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Britt Cobb is a graphic designer living in New York City. Originally from North Carolina, he graduated from NC State University, College of Design. He is an Associate Partner...

Churchill famously said, ‘we shape our buildings and afterwards our buildings shape us.‘ (1948). Our research captures how the world shapes our health and wellbeing, how we experience place,...

Alejandro Epifanio is an accomplished cultural worker and community organizer with over a decade of experience serving underserved communities in New York City. Alejandro has served as the Executive...

Studio Cadena is an award-winning design and architecture studio interested in engaging contemporary life, the city and its people – in designing new and captivating spaces, places and experiences...

Meg Chew 周凱慧is a recent graduate from Barnard College where she received a B.A. in Urban Studies (Architecture). She’s interested in how architecture and planning facilitates power, specifically looking...

Tiffany Troxler is director of Florida International University’s Sea Level Solutions Center, a state-university center that focuses on advancing knowledge, decision-making, and actions toward mitigating the causes and adapting...

Situated within one of the premier technological research universities in the US, the School of Architecture at the Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute works in collaboration with leading scientists, engineers, technologists,...

Gretel is a full service, platform agnostic, design, branding and strategy studio in New York City. — Gretel

Steven is an engineer and planner specializing in integrated systems solutions for campuses, communities, and cities. He founded Baumgartner Urban Systems Strategy (BUSS) after two decades with global integrated...

Shiloah is an artist, researcher, and cultural worker with experience collaborating with marginalized communities to design and co-create projects, programs, and exhibitions grounded in using the arts as a...

Worrell Yeung is an architecture and design studio based in New York City and founded in 2014. The practice is an award-winning full-service architectural firm with a diverse portfolio...

Erin Besler and Ian Besler are cofounders of Besler & Sons, LLC, an office based in New Jersey that designs buildings, objects, videos, software, and exhibitions to expand the...

Founded in 1965, the nonprofit Industrial Designers Society of America (IDSA) is one of the oldest and largest industrial design associations, representing thousands of members in dozens of Student...

Carol E. Rosenthal is a partner specializing in land use and development at Fried Frank. She has guided developers, businesses, and nonprofit institutions in some of New York City’s...

Jesse M. Keenan is a faculty member at Harvard University Graduate School of Design, where he serves as area head and director of real estate and the built environment.

An accomplished architect, Hana Kassem brings more than 20 years of design experience to her projects. Since joining KPF in 2001, she has led design teams for a variety...

Scalar Architecture is an award-winning international design firm based in New York City. As the term indicates, scalar Architecture operates at a variety of scales collaborating with expert partners....

Incorporated in 1998, Ellana Construction Consultants is a certified Woman-owned Business Enterprise (WBE) and Disadvantaged Business Enterprise (DBE) construction consulting firm providing four core services consisting of cost management,...

Recess proposes a new model that fuses public space, studio space and exhibition space. Artists are given street level flex space, open to the public and free of charge....

We’re a New York based multi-disciplinary studio that promotes innovative and environmentally responsible design solutions. In addition to large scale art installations and sculptures, our team has built a...

Founded in 2007, Sharon Davis Design exists to design extraordinary buildings that transform communities. The firm’s work for nonprofit organizations represents a new model of design, in which innovation...

The New York City Department of Cultural Affairs (DCLA) is dedicated to supporting and strengthening New York City’s vibrant cultural life. Among our primary missions is to ensure adequate public...

Signature Bank is a New York-based full-service commercial bank with 37 private client offices throughout the New York, Connecticut, California, and North Carolina. Signature Bank’s specialty finance subsidiary, Signature...

Architecture Research Office (ARO) is the New York City firm led by Stephen Cassell, Kim Yao, and Adam Yarinsky. Since 1993, the firm’s diverse project portfolio— spanning strategic planning,...

Studio Libeskind is involved in designing and realizing a diverse array of urban, cultural and commercial projects around the globe.  Our Studio is a collaboration of architects and designers...

Kramer Levin provides proactive, creative and pragmatic solutions that address today’s most challenging legal issues. The firm is headquartered in New York with offices in Silicon Valley and Paris...

Founded in 1974, the Northwest Bronx Community and Clergy Coalition (NWBCCC) unites diverse peoples and institutions to fight for racial and economic justice through community organizing to transform the...

Interboro is an award-winning, Brooklyn-based firm offering inventive and inclusive architecture, urban design, and planning services. The foundation of all our work is good listening, keen observation, and productive...

Jae Shin is a designer and partner at HECTOR. She recently served as an Enterprise Rose Architectural Fellow at the New York City Housing Authority (NYCHA), where she facilitated...

Gensler is a global architecture, design, and planning firm with 48 locations and more than 6,000 professionals networked across Asia, Europe, Australia, the Middle East, and the Americas. Founded...