Leonard Leung
Title: Adjunct Professor
Department: Architecture
Campus: Long Island
Area(s) of Expertise: Architectural Design
Education Credentials: M.Arch
Industry Credentials: AIA, Leed AP, NCARB
Joined New York Tech: 2012
Leonard Leung has over 20 years of design experience and has contributed to various architectural firm’s design vocabulary and aesthetics, especially educational and institutional projects. He has worked on the designs for a wide variety of projects including a recital hall at SUNY Fredonia, visual arts center at Sarah Lawrence College, science building at Medgar Evers College, headquarters of the Mellon Foundation, an addition to Poly Prep’s Lower School in Brooklyn, and the addition/renovation of the Educational Alliance’s flagship building.
Leung’s current projects include the design of a new Equinox Fitness Club on 92nd Street in Manhattan and a new natatorium, student center, and gymnasium building for Riverdale Country School. He is currently a visiting assistant professor at the Pratt School of Architecture where he teaching third year comprehensive design studio along with a third year seminar course on professional practice. He has spent the last 20 years engaged in the discourse of architectural design as a design critic at Pratt, New York Tech, and City College of New York.
He received his Bachelor’s of Science degree from Columbia University and his Master of Architecture degree from the Harvard University’s Graduate School of Design.
Recent Projects/Research
- RIVERDALE COUNTRY SCHOOL Natatorium and Zambetti Gymnasium, 2015
Educational Interior Showcase Magazine Design Award for Physical Educational Facilities - MANNY CANTOR CENTER Educational Alliance, 2015
Educational Interior Showcase Magazine Design Award for Community Centers
LEED Silver Certification
Feature Project in Archtober Building of the Day Program - POLY PREP LOWER SCHOOL
AIA New York State Design Award of Excellence, 2005
Lucy G. Moses Award, New York Landmarks Conservancy, 2009
LEED Silver Certification, First LEED-Certified School Building in New York City, 2008 - HEIMBOLD VISUAL ARTS CENTER Sarah Lawrence College
AIA New York State Design Award of Excellence, 2005
AIA Westchester/Mid-Hudson First Honor Award and Sustainable Design Award, 2005
LEED Certification, First LEED-Certified Visual Arts Center in America, 2005
AIA/COTE Top Ten Green Projects, 2005 - ROSCH RECITAL HALL SUNY Fredonia
Honors and Awards
- Interior Design Award, International Interior Design Association, IIDA, 2005
- Pratt Institute, Visiting Assistant Professor
Courses Taught at New York Tech
- Arch 402: Architectural Design VI
- Arch 201: Architectural Design I