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2025

The Architect's Newspaper's 'Arts & Culture' March/April 2025 issue features Scenic Garden by Michan Architecture on the front page.

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Yo Hakomori presents and exhibits "Terra Firma and the Imprint of Architecture" at the University of Southern California.

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Edwin Chan attends Museum Summit 2025 in Hong Kong, themed "Going Beyond" in tourism, technology, sustainability, and wellness.

Fondation Louis Vuitton © Iwan Baan

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Shigeru Ban Architects moderates a new session on mass timber in higher education at the International Mass Timber Conference.

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World-Architects.com features The Canopy in Detroit by EC3 as "Building of the Week."

© John D’Angelo

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Michan Architecture's C294 Apartments longlisted in the 'Architecture - Adaptive Reuse' category as part of AZURE's 2025 AZ Awards.

© Arturo Arrieta

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Adam Fure of T+E+A+M presents "You Build, We Build: Community Builds, DIY, and Other Forms of Collective Labor" as part of Taubman College's Studio Reassembled Lecture Series.

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Cast Iron House by Shigeru Ban Architects featured on the cover of Traditional Building's April issue.

© Michael Moran

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Architectural Record features C294 Apartments by Michan Architecture in the Multifamily Housing March 2025 issue.

© Arturo Arrieta

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MA-MA, a sister-led design studio designing at all scales, joins ABOVE THE FOLD's roster.

© Sean Pressley

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Isaac Michan Daniel leads a panel discussion about adaptive reuse at Zak World of Façades in Mexico City.

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Taubman College professor Andrew Herscher's new book, Under the Campus, the Land, published by University of Michigan Press on March 12.

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ABOVE THE FOLD joins Edwin Chan/EC3 for Guggenheim Bilbao site visit to see sustainable upgrades as the building nears its 30th anniversary.

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Coen+Partners completes the first phase of Sports Boulevard, set to become the world's largest linear park.

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USC Architecture shares how StudioHAU's latest residential design offers lessons after Los Angeles wildfires.

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Taubman College and the University of Michigan are rethinking the traditional studio model to bring back studio culture.

© Dori Sumter

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Edwin Chan interviewed by Frieze ahead of the contemporary art fair's Los Angeles opening on February 20.

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Madame Architect interviews Lauren Hood from Taubman College, speaking about radical shifts, lived experiences, and shaping our future.

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Michan Architecture joins Architizer's list of the 30 Best Architecture and Design Firms in Mexico.

© Rafael Gamo

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Edwin Chan gives a presentation about global museum architecture and design to Kenyon College's Museum Studies seminar.

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Shigeru Ban Architects joins the Walton Family Foundation's Northwest Arkansas Design Excellence Program.

© Hiroyuki Hirai

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Łukasz Stanek presents "Race, Time, & Architecture: Dilemmas of Africanization in Cold War Ghana, 1951-66" at Princeton University on February 6.

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Blue Ocean Dome designed by Shigeru Ban Architects set to open for the 2025 Osaka World Expo in April.

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A new country house—designed by Keith Burns Architect in collaboration with Oana Stănescu—in a nature preserve is set for completion in 2025 in Ontario, Canada.

© Keith Burns Architect
StudioHAU's first floor redesign is under construction at the Berkshire Museum in Massachusetts, set for completion in late 2026.

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Dezeen names Shigeru Ban's Cardboard Cathedral as the most significant building of 2013.

© Bridgit Anderson

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Shigeru Ban Architects receives an Honor Award in Architecture for Cast Iron House in the 2025 AIANY Design Awards.

© Michael Moran

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AZURE describes The Canopy as "an American Hutong" in a story about the project's first phase with five duplexes volumes built.

© John D’Angelo

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Dezeen features the transformation of an abandoned, 17,000-square-foot lot into a tree-filled residential complex with EC3's second project in Detroit.

© John D’Angelo

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Shigeru Ban says "good architecture is something to amaze people by space" in an interview with the Louisiana Museum of Modern Art.

© SIMOSE

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SIMOSE featured as a top travel destination in PaperCity's Extraordinary Travel issues in Dallas and Houston, U.S.

© Hiroyuki Hirai

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Skylone House by StudioHAU breaks ground and advances site work with caissons poured.

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The second phase of The Canopy, a 1.1-acre, 28,000+ square foot housing development and public space, advances construction in Detroit.

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2024

The Los Angeles Times: "A stunning Brutalist concrete home in L.A. rivals its neighbor, the Hollywood sign."

© Myung J. Chun, The Los Angeles Times

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Michan Architecture completes major adaptive reuse of commercial building into new housing in Mexico City.

© Arturo Arrieta

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Coen+Partners receives Cultural Landscape Award from The Cultural Landscape Foundation for Peavey Plaza.

Image courtesy of Coen+Partners

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The Earth & I interviews Dean Maltz from Shigeru Ban Architects about building tall and new typologies with wood.

© Philip Zinniker

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Keith Burns' design process profiled in Dwell's The Deep Dive: Anything Goes, showcasing LIC Residence in Queens.

© Jonathan Anders Hökklo

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Meredith Miller speaks about Post Rock at Renew/Reuse/Regrow summit hosted by The Architect's Newspaper.

© Post Rock, Taubman College of Architecture and Urban Planning

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ABOVE THE FOLD attends "Opening Doors," hosted by Mass Timber at MSU in Muskegon, Michigan.

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Scenic Garden named Expansión Magazine's 2024 Building of the Year in the Innovation category.

© Arturo Arrieta
Shigeru Ban Architects receives the 2024 Praemium Imperiale in Architecture and Prix Versailles for SIMOSE.

© Hiroyuki Hirai

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In Detroit, The Canopy's first phase opens with phase two set for completion in fall 2025.

© John D’Angelo
'Shigeru Ban: The Paper Log House' on view at The Glass House for the historic house museum's 75th anniversary.

© Michael Biondo
Piquette Flats, an adaptive reuse of an auto factory into light-filled housing, opens in Detroit.

© Chris Burton Visuals

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Keith Burns' first single-family home in Queens featured in Dwell's Sep/Oct "Dream Big" issue.

© Jonathan Hokklo

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Post Rock, a "marble-like building material [that] is actually recycled plastic," is published in Fast Company Design.

© Post Rock, courtesy of Taubman College

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Architect interviews Edwin Chan, architect of True North in Detroit, about tips and perspectives for delivering projects on time.

© Chris Miele

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StudioHAU completes an experiential cliffside residence for international collectors in Los Angeles.

Image courtesy of the client
BridgeDetroit interviews Lauren Hood of Taubman College about her vision for the Institute for AfroUrbanism.

© Bryce Huffman for BridgeDetroit

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Post Rock's first mock-up is featured in an exhibition at Craft Contemporary, "Material Acts: Experimentation in Architecture and Design."

© Post Rock, Taubman College of Architecture and Urban Planning

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The Glass House hosts Shigeru Ban and Naomi Pollock for an evening conversation and dinner.

© Paul Bickford
The New York Landmarks Preservation Foundation honors Shigeru Ban at their annual 2024 "Lunch at a Landmark."

© Michael Moran

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Shigeru Ban gives 2024 YC Foundation Lecture at The Cooper Union, free and open to the public on September 26.

© Hudson Lines
Coen+Partners celebrates the opening of Discovery Walk as part of the Discovery Medical Center in Rochester, Minnesota.

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Shane Coen joins 25 global landscape CEOs to commit to making landscape architecture a zero emissions profession by 2040.

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SBA presents "Timber in Architecture" in book talk as part of The Skyscraper Museum's Tall Timber series.

© Shigeru Ban Architects

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Texas Architect features two reviews of Shigeru Ban's work using paper tubes and wood in building design.

© Rizzoli Publishers, Shigeru Ban Architects

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Rafael Gamo lands the cover image for Architectural Record's new September Record Houses issue.

© Architectural Record, Rafael Gamo
Oculus/AIA New York reviews Shigeru Ban: The Paper Log House at The Glass House in their summer issue.

© Paul Bickford

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Urban Land features PARALX's "suspended" underground parking solution in Beirut's Digital District.

© Wissam Chaya

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Coen+Partners' landscape-led design wins award from the 2024 King Salman Charter for Architecture and Urban Design.

© Sports Boulevard Foundation

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Part museum, part garden villas, SIMOSE by Shigeru Ban Architects wins a 2024 Chicago Atheneum Award.

© Hiroyuki Hirai

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The Aspen Times catches up with Shigeru Ban ten years after designing the Aspen Art Museum.

© Michael Moran

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Shigeru Ban honored at ArtCrush and celebrates Aspen Art Museum's 10th year in their SBA-designed building.

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The Skyscraper Museum hosts a cardboard and paper tube craft class inspired by "Shigeru Ban Builds a Better World."

© Tra Publishing, Shigeru Ban Architects

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Shigeru Ban gives a talk for the 2024 Mass Timber Group Summit at the Denver Art Museum.

© Fabio Mantovani
StudioHAU-designed Grueter Residence sets the stage for KeshYou x Snoop Dogg's music video.

© Snow Hill Development

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Dwell interviews Antje Steinmuller and Sharon Haar about Taubman College's longtime focus on housing and Detroit.

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The Guardian features Michan Architecture's Z53 Social Housing design—the firm's first built project—as one of the world's best.

© Rafael Gamo

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Philip Jodidio and Justin Davidson profile "Shigeru Ban's Dazzling Architecture of Time" in Curbed.

© Taschen, Shigeru Ban Architects

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Shigeru Ban Architects-designed Cast Iron House featured in "Owning Manhattan" on Netflix's series about NYC real estate.

© Michael Moran
StudioHAU recognized as Best Sustainable Architecture Research Studio in California by BUILD Magazine.

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The Eames Institute's new KAZAM Magazine features Q&A with Shigeru Ban in the firm's Tokyo office.

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The Shepherd—with ABOVE THE FOLD-curated design team—featured in The Art Newspaper's "Building Projects" as new cultural district taking shape in Detroit.

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'Shigeru Ban: The Paper Log House' draws people in at The Glass House's 75th Anniversary Summer Party.

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Rafael Gamo receives top prize in Photography Studio category as part of the Architect's Newspaper Best of Practice Awards.

© Rafael Gamo

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World-Architects, Architectural Record, and The Architect's Newspaper visit "Shigeru Ban: The Paper Log House," on view from April 15 – December 15, 2024.

© Michael Biondo

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The Shepherd and Little Village open as ABOVE THE FOLD's first curated design team for an arts district.

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AIA New York/Center for Architecture hosts Shigeru Ban Architect's for "Timber in Architecture" book talk.

© Rizzoli, Shigeru Ban Architects

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The New York Times publishes a first look at Shigeru Ban Architects and Cooper Union's collaboration at The Glass House.

© Hudson Lines

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Dezeen, Wallpaper*, and Archinect announce the opening of "Shigeru Ban: The Paper Log House."

© Paul Bickford, courtesy of The Glass House
Madrid-based ROOM Diseño features Urban Tree House in New York City in issue 43.

© ROOM Diseño
Aspen Art Museum featured in "The World's 15 Most Incredible Buildings Made Entirely of Wood."

© Michael Moran

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Taubman College and the University of Michigan announce Antje Steinmuller as new Architecture Chair with coverage in The Architect's Newspaper and Architect.

Image courtesy of Taubman College of Architecture and Urban Planning

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PARALX receives honorable mention in Small Architecture Firms in the West category as part of the Architect's Newspaper Best of Practice Awards.

Image courtesy of PARALX

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AIA International invites Shigeru Ban Architects to present "Designing in Timber: An Interdisciplinary Approach to Decarbonization."

© Nicolas Grosmond
Topos Magazine publishes an article about Detroit's challenges with poverty, researched and written by Taubman College.

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SHOUTOUT Los Angeles publishes an in-depth interview with Edwin Chan about his international career.

Image courtesy of EC3

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HOUR Detroit profiles Patrick Ethen, Midwest light artist and designer based in Detroit.

Image courtesy of Patrick Ethen

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Metropolis interviews Antje Steinmuller about "wanting to get the housing question right" and more.

© James Haefner

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2023

Architizer recognizes Michan Architecture as one of the top architecture firms in Mexico.

DL1310 Apartments © Rafael Gamo

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Untapped interviews Edwin Chan about transitioning from Gehry Partners to founder at EC3 in Los Angeles.

Novartis Human Resources Building in Basel

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Shigeru Ban Architects presents "Design in Timber" at the AIA Colorado's 2023 Practice + Design Conference.

Aspen Art Museum © Michael Moran
Williamsburg Loft by Keith Burns Architect featured in Curbed's Great Rooms column.

© Alan Tansey

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The Architect's Newspaper and Dezeen feature a school designed by an integrated team at Taubman College.

School at Marygrove Elementary © Jason Keen

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The Open Project and Shigeru Ban Architects present their work and a book at Telluride Art + Architecture.

Greenwich Modern House © Frank Oudeman
ABOVE THE FOLD tops Detroit Design's Top 20 List for fully experiencing the city's art, architecture and beauty.

ABOVE THE FOLD’s workspace © Joe Tiano
EC3 longlisted for the transformative exhibition and urban realm projects at the Toledo Museum of Art in Ohio.

Istanbul’s Serkeci neighborhood on the river © EC3
ABOVE THE FOLD represents three of the seven US architecture firms qualified for Grand Paris express.

Fondation Louis Vuitton, Edwin Chan as design partner
Patrick Ethen submits for a site-specific permanent artwork inside of a public cultural building in Austin, TX.
ABOVE THE FOLD builds design team for a new academic art museum in the Southeast U.S.

Architect-led full project team
Atlassian Central wins 'Project of the Year' in the Unbuilt category in NOMA SoCal's awards.

Member of the National Organization of Minority Architects © EC3
True North receives honorable mention in the Built category at NOMA SoCal Annual Awards.

Project completed 2017/2018 © Rafael Gamo/ATF Images
ABOVE THE FOLD leads the press campaign for the School at Marygrove Elementary.

Designed by Taubman College professors © Jason Keen
Tiffany & Co. reveals a new Shigeru Ban-designed facade in Palo Alto.

Featured by Elle Decor and Women’s Wear Daily © courtesy of Tiffany & Co.

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EC3 interviewed for Toledo Museum of Art's interior and gallery transformation project.

Edwin Chan’s portfolio includes PMA © Hall+Merrick Photographers
ABOVE THE FOLD represents architect selected to create a food-anchored, multi-tenant retail & event space.

Firm’s largest project to date © Rafael Gamo/ATF Images
ABOVE THE FOLD represents Detroit's Best Commercial Architecture Firm.

As part of BUILD Magazine’s annual awards © Rafael Gamo/ATF Images

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2022

Jeddah Rose, an integrated hospitality and landscape project, tops out as PARALX's largest project in the city.

Project principal Karim Moussawer site visit
Michan Architecture awarded in an invited house design competition for first project in the Middle East.

Designing in the desert © Michan Architecture
T+E+A+M profiled in Wallpaper*'s American Midwest x Next Generation survey and completes Northwood ADU.

Entry on the side of the architects’ house © Chris Miele

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EC3 longlisted for the Williams College Museum of Art's new ground-up building in Massachusetts, U.S.

Edwin Chan’s portfolio includes Weisman Art Museum
Dezeen, Yuzu Magazine, Designboom, Archello and ArchDaily feature Northwood ADU

ADU in the architects’ backyard © Chris Miele
John Patrick appointed to the Neighborhood Advisory Council for the $155 million redevelopment of the Fisher Body Plant 21 in Detroit.

© Preppyman Photography
ABOVE THE FOLD's design team curation lays foundation for real estate developer's design-forward trajectory.

True North sets the portfolio’s tone © EC3
ABOVE THE FOLD represents one of the finalists for the Atlantic Beach Boardwalk design competition.

Firm’s first major public space competition © FORMA
ABOVE THE FOLD advises architecture firm on producing a RFQ for a $60 million museum expansion in Canada.

© Rafael Gam/ATF Images
Turkey-based Yuzu Magazine features T+E+A+M's Northwood ADU, one Ann Arbor's highest performing buildings.

© Chris Miele

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AD India features the Rubin Museum of Art's Mandala Lab, an unusual spiritual and creative experience .

© Rafael Gamo/ATF Images

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ArchDaily, Archello, AZURE, Designboom and Urbanize feature Northwood ADU for expanding residential possibilities in Ann Arbor.

© Chris Miele

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ABOVE THE FOLD advises an architecture firm on producing a RFQ for a landmark arts building in the UK.

© David Heald
Michan Architecture leads team in winning design competition entry for Scenic Garden in Chapultepec Park.

First arts & culture project in CDMX

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2021

John Patrick gives "Authenticity & Exposure" presentation to students at Harvard Graduate School of Design.

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T+E+A+M's first built project prioritizing energy efficiency and affordability featured in Dwell.

© Chris Miele

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The Sydney Morning Herald interviews architect Edwin Chan about designing world-class museums.

Design partner for Guggenheim Bilbao

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Rafael Gamo photographs the Mandala Lab for a collaborative opening press campaign with the museum.

© Rafael Gamo/ATF Images

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Library Street Collective commissions Peterson Rich Office to conceptualize Parkview Street Live Work in Detroit.

Repeat collaboration initiated by ABOVE THE FOLD
Rafael Gamo photographs of Briarcliff are featured in international press campaign led by ABOVE THE FOLD.

© Rafael Gamo/ATF Images

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Artist Mario Moore's creative space at True North in Detroit featured in PBS News Hour interview.

Architecture by EC3 and custom light by Patrick Ethen

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The New York Times features how the Rubin Museum of Art "teams up with Buddhism" to change your life.

© Rafael Gamo/ATF Images

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The Architect's Newspaper, Dezeen, design boom and other media feature Mandala Lab's new design.

© Rafael Gamo/ATF Images
VENÜ Magazine features Mandala Lab in "an interactive space where emotions can turn to wisdom."

© Rafael Gamo/ATF Images

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Crystal Barn, anchor building in Orchard Park, featured in Idaho Statesman, BoiseDev, The Architect's Newspaper and BoiseDev.

Firms expands work in mass timber design © EC3

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EC3 reveals design for Crystal Barn, showcasing Idaho's regional talent in purpose-built mass timber building.

Architectural model © EC3
The Globe and Mail interviews Charcoalblue about the $184-million transformation of Massey Hall.

© Derek Shapton

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ABOVE THE FOLD co-leads the press campaign for a Public Housing Design Report focusing on New York City.

Support from the Regional Plan Association © PRO
ABOVE THE FOLD leads the press campaign for a competition-winning design for a new resort in the desert.

© JA
Rafael Gamo photographs The Row's retail space in Nordstrom at Fashion Valley in San Diego.

© Rafael Gamo/ATF Images
Rafael Gamo photographs L.A. Dance Project in the Los Angeles Arts District.

© Rafael Gamo/ATF Images
ABOVE THE FOLD leads the press campaign releasing the design of Wesleyan University's new art center.

Completed in 2024 © Rafael Gamo/ATF Images
Michan Architecture selected to design a progressive house in the desert.

Represented by ABOVE THE FOLD
ABOVE THE FOLD curates landscape design team for a hospitality-driven condo development on Cass Lake.
Edwin Chan participates in an "art storage building" studio visit at the Illinois Institute of Technology (IIT).

Design partner for FLV in Paris © Emile Dubuisson
The Mandala Lab is featured in FRAME's March/April 'Wellbeing' issue featuring projects around the world.

Press coverage while under construction
Architectural Record features Valley in special section about "Tall Buildings on the Rise" around the world.

© Marcel Steinbach
ABOVE THE FOLD mentioned in "Should You Hire a P.R. Firm?" published in ARCHITECT.

Agency’s global experience stands out
ARCHITECT profiles a rising architecture firm on ABOVE THE FOLD's roster as next progressives.

© Rafael Gamo/ATF Images
Cultured features Peterson Rich Office on their 'Young Architects' list for a creative approach to adaptive reuse.

Agency helps grow the firm’s body of work © PRO
The Business of Fashion, Wallpaper*, Superfuture, FRAME, and other media feature RIMOWA Flagship by MA-MA

© Rafael Gamo/ATF Images

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ABOVE THE FOLD collaborates with RIMOWA on the press campaign for SoHo Flagship designed by MA-MA.

© Rafael Gamo/ATF Images

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Canada's The Globe and Mail features EC3's design for True North in a story about modern prefab housing.

© Chris Miele

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Urbanize share details about EC3's design for Prince Concepts' largest housing development in Detroit.

© EC3

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EC3 reveals preliminary design for housing around a landscape spine in Detroit's Core City neighborhood.

Firm inspired by global and local precedents © EC3
ABOVE THE FOLD leads the press campaign for an adaptive reuse shopping mall to headquarters in Berlin.

10+ international placements and awards © HG Esch
Library Street Collective announces East Village arts center with ABOVE THE FOLD-curated design team.

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2020

EC3 completes the reference design for a 39-story, net-zero tower around Sydney's Central Station.

To be the world's tallest hybrid-timber building © EC3
MVRDV's team gives talks at the Cranbrook Academy of Art and Fast Company's Innovation by Design.

© Barbra Verbij
EC3 commissioned by repeat client Prince Concepts to design a two-phase ground-up housing development.

Builds on the success of True North © EC3
Detroit's Core City Park featured on the cover of the ASLA's Landscape Architecture Magazine.

© Chris Miele
Hospitality Design features MVRDV's latest flagship design for a French lingerie brand.

© Ossip van Duivenbode
Rubin Museum of Art and Peterson Rich Office reveal the new Mandala Lab designed for the third floor.

© Peterson Rich Office
Metropolis reviews MVRDV's new art storage building in advanced of the public opening.

© Ossip van Duivenbode

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Architectural Digest reports on the world’s first public art depot to give access to 151,000 artworks.

© Ossip van Duivenbode

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Wallpaper* calls Glass Mural "a love letter to Detroit" following design team curated by ABOVE THE FOLD.

© MVRDV

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MVRDV reveals design for the firm's first project in the American Midwest in Detroit's Eastern Market.

Represented by ABOVE THE FOLD © MVRDV
The Wall Street Journal shares an architect's story about designing Courtyard House for his family.

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Departures commissions MVRDV and other visionaries to depict what comes next for the spaces we inhabit.

Special about living after the COVID-19 pandemic
The Architect's Newspaper catches up with Peterson Rich Office, profiles several of the firm's projects.

© Rafael Gamo
T.W. Ryan featured in Architectural Record's Record Houses issues for the first time with Three Chimney House.

© Joe Fletcher

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Madame Architect interviews Miriam Peterson about her architectural career in "Peaceful Satisfaction."

Notes experience at Princeton’s Andlinger Center

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ABOVE THE FOLD advises Dror and a multidisciplinary team on media approach and strategy for Supernature.

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2019

Library Street Collective commissions ABOVE THE FOLD's curated design team for a new arts district in Detroit.

© OSD
T+E+A+M commissioned to design first multifamily residential, workforce housing project in Detroit

Includes 4-, 8-, and 12-unit mixes

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Facades+ invites MVRDV's Fokke Moerel to deliver keynote talk at the annual Los Angeles conference.

© Ossip van Duivenbode
Upper West Side Apartment by Frederick Tang Architecture featured in AD Spain.

© Gieves Anderson
Archinect interviews Peterson Rich Office on "rethinking the value (and values) of a small architecture practice."

Founding principals profiled on their approach

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Prismatic Bay Townhouse published in 'On Location' feature in The New York Times' Real Estate section

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T+E+A+M commissioned to study the feasibility of a ground-up house in a national historic district.

Firm’s first house project in Detroit
Dezeen features Prismatic Bay Townhouse by Peterson Rich Office

© Devon Banks
ABOVE THE FOLD represents MVRDV in shortlisting for the National Pulse Museum & Memorial in Orlando.

Firm’s first U.S. shortlist in several years
Through design team curation, ABOVE THE FOLD represents MVRDV in winning new project in the U.S.

Glass Farm sets a precedent for Detroit’s Glass Mural

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2018

WOHA's Kampung Admiralty wins Building of the Year at the World Architecture Festival.

© Patrick Bingham-Hall
EC3 designs exhibition for the DESTE Foundation for Contemporary Art's fashion capsule collection at The Bass

© Jeremy Bittermann
ABOVE THE FOLD turns Peterson Rich Office's public relations around with the opening of Glossier Flagship.

Firm named in 10+ publications © Jason Schmidt
ABOVE THE FOLD's final placement for WHY profiles why Kulapat Yantrasast loves "making good spaces."

Firm represented 2013-2018 © Graham Waiter

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True North is one of six projects in North and South America shortlisted for the Mies Crown Hall Americas Prize.

© Chris Miele

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2017

ABOVE THE FOLD's first curated design team for a project completes True North in Detroit.

PBS News Hour features artist Mario Moore's space

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2016

ABOVE THE FOLD advises the winning team for the Rockefeller Wing Redesign at the Metropolitan Museum of Art.

© WHY
ABOVE THE FOLD leads ROSSETTI's press campaign for the second phase of the USTA's campus master plan.

© Rafael Gamo/ATF Images
Rafael Gamo photographs the Arthur Ashe Stadium's new retractable roof and improved campus during the U.S. Open.

© Rafael Gamo/ATF Images

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ABOVE THE FOLD leads the opening press campaign for WHY and Speed Art Museum in Kentucky, U.S.

© Rafael Gamo/ATF Images

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2015

ABOVE THE FOLD represents an integrated design team shortlisted for Pershing Square in DTLA.

Design proposal by WHY + Civitas
ABOVE THE FOLD represents an architecture firm shortlisted for two major cultural projects in New York City.

Speed Art Museum © Rafael Gamo/ATF Images

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2013

ABOVE THE FOLD represents the integrated design team selected for a mixed-use district in Bogota, CO.

© Preston Scott Cohen, Inc.

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2012

ABOVE THE FOLD establishes first workspace in Brooklyn to explore new approach to representing architects

© ABOVE THE FOLD LLC
ABOVE THE FOLD spearheads an architecture firm's foray into governmental projects.

UMMA by Allied Works © Jeremy Bittermann

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The Architect's Newspaper's 'Arts & Culture' March/April 2025 issue features Scenic Garden by Michan Architecture on the front page.

Yo Hakomori presents and exhibits "Terra Firma and the Imprint of Architecture" at the University of Southern California.

The Los Angeles Times: "A stunning Brutalist concrete home in L.A. rivals its neighbor, the Hollywood sign."

Michan Architecture completes major adaptive reuse of commercial building into new housing in Mexico City.

Architizer recognizes Michan Architecture as one of the top architecture firms in Mexico.

Untapped interviews Edwin Chan about transitioning from Gehry Partners to founder at EC3 in Los Angeles.

Jeddah Rose, an integrated hospitality and landscape project, tops out as PARALX's largest project in the city.

Michan Architecture awarded in an invited house design competition for first project in the Middle East.

John Patrick gives "Authenticity & Exposure" presentation to students at Harvard Graduate School of Design.

T+E+A+M's first built project prioritizing energy efficiency and affordability featured in Dwell.