Chi Ti-Nan's drawing was selected in an international visionary design competition for 'The Style in the Year 2001' in 1985, which founded the tune of his later work. In 1995, Zheng's house (Gaoxiong, Taiwan) project won his studio , CHI'S WORKSHOP, the distinguished Asakura Award of SD Review. Then, he was selected as one of the innovative architects in Asia in 1996 in Japan.

In 1997, he opened up Z ARCHITECTURE with design to build capacity affiliated to Chi's Workshop. The firm has won some awards in international competitions and recognitions in international exhibitions and publications. The projects encompass a wide array of building types including arts and cultural facilities, civic park and plaza, residential and commercial development, and urban planning, urban design and regeneration of industrial sites as well as interior design.

Since 1999, Chi Ti-Nan is leading the Urban Flashes workshops in collaboration with other architects, artist and cross-disciplinary researchers in different cities. He has managed a network of worldwide expertise intended to provide foresighted suggestions and proposals on emerging urban issues of complexity.

In 2004, he set up CHI TI-NAN ARCHITECTS in Beijing, working on summing up his ideas and experiences into a new approach under the title, Micro-Urbanism, in which he has combined fengshui technique and social activism in developing a cohesive