Chris graduated from the University of Pennsylvania in 1986 and from Rice University in 1994. He joined Foster + Partners in 1995, initially working on the design of a mixed-use scheme for the King Faisal Foundation in Riyadh. He participated in the schematic design for the Center for Clinical Sciences Research at Stanford University, later moving to California to review the project construction onsite. More recently, he led the team designing the new School of Management at Yale University, and the new University of Iowa Children’s Hospital.