FU TUNG CHENG (1948-)

Fu Tung Cheng was born in Los Angeles CA to a family of artists.  He graduated from Van Nuys HS in 1966 and from the University of California at Berkeley in Fine Arts in 1971.  He started playing around with concrete in 1984 and became a pioneer in the use of interior concrete took.   He founded CHENG Design in 1986. His work spawned the development of two CHENG Products and CHENG Concrete in 1998 and 2004.  Cheng was inducted into the Hall of Fame of the National Kitchen & Bath Association and named one of the Top 50 Most Influential by Kitchen & Bath Business Magazine.   His important books on design and DIY concrete pioneered a movement in the art of concrete.

1992 - aka House 1, Sebastapol CA. 

1994 - aka House 2, Moraga CA.  Published in GA Houses 54.

1994 - aka House 3, aka Rancho Santa Fe, aka Quonset Airstream House, Del Mar CA.  Published in GA Houses 54;

also Architectural RECORD Houses.

2002 - aka House 4, Culebra, Puerto Rico. Built, but somewhat not according to Cheng's plans.

2004 - aka House 5, Palo Alto CA.  Built, but not according to Cheng's plans.

2010 - aka House 6, Menlo Park CA. Won an AIA East Bay Award.

2013 - aka House 7, Los Altos Hills CA.

2016 - aka Ascension House, Los Altos Hills CA.

2017 - aka Bluff House, aka House 8, Tiburon CA.  Overlooks the San Francisco Bay.  Solar powered smart house with Tesla batteries.

2018 - aka Lindenwood, Atherton CA. 

2022 - aka Los Altos House, Los Altos CA.

2023 - aka Portola Valley House, Portola Valley CA.