Choi+Shine Architects

Choi+Shine is a nationally and internationally awarded architecture and design studio run by two principals, Jin Choi and Thomas Shine.

Ms. Choi received her first Master’s Degree in Architectural Art, while running her own design studio in Seoul, Korea. She won the recognition award at the International Housing competition and received Gene Lewis Book Prize upon completion of her Master’s Degree in architecture from Yale University. She was recently selected as one of Korea’s Global Young Architects by the Korean Institute of Architects. Ms. Choi is an adjunct faculty at Suffolk University teaching design studio and thesis studio to both undergraduate and graduate students.

Mr. Shine is a registered architect in both US and UK and received his undergraduate and Master’s Degree in architecture from Yale University’s School of Architecture. Mr. Shine was a teaching fellow at Yale, teaching architectural structures to both graduate and undergraduate students. Before studying architecture, he worked as a researcher in biotech research institute in London, and later as an engineer at his own firm, developing medical equipment. His novel inventions earned him a few international patents and publications.

Choi+Shine runs a skunkworks Design Studio for experimental design and projects that are not inherently architectural. Projects from this free-thinking studio vary greatly including academic exploration, competition entries, book design, product design, ceramics and patented inventions.