He trained in architecture and philosophy and holds a graduate degree in architecture from Princeton University. The buildings, projects, publications, teachings, and writings associated with his studio, Greg Lynn FORM, have been influential in forwarding the use of advanced materials and technologies for design and fabrication. Lynn has collaborated with such companies as BMW, Boeing, Disney, and Imaginary Forces, and his work is in the permanent collections of design and architecture museums including the CCA, SFMoMA, the MCA Chicago, and MoMA. He was named one of the Top 100 Most Innovative People in the Twenty-First Century by Time Magazine in 2001, received the American Academy of Arts and Letters Architecture Award in 2003, was listed among the ten most influential living architects by Forbes Magazine in 2005, and won the Golden Lion at the Eleventh International Venice Biennale of Architecture in 2008.