David Fong and Chiu Lin Tse-Chan establish Fong & Chan Architects and begin work on their first project, Master Planning and Design of South Terminal 1 at San Francisco International Airport.
Following the completion of the SFIA project, FCA opens its first office in Burlingame, California and begins a longstanding relationship with the University of California, San Francisco (UCSF), marking the start of decades of work supporting healthcare, research, and academic facilities.
As the firm grows, Fong & Chan Architects becomes well known for their commitment to excellence, producing the most accurate and well-coordinated construction documents in the profession. FCA completes numerous laboratory projects and establishes a staff enrichment program at Harvard Graduate School of Design.
After months of planning and design, FCA moves to its current location at 1361 Bush Street. David and Chiu Lin completely reimagined the former medical office as a purpose-built design studio.
FCA works with Robert Stern to design the Gates Computer Science Building at Stanford University.
Fong and Chan Architects serves as prime architect in collaboration with Herzog & de Meuron and Landscape Architect Walter Hood on the new de Young Museum.
Chiu Lin Tse-Chan is named a Fellow of the American Institute of Architects (AIA), one of the highest honors awarded by the AIA.
FCA is awarded Firm of the Year by SARA California.
FCA completes work on the Center for Joint Replacement at Washington Hospital in Fremont.
David Fong is honored as a Fellow of the Society of American Registered Architects (FARA).
FCA is selected to design the new San Francisco General Hospital.
San Francisco General Hospital is Awarded LEED Gold Certification, making it the first LEED Gold Trauma Center in California.
The firm is selected to design a new medical teaching hospital in the Sacramento Valley.
FCA begins work to design a cancer hospital in Ramgopalpur, Nepal
FCA begins working on the design of four office buildings totaling 350,000 SF for Santa Clara County.
FCA selected as Master Architect for Lucile Packard Children's Hospital at Stanford University.
David and Chiu Lin are recognized by the Cooper Hewitt Smithsonian Design Museum for their career achievements as Asian American Architects.
Fong and Chan Architects is named the top Healthcare Architect in San Francisco by Architecture MasterPrize.
FCA enters its next chapter under the leadership of Principals Sharlene Chan, Kris Tie, Paolo Diaz, and Jason Wu.