USC has recognized Alvin Huang with two faculty honors: the 2026 Phi Kappa Phi Faculty Recognition Award and the 2024 USC Office of the Provost Faculty Spotlight Award.

Together, the honors recognize his contributions to design research, architectural practice, and education at the USC School of Architecture.

Synthesis Design + Architecture’s Pride Portal received a 2023 Excellence in Masonry Silver Award.

The project transforms a public passage through color, pattern, and precisely detailed glass mosaic surfaces, creating a vivid threshold that celebrates movement, identity, and community.

Synthesis Design + Architecture’s YPMD Pediatric Neurology Clinic received the 2023 ACADIA Best Project Award, Runner-Up.

The project reimagines the clinical environment through color, texture, geometry, and digitally fabricated acoustic elements, creating a welcoming and engaging space for children, families, and caregivers. Explore the project on Healthcare Snapshots.