Dong Gong founded Vector Architects in 2008. He has been elected as a Foreign Member of French Academy of Architecture in 2019. He is a design tutor of Tsinghua University and Central Academy of Fine Arts, a Distinguished Visiting Professor of University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, and a Visiting Professor of Polytechnic University of Turin, Italy.

He and Vector Architects have been invited to various major exhibitions, including the first Chinese architecture exhibition at MoMA; the 2018 “FREESPACE” Venice Biennale. Dong Gong's practice has earned international recognition with his representative works, including Seashore Library, Seashore Chapel, Yangshuo Sugarhouse, the Renovation of the Captain’s House, and Changjiang Art Museum.