Allen Cheng AIA LEED BD+C

Senior Associate, Director

Allen Cheng is a Director in Handel Architects' Hong Kong Office. He first joined the firm's New York City office in 2006, where he worked on a number of large-scale projects throughout the region. In 2011, he relocated to Hong Kong, where he has led Handel Architects’ work and business development in China and Taiwan and been instrumental to the projects in Asia.

With over 18 years of design experience in various fields including architecture, interior design, lighting design, and exhibition design, Mr. Cheng’s work includes mixed-use, hospitality, residential, and large scale master planning projects. He has lent his expertise to the design of a diverse group of projects including mixed-use Shangri-La projects located in Hong Kong, Nanjing and Dalian. He has also worked as the Project Architect for Shangri-La’s new 5-star hotel in Colombo, Sri-Lanka which completed in 2017.  Currently he is leading a 350,000 SM mixed use project in Forte Jinan CBD, China, which consists of two office towers, three serviced apartment towers, a shopping mall, and community retail.  He is also leading two large mixed use projects in Taiwan for Forworld Development and Pujen Land. 

In New York City, he completed the design and construction administration for 505 West 37th Street, a 860,000 sq. ft., 835-unit residential building in Manhattan. The building includes a 43-story and a 34-story tower. Prior to this, he assisted the construction administration of The View, a large luxury residential project on a prominent site in Queens directly across the East River from Manhattan. 

He received his Bachelor of Fine Arts in Interior Design from Parsons The New School for Design, and his Master of Architecture from Columbia University. He is a recipient of the Donald G. Brinkmann Scholarship from Gensler and won the W Hotel Suite Design Competition in 2000.  Mr. Cheng is a member of the American Institute of Architects, a licensed architect in New York and a LEED BD+C Accredited Professional. Mr. Cheng is fluent in Chinese.