Young Seop Lee/ AIA / LEED AP.

Founding Principal & Adjunct Professor of Architecture, California Baptist University

Young Seop Lee is the founding principal at SECONEA Architects, an architectural and urban design lab in Los Angeles. Young Seop’s work is a product of research and his interests in the integration of design, engineering, and greater social and environmental impacts. He sees architecture as re-valuing under-valued opportunities through expertise, cross-disciplinary innovations, and optimization.

Before he founded SECONEA, he worked for some of the most internationally acclaimed offices – Herzog de Meuron in Basel, Switzerland, Skidmore, Owings, and Merrill (SOM) in New York, Gensler and Michael Maltzan Architecture in Los Angeles. YoungSeop also has in-depth experience in alternative construction; he was the leader for the prefab/modular construction research, headed prefab group at Gensler, and was funded to research the biomimicry tall building design for Gensler.

Young Seop maintains an active interest in research and education. He is an Adjunct Professor of Architecture at California Baptist University and previously taught at the State University of New York at Buffalo. He was honored and recognized by many professional institutions like the Rotch Fellowship by the Boston Architectural Society, Central Glass International Competition, and Shikenchiku Residential Competition. He is serving as a vice-president of the Dosan Ahn Chang-Ho Memorial Foundation and a director for the Dosan Memorial Building Committee. Young Seop received Master in Architecture from Harvard University and a dual Bachelor of Arts in Architecture and Practice of Arts from the University of California, Berkeley. Young Seop is a licensed architect in California and New York, a member of the American Institute of Architects, and a LEED accredited professional by US Green Building Council.

 

//workplace Projects

  • Roche Headquarters, Basel, Switzerland

  • Gazprom Tower, St. Petersburg, Russia

  • Charity Foundation, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia

  • C3, Culver City

  • Hyundai Motors Global Headquarters, Seoul, South Korea

  • Broadwalk, Irvine

  • Sunset Media Center Reposition, Los Angeles

  • Park Place Master Plan, Irvine

  • MU4, Los Angeles

  • Westside Pavilion of Google, Los Angeles

  • ICON Tower/Netflix Headquarters, Los Angeles

  • Broadcom Headquarters, Irvine

//mixed-use & residential Projects

  • Fountainview of Gonda Westside senior housing, Playa Vista

  • Leona Dr. Residence, Beverly Hills

  • Metropolis LA mixed-used development, Los Angeles

  • Mateo mixed-used Entitlement, Los Angeles

  • Reef project (sola village) entitlement, Los Angeles

  • Four Seasons Hotel Bahrain, Manama, Bahrain

  • Petrovsky Island Masterplan, St. Petersburg, Russia

  • Futura Residential Towers, Singapore

//educational Projects

  • Cornell University NY Tech Campus, New York

  • The New School University Center, New York

  • National University of Singapore, Edusport and Center for the Arts, Singapore

  • UCLA School of Management Expansion, Los Angeles

  • Laycee International School, Chicago

  • SUNY Maritime Campus Student Center, New York

  • Mira Costa High School Athletic Complex, Manhattan Beach

  • LMU M-School of Marketing & Media, Los Angeles

  • LMU School of Film and Television, Los Angeles

  • CSU Fullerton, Mihaylo Titan Lab, Fullerton

  • CBU College of Engineering, Riverside

//institutional Projects

  • National Museum for US Army, Fort Belvoir, Virginia

  • Ministry of Interior Government Complex, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia

  • HelloTrace Facade System, New York

  • Central Art District, Los Angeles