITON:
DESIGN COMPETITION FOR NEPAL CANCER CENTER
FCA holds competition to develop design concepts for the exterior facade of a Linear Accelerator building at the Ramgopalpur Cancer Center in Nepal.
STUDIO FEB 2025
STAFF PROMOTION:
TAIHUI LI
Taihui Li promoted to Associate.
PROJECT UPDATE MAR 2024
PROJECT MILESTONE:
LUCILE PACKARD CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL
FCA unveils design for Stanford University’s Lucile Packard Children’s Hospital in Palo Alto, CA.
RECOGNITION FEB 2024
STUDIO AWARD:
BEST COMMERCIAL ARCHITECT IN PALO ALTO
Fong & Chan Architects named among Best Commercial Architects in Palo Alto, California.
STUDIO NEWS JAN 2024
FOUNDER RECOGNITION:
SMITHSONIAN RECOGNIZES FCA FOUNDERS
Founding partners David G. Fong and Chiu Lin Tse-Chan are under consideration by the Cooper Hewitt Smithsonian Design Museum and the Society of Architectural Historians in Washington D.C. for their career achievements as Asian American Architects.
RECOGNITION SEP 2023
STUDIO AWARD:
TOP 2023 ARCHITECT IN HEALTHCARE DESIGN
Fong & Chan Architects selected by Architecture Masterprize as the Top 2023 Architect in Healthcare Design in San Francisco.
RECOGNITION MAR 2022
GOLD AWARD:
XI'AN CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL
Xi’an Children’s Hospital wins Gold at Grand Prix du Design in Montreal, Canada.
PROJECT UPDATE FEB 2022
PROJECT MILESTONE:
CALIFORNIA NORTHSTATE UNIVERSITY
California Northstate University Medical Center Masterplan (teaching hospital and medical school) received unanimous approval from Sacramento Planning Commission and Sacramento City Council for their new campus in North Natomas.
PROJECT UPDATE JUL 2020
PROJECT MILESTONE:
LUCILE PACKARD CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL
FCA selected as Master Architect for Lucile Packard Children’s Hospital at Stanford University. With a total project area exceeding 200,000 sf, FCA designed the new Johnson Center for Pregnancy and Newborn Services and numerous other departments.
STUDIO JUN 2022
STAFF PROMOTION:
JEAN TSE
Jean Tse promoted to Associate.
STUDIO JUN 2022
STAFF PROMOTION:
XUHAO WU
Xuhao Wu promoted to Associate.
STUDIO JUN 2022
STAFF PROMOTION:
KWOK CHAN
Kwok Chan promoted to Associate.
STUDIO JAN 2022
STAFF PROMOTION:
JACOPO MONTALENTI
Jacopo Montalenti promoted to Senior Associate.
PROJECT UPDATE NOV 2020
PROJECT MILESTONE:
WEST TASMAN DRIVE TI IMPROVEMENTS
Fong & Chan Architects selected to plan and design four office buildings totaling 350,000 square feet for Santa Clara County.
RECOGNITION DEC 2018
HONORABLE MENTION:
ZUCKERBERG SAN FRANCISCO GENERAL HOSPITAL
ZSFGH receives Honorable Mention in Architect’s Newspaper Best of Design Awards.
RECOGNITION NOV 2018
BEST IN DESIGN:
SF GENERAL WINS ARCHITECTURE MASTERPRIZE
ZSFGH wins the Architecture MasterPrize (AMP), celebrating the best in architectural design and innovation worldwide. AMP hosted the winner’s event in 2019 at the Guggenheim Museum Bilbao in Spain.