Craig Hodgetts

Craig Hodgetts’s use of high technology and storytelling to invigorate his designs produces an architecture that embraces contemporary ideology, information culture and evolving lifestyles. With a broad-ranging background in theater arts, automotive engineering and architecture, hplusf design lab Founder Craig brings a singular synergy to the design of challenging environments. Craig has created legacy projects as well as celebrated case studies and exhibitions. He is a former professor at the UCLA Graduate School of Architecture and Urban Planning, and was a Founding Dean of the School of Design at the California Institute of the Arts. A prolific writer, he has contributed essays and observations to the Los Angeles Times and Cosmopolitan Magazine, as well as signature books on science fiction icon Syd Mead and architect James Stirling. He has been granted patents for a mobile logistics center, a prefabricated classroom and an evacuated tube structure for the Hyperloop system.

Hsinming Fung

Hsinming Fung’s design practice is energized by her lifelong commitment to the arts and education. As Founder of hplusf design lab, Hsinming brings creativity and criticality to an architectural discipline widely admired for innovation and experimentation. Additionally, Ming was the recipient of the Rome Prize Fellowship in Design and was appointed by President Clinton as a Council Member of the National Endowment of the Arts. In 2016, she was elected to Fellow by the AIA and has served as President of the AIA/Los Angeles and President of the Association of Collegiate Schools of Architecture. A leading figure in architectural education, she has lectured internationally, and has held twice the Eero Saarinen Chair at Yale University and the Herbert Baumer Distinguished Professorship at Ohio State University. Currently, Ming teaches at SCI-Arc and serves as Director of International Programs. Past positions at SCI-Arc include Director of Academic Affairs and Director of Graduate Programs.