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beep beep is an architecture practice committed to enhancing our relationships with plant life and urban ecologies. Our design approach is rooted in ecological inquires and historical research to situate each project within a boarder environmental and social context. Often working with an interdisciplinary team, we seek to create enticing and resilient spaces with effective detailing that enrich our shared urban lives.

Lily Chishan Wong, AIA is a licensed architect, design researcher, and assistant professor whose work focuses on the relationships between architecture, plant life, and urban ecologies. Her research and practice are devoted to the urgencies of climate adaptations, legacies of colonialism, and futures of urban living through creating spaces, systems, performances, media, and essays.

Her work has been exhibited internationally and supported by the American Institute of Architects (USA), Art Omi Residency (USA), Bauhaus Dessau Foundation (Germany), Columbia University (USA), Dumbarton Oaks (USA), Harry der Boghosian Fellowship at Syracuse University (USA), International Architecture Biennale of São Paulo (Brazil), Kohn Pedersen Fox Traveling Fellowship (USA), Lisbon Architecture Triennale (Portugal), and New Inc at the New Museum (USA). She received the World Architecture Festival 40 Under 40 Award in 2025 and the University of Miami Social Justice Prize in 2024.

Lily joined the faculty at the University of Miami School of Architecture in spring 2024, after teaching at Columbia University and Syracuse University. Prior to academia, she practiced as a project architect with the firm Weiss/ Manfredi on cultural and institutional buildings. She received a Master of Architecture from Columbia University GSAPP, Bachelor of Fine Arts from Parsons School of Design, and Bachelor of Arts in Philosophy from the New School.