Shou Jie Eng

Shou Jie Eng is an architectural designer and writer whose work addresses the spatial, material and embodied narratives that are present in histories of labor and cultures of craft. Originally from Singapore, he runs Left Field Projects, a multidisciplinary design practice located in Hartford, CT. His Master of Architecture (MArch) degree is from RISD.

His writing has appeared in Harvard Review, Jet Fuel Review, The Los Angeles Review, CARTHA, Tupelo Quarterly, the anthology New Singapore Poetries (Gaudy Boy) and elsewhere. His visual work has been shown at the National Museum of Wildlife Art in Jackson, WY, and the San Francisco Maritime National Historical Park in San Francisco. In 2025, he placed on the list of commendations for the Gregory Djanikian Scholarship at the Adroit Journal, and his chapbook, We Carry These Bones to Market, was named a finalist for the Helena Whitehill Book Award by Tupelo Press. He previously taught architectural design studios at Roger Williams University in Bristol, RI.