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“Architecture. Research. Office.” (2024)
Architecture. Research. Office.
“Architecture. Research. Office.” Book Out Now
Architecture Research Office book "Architecture. Research. Office." designed by Miko McGinty Published by DelMonico D.A.P. Artbook
“Architecture. Research. Office.” (October 2024)
Photo of an open doorway revealing a person walking in front of a chalk wall
ARO Office
ARO participates in annual Daylight Hour raising awareness to reduce energy use in offices.
Daylight Hour
Social Equity Group – Progress Update
ARO Architecture Research Office ILFI Just Label
ARO an ILFI Just Organization
Barnard Center for the Study of Child Development
Christine Nasir, AIA and Dominic Griffin, AIA CPHD Elevated to ARO Project Directors
Mammoth House surrounded by trees and snow
Mammoth House
ARO at the 2019 Climate Strike
Action
Dia Chelsea in Architect's Newspaper
Dia Chelsea in The Architect’s Newspaper
Dia Chelsea in Architectural Digest
Dia Chelsea in Architectural Digest
Watch – Stephen Cassell with BE-Ex presents Reimagining Midcentury Office Buildings to House the Future
Bronze staircase and gallery interior of Vilcek Foundation.
2021 AIA Interior Architecture Design Award, Vilcek Foundation
Woman walks in front of new Dia Chelsea.
Dia Chelsea in The New York Times
Bucks County Residence in Wallpaper
Bucks County Residence in Wallpaper*
Bucks County modern home
Bucks County Residence
ARO Bucks County Architectural Digest
Bucks County Residence in Architectural Digest
Rendering of Mtn Hive in its mountain setting
Mtn Hive
Rothko Chapel at 50 Design Team Anniversary Lecture
Watch Adam Yarinsky and Team Present the Rothko Chapel
Architecture Resarch Office Housing Curbed New York Magazine
Reimagined Midtown Offices for Housing in Curbed
Rothko Chapel National Review Hester
Rothko Chapel in National Review
New Rothko Chapel skylight on cover of texas architect
Rothko Chapel the Texas Architect Cover Story
Stephen Cassell, Lisa V. Gralnek, and Elizabeth Kubany for the Future of XYZ - Architecture conversation
Future of Architecture | Episode 10 | Stephen Cassell + Elizabeth Kubany
2020, Interior Design Best of Year, Rothko Chapel
Rothko Chapel in the Wall Street Journal
Watch a Replay of The Glass House conversation on the Rothko Chapel
2020, Architect’s Newspaper Editors’ Pick, Rothko Chapel
Kim Yao Madame Architect Quote
Madame Architect interviews Kim Yao
2020 AIA Firm Award, ARCHITECT Interview
Adam Yarinsky in Common\Edge
Why the Design of a Firm’s Practice is Its Most Important Project, November 2020
UVA Campbell Hall Sanjay Suchak
University of Virginia, Campbell Hall
(c) James Ewing / JBSA. Photograph of people walking down and sitting on a lobby stair.
Pace University, 15 Beekman Street
Rothko Chapel Campus Renovation Elle Decor
Rothko Chapel in Elle Decor
ARO Pumpkitecture Zoom Haunting
Pumpkitecture
abstract graphic that reads Neighborhoods Now
Neighborhoods Now: Jackson Heights
Green-Wood Education and Welcome Center
The Green-Wood Cemetery Education and Welcome Center
ARO Grid launched for Filzfelt the ARO Collection
Behind the Design of ARO Grid with FilzFelt
Rothko Chapel in Architectural Record
Kim Yao Cindy Allen DesignBiz
Watch – Kim Yao goes live on Instagram with Interior Design’s Cindy Allen
abstract graphic that reads Neighborhoods Now
Watch – Neighborhoods Now Summit
Kim Yao AIANY Justice Statement
2020 President Kim Yao on AIANY Criminal Justice Facilities Statement
Rothko Chapel Architect's Newspaper
Rothko Chapel in The Architect’s Newspaper
Rothko Chapel Architectural Digest
Rothko Chapel in Architectural Digest
Rothko Chapel view from plaza in Wallpaper Magazine
Rothko Chapel in Wallpaper*
A New Campus for the Rothko Chapel
Rothko Chapel Restoration and Broken Obelisk
Houston’s Rothko Chapel in WSJ Magazine
Sustainability at ARO
ARO participates in annual Daylight Hour raising awareness to reduce energy use in offices.
A R O Culture
aro blm
Supporting Black Lives and Dismantling Injustice
ARO Principals Kim Yao Stephen Cassell and Adam Yarinsky in ARCHITECT
ARO Principals Q+A in ARCHITECT
Tate Library IIDA ALA Library Interior Design Award Recipient
2020 IIDA/ALA Library Interior Design Award, Tate Library
Four Freedoms Park Visitor Center
Stephen Cassell on Reopening Offices in BISNOW
Kim Yao on COVID, Life, and Design in Interior Design
Architecture Research Office ARO signatory of Architects Declare
ARO Signatory of U.S. Architects Declare
ARO named 2020 AIA Architecture Firm Award Winner
Kim Yao the new 2020 AIANY President
Zero-Waste Initiative
2019 RI Monthly Design Award, Brown University 164 Angell
Dia Beacon
Walter De Maria artwork The Broken Kilometer.
Dia SoHo
Adam Yarinsky in The Architect’s Newspaper
The Architect’s Newspaper, Posthumous Collaborations, August 2019
Adam Yarinsky in Interior Design
Kim Yao in Metropolis
Middle school students in an engineering class in ECFS's Design Studios
Ethical Culture Fieldston School, Design Studios
Vilcek Foundation in Azure
Connecticut House in Knoll
2019 NYCxDesign Award, Tate Library
Metropolis, Noteworthy, 2019
All Awards
Brown University, 164 Angell
High school students socialize in the Student Commons
Ethical Culture Fieldston School, Student Commons
164 Angell in the Brown Daily Herald
Connecticut House in Connecticut Cottages & Gardens
Oz Journal, A Conversation with Stephen Cassell, 2005
Rothko Chapel in The New York Times
Tate Library in Azure Magazine
Rothko Chapel in The Wall Street Journal
Knoll LA in Design Milk
Writing
Tate Library in American School & University
Faith & Form, Congregation Beit Simchat Torah, 2018
Faith & Form, Congregation Beit Simchat Torah, 2017
Catalyst III, Make Big Plans, 2016
Oz Journal, Context as Continuum, 2015
A Composite Landmark, 2015
Designed for the Future, Pedestrian Zones, 2015
Apartamento, Judd, 2014
Clog, Friedman Study Center, 2013
"Lecture" in white text on a gray background.
Adolf Loos, Donald Judd, and 101 Spring Street, Lecture, 2011
Places Journal, Donald Judd, 2011
Projections 10, Five Principles for Greenwich South, 2011
Seven Homes, 2008
A+U, Many Manhattans: the Past, Present, and Future Grid, 2011
A+U, Currents on Sustainability in the USA, 2010
"Lecture" in white text on a gray background.
The Future of Design, Lecture, 2009
306090, It’s About Time, 2008
Places Journal, New York City 2106: Back to the Future, 2008
On the Water | Palisade Bay, 2010
Places Journal, On the Water, 2008
Architecture as Teacher, Colorado College, 2007
ARO Monograph, 2003
Martha’s Vineyard House in Wallpaper*
Brooklyn Bridge Park, 99 Plymouth Street
DOT Art Display Panel
Union Square Park Pavilion
NYC Parks Comfort Stations
U.S. Armed Forces Recruiting Station
Kayak Pavilion at Long Dock Park
Visitors’ building at Brooklyn Botanic Garden at dusk
Brooklyn Botanic Garden
Market Park (Five Principles for Greenwich South)
Corrulamp
Five Principles for Greenwich South
Rising Currents: A New Urban Ground
On the Water | Palisade Bay
Entrance to Knoll Houston, with Knoll logo on glass doors
Knoll Houston Showroom & Offices
Knoll New York, Flagship Offices, Showroom, and Shop
Knoll San Francisco Showroom & Offices
Qiora Store and Spa
Prada New York Epicenter
Kingsland Capital Management
Knoll Philadelphia Showroom & Offices
Calvin Klein Paris Showroom
Calvin Klein, Paris Headquarters
Calvin Klein Flagship, Madison Avenue Refresh
Lakeside Home
R-House
Desbrosses Loft
SoHo Loft
Garrison House
Central Park West Apartment
Martha’s Vineyard House
Connecticut House
The Flea Theater
Vilcek Foundation
Congregation Beit Simchat Torah
Cooper Hewitt Exhibitions
Donald Judd Home + Studio
Dia Chelsea interior featuring Lucy Raven exhibit "Ready Mix"
Dia Chelsea
University of Cincinnati, Nippert Stadium
Harvard University, Graduate School of Design
Scenic Hudson’s River Center
Princeton University, School of Architecture
Colorado College, Packard Hall
Brown University, Sciences Library
Brown University, Friedman Study Center
Ethical Culture Fieldston School, Tate Library
Calvin Klein New York Showroom
Building Energy Exchange
2010 American Academy of Arts and Letters
2011 Cooper Hewitt National Design Award
2014 AIA National Interior Architecture Honor Award, Knoll NY
2014 AIANY Architecture Honor Award, Judd Foundation
2015 AIA Louisiana Merit Award, Tulane University Barbara Greenbaum House
2016 AIA NY Merit Award, Chicken Coop
2016 SEGD Merit Award, Riverdale Country School Learning Complex
2017 AIA RI Merit Award, Brown University Applied Math Building
2016 AIA GA Award of Excellence, Nippert Stadium
2016 SCUP / AIA-CAE Honor Award, Nippert Stadium
2016 Architect’s Newspaper Best of Design Award, CBST
2017 NYCxDesign Award, Riverdale Country School Upper Learning Building
2017 Faith & Form / Interfaith Design Award, CBST
2017 UVA SoA Distinguished Alumni Award, Adam Yarinsky
2017 RI Monthly Design Award, Brown University Sciences Library
2018 AIANY Architecture Honor Award, BBP Boathouse
2018 IIDA Calibre Design Award, Knoll LA
2018 Interior Design Best of Year Finalist, Knoll LA
2018 Interior Design Best of Year Finalist, Calvin Klein Paris
2018 Architect’s Newspaper Best of Design Award, 100 Flatbush
“Continuous Fulfillment” – Vision of the Future in Fast Company
Group photo of all ARO staff in the ARO Office
People
2018 ARO is AIA NYS Firm of the Year
Chicken Coop
Adrian Johnson razor mural outside a small Harry's conference room
Harry’s Headquarters
Brooklyn Passive House Public Schools
Courtyard view of Barbara Greenbaum House at Tulane
Tulane University, Barbara Greenbaum House
ARO’s Double Carvature in The Architect’s Newspaper
ARO 25th Anniversary
BBP Boathouse in Architectural Record
25 Years of ARO
25th Anniversary Timeline
Harry’s in Wallpaper*
2018 Building Brooklyn Award
Calvin Klein’s New York Flagship in Interior Design
Portrait of Jeff Hong
Jeff Hong, AIA, Project Director
Portrait of Christine Nasir
Christine Nasir, AIA, Project Director
Portrait of Megumi Tamanaha
Megumi Tamanaha, AIA, Studio Director
Portrait of Zefka Sema
Zefka Sema, Finance Director
Drew Powers, AIA
Portrait of Kai Pedersen
Kai Pedersen, AIA, Project Director
Portrait of Neil Patel
Neil Patel, AIA, Project Director
Portrait of Yongwon Kwon
Yongwon Kwon, AIA
Portrait of Matt Bohne
Matt Bohne, AIA
Portrait of John Collamore
John Collamore, AIA
Portrait of Jayne Choi
Jayne Choi, AIA
Portrait of Gabriella Morrone
Gabriella Morrone, AIA
Portrait of Dominic Griffin
Dominic Griffin, AIA CPHD, Project Director