He was born and raised in Taiping Perak. He graduated with AA Diplona (honours) from AA. Lee completed his Doctor of Philosophy in Architecture and Urbanism from the Berlage Institute and TU Delft. His favorite architects are Rem Koolhaas, Kazuo Sejima and Ryue Nishizawa. Chris lee is the founder of SERIE ARCHITECTS based in London with his partner Kapil Gupta. The firm's projects now span all over the world with commissions in India, China, Eastern Europe and United Kingdom. SERIE is known for their theoretical view that emphasizes the study of building typologies and their evolution.