Shirley Dong graduated from Architecture and Urban Planning Campus of Tongji University. She received Master of Interior and Living Design from Domus Academy and architecture interior from University of Wales. After that Shirley has come back to Shanghai and founded STUDIO8 Architects. Being exposed under both eastern and western cultures has awakened her refine sensibility of understanding the aesthetics and values of Eastern and Western cultures and integrate them with the contemporary context in a more subtle and timeless way.