# Robert Yuen

> Robert Yuen is the Chicago-born architectural designer who co-founded Monograph with Alex Dixon and Moe Amaya. After working in architecture and becoming a partner at Dixon & Moe, he helped build software for architecture and engineering firms to manage time, budgets and operations. He is now described publicly as Monograph’s former CEO and an advisor and investor in early-stage companies.

- **Role:** Co-founder and former CEO of Monograph; early-stage advisor and investor
- **Organizations:** Monograph, Dixon & Moe, Section Cut, Elbow Grease (mentor), Skidmore, Owings & Merrill, Holabird & Root, Blu Homes, Kuth/Ranieri, Edmonds + Lee
- **From:** Chicago, United States
- **Education:** Bachelor of Arts in Architectural Studies, University of Illinois at Chicago, Master of Architecture, University of Michigan, Master of Science in Architecture: Digital Technologies, University of Michigan
- **Known for:** First place, 2007 Lyceum Fellowship competition., Co-founded Monograph, serving more than 800 customers by April 2023., Named lead designer of Resource by Monograph, Project Management of the Year at the 2021 BLT Built Design Awards.

## Career timeline

- **2007** — Won first place in the Lyceum Fellowship student competition; subsequently traveled through 22 countries over 10 months.
- **2011** — Completed a Master of Architecture at the University of Michigan.
- **2012** — Completed a Master of Science in Digital Technologies at the University of Michigan.
- **2016** — Became a partner at Dixon & Moe after hiring the agency to work on Section Cut.
- **2019** — Monograph launched as a practice-management software company; raised a $1.9 million seed round.
- **2020** — Wrote publicly about Monograph’s four-day, 32-hour workweek.
- **2021** — Resource by Monograph won the BLT Built Design Awards Project Management of the Year award, with Yuen named lead designer.
- **2023** — Shared a personal account of being fired from a residential architecture firm and the operational failures behind it.
- **2026** — Said his CEO tenure ended in March. In an August 27 post, confirmed Monograph had been acquired by Total Synergy.

## Achievements

- First place, 2007 Lyceum Fellowship competition.
- Co-founded Monograph, serving more than 800 customers by April 2023.
- Named lead designer of Resource by Monograph, Project Management of the Year at the 2021 BLT Built Design Awards.
- Elbow Grease’s mentor biography credits Monograph with serving more than 15,000 architects and raising $50 million.

## Latest updates

- **2026-08** — On August 27, announced that Monograph had been acquired by Total Synergy and said his time as CEO had ended in March.
- **2025-04** — Discussed his transition from architectural designer to software founder in Designer Fund’s Designer Founders interview.

## Links

- Website: https://robertyuen.com/
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/yuenrobert/
- Twitter/X: https://twitter.com/Robert_Yuen

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