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Studio Link-Arc, New York

The designs of a globally connected firm are rooted in nature and local context.
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Rebecca Seidel
December 1, 2015
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Shuttling through time zones is second nature for Yichen Lu, the 39-year-old founder and principal of Studio Link-Arc. Lu—a Shanghai native who doubles as an associate professor at Tsinghua University in Beijing—spent this year bouncing between New York and China, with frequent stops in Italy to supervise the construction of the Milan Expo’s China Pavilion


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Studio Ma, Phoenix

A sustainability-focused firm draws from the desert environment for its economical, innovative designs.
Laura Raskin
Laura Raskin
December 16, 2014
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Kindred spirits” is how the four partners at Studio Ma describe themselves, and their affinities can be broadly divided into two camps: their respect for and love of the American Southwest, where they are based, and the drive to produce good design on tight budgets.
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Vector Architects,Beijing

After studying and working in the U.S., an architect returns to China and stays out of the mainstream.
Clare Jacobson
December 16, 2014
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In the big, big world of Chinese architecture—big projects, big sites, big firms, big country—Vector Architects is keeping it small.
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NAMELESS Architecture, NYC/Seoul

A working couple performs a delicate balancing act that spans far-flung continents and disciplines.
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Clifford A. Pearson
December 16, 2014
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In much of their work, Unchung Na, 36, and Sorae Yoo, 32, the husband and wife who founded NAMELESS Architecture in 2010, challenge themselves to express contradictions in architecture: take heavy stones and stack them so they appear almost weightless; design a building that seems both closed and open, at once strong and weak.
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Go Hasegawa and Associates

Finding inspiration in quirky, leftover urban sites, an architect makes the job of fitting in a defiant act of design.
Naomi Pollock, FAIA
December 16, 2014
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Tokyo may be among the world’s largest cities, but it has some of the smallest buildings. At critical nodes such as Roppongi and Shinjuku, the city has plenty of skyscrapers and hulking commercial complexes, yet its character is mostly defined by dense, low-scale neighborhoods where the majority of buildings are no more than five stories high.


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Merge Architects, Boston

A nimble firm builds projects on a budget by immersing itself in the nitty-gritty details of fabrication and construction.
Laura Mirviss
December 16, 2014
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Elizabeth Whittaker, the principal of Merge Architects, doesn't take rejection personally. Working in Boston—a city that has historically lacked an appetite for contemporary architecture


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Aranda\Lasch, NYC/Tucson

Two architectural designers, inspired by fractal geometry, scale up their designs—and their practice.
Suzanne-Stephens
Suzanne Stephens
December 16, 2014
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Most young architects start off with small projects (kitchen, baths) or art installations before getting meatier commissions. Aranda\Lasch’s methods for scaling up are a little different.
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