WARREN OFFICE FOR RESEARCH AND DESIGN
KEY PERSONNEL
CHRISTOPHER WARREN | FOUNDING PRINCIPAL
Christopher Warren founded the Warren Office for Research and Design in 2009. Prior to its formation, he served a six year tenure at Morphosis, working as project designer on over twenty commissions. He later also co-founded Studio Shift in 2004, where he served as partner for five years.
Christopher received his Master of Architecture degree from the University of Pennsylvania. In search of a more progressive and pioneering environment in which to practice, he moved to Los Angeles and immediately began working with Pritzker Prize winner Thom Mayne at Morphosis. Notable projects with Morphosis include the winning entry for the 60-acre Olympic Village for New York City (NYC2012) which integrated 4,500 units of housing and a 43 acre park into a transitional plan for post-Olympic use, a kilometer long Cultural Park in Shanghai, the award winning Gold LEED rated NOAA Satellite Operations Facility outside of Washington D.C. and a thirty-two floor multi-family residential tower in downtown Los Angeles. Christopher also served as the lead designer for a 140-unit public housing project in Madrid. Completed in 2008 and published extensively, the project has received numerous awards and has been featured in exhibitions such as MoMA’s 'On Site: New Architecture in Spain' and 'Continuities of the Incomplete' at the Centre Pompidou in Paris.
Christopher is a LEED Accredited Professional, and in addition to his work as a practitioner, he continues to teach architectural design at the University of Southern California, where he recently delivered the keynote commencement address to the School of Architecture's class of 2011.
