09.19.23

National Design Week at Cooper Hewitt: Join nARCHITECTS at the Design Career Fair!

Join nARCHITECTS at the Design Career Fair hosted by Cooper Hewitt as a part of National Design Week! "This annual event welcomes high school students to speak with National Design Award winners, guest designers, and colleges on the many pathways toward design."

09.12.23

"Small Spaces in the City: Rethinking Inside the Box" is Open!

See our Carmel Place on display in "Small Spaces in the City: Rethinking Inside the Box". The exhibition will run from September 8th to January 27th at the Roca London Gallery, with free admission.

09.01.23

nARCHITECTS' Carmel Place featured in "Small Spaces in the City: Rethinking Inside the Box" at Roca London Gallery

Focusing on the concept of micro-living in cities, the exhibition "asks how these small space concepts can be applied across housing typologies; as well as whether a small space can only work for a single person or young couple, with minimalist minds." Small Spaces in the City: Rethinking Inside the Box will be on display from September 8th to January 27th at the Roca London Gallery, with free admission.

08.15.23

nARCHITECTS receives the 2023 National Design Award in Architecture

nARCHITECTS has received the 2023 National Design Award in Architecture from Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum. Selected by jurors representing a wide range of design fields, the National Design Award in architecture is given to an individual or firm for their contributions to the built environment that advance the understanding of our spatial experiences.

08.09.23

nARCHITECTS is on the winning team for 542 Dean Street HPD M/WBE RFP

The project, spurred from a Dept of Housing, Preservation, and Development M/WBE RFP, involves building affordable housing for low-income and homeless seniors in Prospect Heights, Brooklyn. nARCHITECTS' will work alongside the developer-led team to "repurpose the city-owned 17,145 square foot parking lot into Park Edge, a deeply #affordable residence with onsite health and wellness, art, and recreational programs." (@nychousing, Instagram)

07.25.23

Architecture Now: New York, New Publics closes this weekend

The Museum of Modern Art's exhibition Architecture Now: New York, New Publics will be closing this Saturday, July 29th. This is the last opportunity to see The Jones Beach Energy & Nature Center at the MoMA. The exhibition, showcasing public projects around New York city who 'envision a future in which architecture creates more accessible, sustainable, and equitable cities.'

05.15.23

Melbourne Design Week Kicks Off!

Melbourne Design Week begins this Thursday, May 18th! New York State Equal Rights Heritage Center is included in 'Productive Disruptions'. The exhibition explores "disruptive approaches that are often stigmatised as troublesome or uncooperative, yet they can be highly productive." NYS Equal Rights Heritage Center will be on display as a scale model created by Monash University’s Art, Design and Architecture students.

05.15.23

Chicago Architecture Center's REFRAMED: The Future of Cities in Wood features Jones Beach Energy & Nature Center

The Chicago Architecture Center's new exhibition, REFRAMED: The Future of Cities in Wood, "tells the story of building with mass timber and features architectural models of mass timber projects from around the world, from public spaces to office buildings and adaptive reuse to new construction." See Jones Beach Energy & Nature Center on display from April 25th - October 2023.

04.14.23

Melbourne Design Week features NYS Equal Rights Heritage Center in "Productive Disruptions"

This exhibition, on display from May18th-28th, presents the work of more than 20 creative practitioners from around the world that are working in ways to expand the apprehension and influence of their disciplines. Projects will be presented as physical-scale models, carefully constructed by masters of architecture students from Monash University’s Art, Design and Architecture faculty.

04.05.23

Mimi Hoang and Eric Bunge present House Between Forest + Field on Record Houses Live

Mimi Hoang and Eric Bunge present House Between Forest + Field on Record Houses Live, a webinar showcasing Architectural Record's 2023 Record Houses. They will 'explore how to integrate residences into natural surroundings and methods of sustainability and resilience.'

04.03.23

House Between Forest + Field selected as a 2023 Record House by Architectural Record

See House Between Forest + Field in Architectural Record's annual Record Houses issue.

03.24.23

Eric Bunge and Mimi Hoang participate in Now Screening: New York, New Public’s at the Museum of Modern Art

Eric Bunge and Mimi Hoang participate in Now Screening: New York, New Public’s at MoMA on March 28th, in connection with the exhibition of their project Jones Beach Energy & Nature Center at MoMA.

03.22.23

Mimi Hoang invited to speak at University of Utah's College of Architecture and Planning

On April 12th, Mimi will join the College of Architecture and Planning's Spring Lecture series that will focus on “The Housing Question Today: Alternatives, Amenities, Affordability.”

03.13.23

Eric Bunge joins the Int'l Lecture Series at The Universidad San Francisoco de Quito

On March 24th, Eric will present a lecture as part of USFQ School of Architecture's lecture series Public Stages: Architecture, Nature and Urban Cohabitation.

03.08.23

Chicago Come Home shortlist on display at Chicago Architecture Center

'On view in the exhibition are 42 posters, each featuring one of the submitted proposals. These displays include renderings of and building plans for the proposed designs, as well as short blocks of explanatory text. The firm associated with each poster will remain anonymous until after jury review on March 6-7.'

03.07.23

Dwell discusses Come Home Initiative shortlist, previewing nARCHITECTS

nARCHITECTS' submission to the Come Home competition was one of a few firms highlighted by Dwell.

02.27.23

Jones Beach Energy & Nature Center documented by The Museum of Modern Art on YouTube

A fresh look at our Jones Beach Energy & Nature Center, MoMA captures the day-to-day life of the Center, and its importance to local communities and students.

02.24.23

The Museum of Modern Art's 'Architecture Now' Exhibition featured in The Guardian

"A new MoMA exhibition takes a look at projects for so-called public-facing spaces in the city and what young designers are doing for New Yorkers..."

02.08.23

The Museum of Modern Art features Jones Beach Energy & Nature Center

The Museum of Modern Art's exhibition Architecture Now: New York, New Publics will include nARCHITECTS' Jones Beach Energy & Nature Center. The exhibition, showcasing public projects around New York city who 'envision a future in which architecture creates more accessible, sustainable, and equitable cities,' will run from February 19th-July 29th 2023.

01.27.23

nARCHITECTS shortlisted for INVEST South/West Come Home Initiative

INVEST South/West "aims to reverse decades of disinvestment and depopulation and transform the urban fabric of Chicago’s South and West Side neighborhoods." As part of the competition, nARCHITECTS is invited to help "reimagine Chicago’s single family home, two- and three-flat, rowhouse and six-flat typologies to prioritize affordability, construction efficiency and 21st century lifestyles."

08.18.22

Staten Island Zoo Clove Road Entrance to be designed by nARCHITECTS

As part of the DDC Project Excellence Program, the Staten Island Zoo's Clove Road Entrance will be updated and expanded to accommodate increased attendance and new exhibits and habitats.

08.18.22

nARCHITECTS commissioned to design Violet Cove Redevelopment

Ten years after Superstorm Sandy, Mastic Beach demolishes the dilapidated Violet Cove Restaurant to make way for the revitalization of Violet Cove and Mastic Beach, expanding waterfront access while protecting natural habitats.

02.11.22

nARCHITECTS selected by the NYC DDC for the Project Excellence Program.

The Department of Design and Construction’s Project Excellence program establishes expectations and goals for quality and innovation in architecture, engineering, and project delivery. The program utilizes strategies and practices that balance aesthetics, functionality, cost, constructability, and durability to bring form and meaning to public space.

01.01.22

nARCHITECTS commissioned to design the Slow Factory Institute

Situated within our larger renovation of the Bush Terminal into the Made in NY Campus for the NYC economic Development Corporation, nARCHITECTS is designing the 18,000sf Slow Factory Institute, a school and a lab for a climate-positive, regenerative future.

08.24.21

Lt. Governor Kathy Hochul at the nARCHITECTS' NYS Equal Rights Heritage Center in Auburn

With the imminent swearing-in of Kathy Hochul as New York's first female Governor, we remember the day when she presided over the ribbon cutting of our NYS Equal Rights Heritage Center in Auburn, NY, in 2018. Also pictured, NYS Parks Commissioner Rose Harvey, and Harriet Tubman's great-great-grandniece, Pauline Copes Johnson.

08.11.21

The Cornell Daily Sun Spotlights Ithaca Farmers Market, the nARCHITECTS' Renovation Project

Ithaca Farmers Market pavilion, originally modeled after a 13th century European cathedral, plans major renovations while trying to maintain its age-old charm.

07.08.21

Ithaca Times Publishes Market Vision: Planning Begins for the Next Chapter of the Farmers Market

Ithaca Times interviewed nARCHITECTS' Founding Partner, Mimi Hoang, AIA, and the Ithaca Farmers Market Executive Director, Anton Burkettabout, about a design vision for the Market pavilion as a destination for the public year-round.

07.06.21

Jones Beach Energy and Nature Center is the 2021 Architizer A+ Jury Award Winner in the Architecture +Environment - NEW! Category

We are proud to announce that the Jones Beach Energy and Nature Center won this year's Architizer A+ Jury Award being selected among entries from over 100 countries worldwide. This year's finalists and winners were chosen by the jury including such industry leaders as Lesley Lokko, Alison Brooks, Nader Tehrani, and Tom Kundig, as well as luminaries from beyond architecture like Karim Rashid (Karim Rashid), Yves Behar (Fuseproject), David Rockwell (Rockwell Group), and Aric Chen (Design Miami).

06.28.21

Jones Beach Energy and Nature Center wins 2021 AIA NYS Excelsior Honor Award for New Construction

The Jones Beach Energy and Nature Center was awarded an AIA NYS Excelsior Honor Award in the New Construction category. The AIA NYS Excelsior Awards program showcases the best in publicly funded buildings, outdoor areas, and public art across New York State. AIA NYS President Illya Azaroff, FAIA, said, “These remarkable and diverse publicly-funded award-winning projects deserve the highest recognition for providing our community with thoughtful, effective, and responsible design. I commend the creative teams behind these impactful works.”

06.28.21

Jones Beach Energy and Nature Center selected as the 2021 Architizer A+ Awards Finalist in the Architecture +Environment NEW! Category

Jones Beach Energy and Nature Center is one of the finalists for the Architizer A+ Awards, Architecture +Environment category. The program's mission is to nurture the appreciation of meaningful architecture in the world and champion its potential for a positive impact on everyday life. Entries are judged by more than 400 luminaries from fields as diverse as fashion, publishing, product design, real estate development, and technology.

05.01.21

Cornell University selects nARCHITECTS to renovate The Foundry

In need of updated facilities for their fine arts programs, Cornell University has commissioned nARCHITECTS to renovate and design new interior spaces for The Foundry.

03.30.21

Mimi Hoang Named 2020 Urban Fellow by Urban Design Forum

The Urban Design Forum announced its 2020 Urban Fellows. Among them is nA's Founding Partner Mimi Hoang.

02.26.21

WoodWorks Announces the Winners of the 2021 U.S. Wood Design Awards

The Jones Beach Energy & Nature Center was awarded the Wood in Government Buildings award. Juror Julie Hiromoto said “I love that it’s a net-zero-energy project, and the story about the landscape being reclaimed from almost ten acres of concrete surface parking lot. The building nestles nicely in the landscape and I love how the shadow patterns of the wood slats juxtapose with the vertical facade.”

01.28.21

nARCHITECTS, ikon.5 architects, Young & Ayata, and over 20 other New York-based firms recognized at the 2021 AIA NY Design Awards

The annual AIA NY Design Awards recognizes New York-based practices for their outstanding work and overall design excellence. Awards are distributed across the following categories: Architecture, Interiors, Urban Design, and Projects.

01.13.21

Jones Beach Energy and Nature Center wins 2021 AIA NY Design Honor Award

Born out of a public and private partnership between New York State Parks and the Long Island Power Authority, the Jones Beach Energy and Nature Center meets Governor Cuomo’s Climate Leadership and Community Protection Act’s objectives almost thirty years before its target dates. Designed as a “chalet for all”, the center continues the public legacy of its Robert Moses-era site by inspiring the next generation of environmental stewards to care for the world and resources that surround them.

11.01.20

Prevailing Forces: M2 Mixed-Use Building | Canadian Architect

An angular mixed-use building is tailored to its quirky site on Calgary’s waterfront.

09.28.20

On Jones Beach, A New Beachhead In The Climate War | Innovate Long Island

An all-season “net zero” nature and energy educational resource has risen on the climate battle’s front lines. Less than two years after it was first announced, the Jones Beach Energy & Nature Center has officially opened its doors, offering an informative and entertaining journey through New York’s natural systems – and a glimpse at the state’s ambitious plans to combat climate change.

09.25.20

Jones Beach Energy & Nature Center | CBS NY

As CBS2’s Carolyn Gusoff reports, Jones Beach is known for fun in the sun. And now, education too. The new attraction, down at the pristine west end, is the state-of-the-art Jones Beach Energy & Nature Center. It’s hailed as a tool in the state’s carbon-free future: The building generates as much energy as it consumes. “This center is about taking action, empowering every New Yorker to fight climate change at home,” said New York State Parks Commissioner Erik Kulleseid.

09.01.20

COVID-19 decimated NYC businesses. This free program is helping them recover | FastCompany

Neighborhoods Now pairs designers with business owners in hard-hit neighborhoods to help them adapt to the pandemic.

06.17.20

Neighborhoods Now

The COVID-19 pandemic has disproportionately affected communities of color, and threatens to expand the racial wealth gap in neighborhoods that already lack access to resources as a result of long-term structural inequities. In response, The Van Alen Institute in collaboration with The Urban Design Form, are launching neighborhoods now. Under the umbrella, Volunteer Architects Limited (VAL), nA is excited to collaborate with ARO, LTL, mos, SO-IL, and workAC, focusing on short term and long term visions for the Jackson heights neighborhood.

04.30.20

Micro Units Fill a Huge Need | Multi-Housing News

04.06.20

Mimi Hoang / 2020 Census PSA

nA's Co-Founding Partner, Mimi Hoang, shares her perspective on why the census is important, and how it helps to shape cities' priorities to build housing and public spaces that benefit everyone and strengthen communities

02.27.20

Pratt

As part of the Pratt Sessions lecture series, Eric will be paired in conversation with Alessandra Cianchetta (AWP, London). Each session brings together two participants; one regionally based and one non-regionally based. Participants will frame their work around a disciplinary subject or provocation in short lecture presentations.

02.20.20

Asian Art Museum of San Francisco / CCA

Mimi Hoang will give a talk as part of the Asian Art Museum of San Francisco and California College of the Arts’ contemporary Asian architecture lecture series. Inaugurated in 2017, the lecture series is a collaboration between the museum and the college allows the two organizations to host leading figures who are shaping architecture today.

02.19.20

UC Berkeley

Mimi Hoang will visit UC Berkeley to share nARCHITECTS' work through the lens of the recent book, Buildings and Almost Buildings, in a lecture and book signing.

02.13.20

MIT

Mimi Hoang and Eric Bunge will visit MIT to share their work and recent book. Across a range of buildings, public spaces, and ephemeral installations, nARCHITECTS argues for the formal and social potential of an architecture that remains somehow incomplete and ambiguously perceived—or in the architects’ words, Almost Buildings.

12.04.19

NYS Equal Rights Heritage Center Awarded Honorable Mention in AN's Best of Design Awards

11.08.19

ARCHITECT 50

nARCHITECTS is prominently ranked for the 6th year in a row in Architect Magazine's annual Architect 50 rankings, earning the #9 spot in the survey’s design category.

10.16.19

Cornell

Eric Bunge and Mimi Hoang will share their recent work and book - Buildings and Almost Buildings. Across a range of buildings, public spaces, and ephemeral installations, nARCHITECTS argues for the formal and social potential of an architecture that remains somehow incomplete and ambiguously perceived — or in the architects' words, "almost buildings."

09.13.19

Affordability by Design | Sidewalk Labs' City of the Future Podcast

07.01.19

NYC Considers Development Proposals for Affordable Units Modeled after Carmel Place

NYC is looking to micro units and co-living developments modeled after Carmel Place as a solution to the city's affordable housing shortage. The city is reviewing proposals from developers for hundreds of affordable micro-units and expects to announce which projects will move forward in the fall.

05.21.19

Book Launch @ A/D/O

Join us in celebrating the launch of our new book, Buildings and Almost Buildings by Eric Bunge and Mimi Hoang.

05.02.19

New York State Equal Rights Heritage Center | Architect Magazine

04.01.19

Columbia GSAPP

Eric Bunge and Mimi Hoang will share their recent work and book - Buildings and Almost Buildings - anti-monograph with a subtle manifesto about the open-ended, incomplete, and ambiguous in architecture.

03.26.19

Buildings and Almost Buildings | nARCHITECTS

11.08.18

ARCHITECT 50

nARCHITECTS #10 in the Design category in the 2018 Architect 50's tenth annual rankings.

04.04.18

Graham Foundation Grant

Eric Bunge and Mimi Hoang awarded a grant by the Graham Foundation for upcoming book, Buildings and Almost Buildings!

02.23.18

AIA College of Fellows

Eric Bunge has been elevated to the prestigious College of Fellows for achieving a standard of excellence in the profession.

02.22.18

When Less Space Invites More Regulations | Architect Magazine

01.08.18

AIANY Merit Award

Our NYC DOT Harper Street Yard Structures receives an AIANY Merit Award!

12.07.17

National Building Museum

Mimi Hoang and the development team behind Carmel Place discuss housing innovations at the National Building Museum's Making Room: Housing for a Changing America series.

12.06.17

HIVE 50

Mimi Hoang and Eric Bunge have been named as part of the HIVE 50 Innovators Transforming Housing, a list of industry leaders pushing forward housing innovation, vision and economics.

11.10.17

AIANYS Firm of the Year

nARCHITECTS is the AIANYS 2017 Firm of the Year.

10.02.17

Citylab Interview

Eric Bunge sat down with Citylab to discuss nARCHITECTS' recent housing and public space projects.

08.14.17

CTBUH Journal

Principal Mimi Hoang and Associate Principal Ammr Vandal are published in the Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat's Special Issue: "Women in the Tall Building Industry."

04.18.17

Bezahlbar. Gut. Wohnen. Strategien für erschwinglichen Wohnraum | Jovis

03.29.17

Predicting our Future Podcast

Mimi Hoang joins a discussion on modular construction in NYC in Episode 4 of Predicting our Future. Listen here

02.06.17

Brooklyn’s A/D/O Co-Working Space Is Building a Utopia for Creatives of All Kinds | Artsy

01.27.17

There's much A/D/O about design at Mini's creative space in New York | Wallpaper Magzine

01.13.17

AIA Institute Honor Award

Carmel Place is recognized by AIA National with a 2017 AIA Institute Honor Award.

10.28.16

NYC Opens First Microunit Apartment Building | USA Today

10.27.16

Carmel Place Ribbon Cutting

Carmel Place celebrates building completion and full resident move-in with a ribbon-cutting ceremony, Oct. 27th.

10.07.16

Chicago's century-old Navy Pier revitalised by James Corner Field Operations and nArchitects | Dezeen

10.05.16

First look: photographs of Chicago’s redeveloped Navy Pier | Architect's Newspaper

10.04.16

A Free Place for Designers to Work | The New York Times

10.01.16

ADFF: Making Carmel Place

"Making Carmel Place" debuts at the Architecture and Design Film Festival. The film, by director Antti Seppänen, follows nARCHITECTS through the design and construction process of NYC's first micro-unit apartment building.

10.01.16

Making Carmel Place | Director: Antti Seppänen

09.17.16

MINI Building, Vol. 4 | A&C Publishing

09.01.16

Living Small in the Big City | Architectural Record 09/2016

07.28.16

1st Prize - Shanghai Library

nARCHITECTS wins 2016 International Young Architects Competition for the Shanghai Library East Hall

06.12.16

Neue Standards. Zehn Thesen zum Wohnen | Jovis

06.10.16

Tiny Home Test Drive | The New York Times

04.06.16

Collective Housing Projects: An Anatomical Review | FORM&DATA | a + t architecture publishers

03.29.16

American Academy of Arts and Letters

Mimi Hoang & Eric Bunge receive an Arts and Letters Award in Architecture from the American Academy.

03.02.16

Are Micro-Apartments a Good Solution to the Affordable-Housing Crisis? | The New Yorker

02.08.16

New York City’s Latest Experiment in Small Space Living | Architectural Digest

06.29.15

New York City's first micro-unit housing complex stacks up in just one month. | ARCHITECT'S NEWSPAPER BLOG

06.19.15

Micro-flats Gain Favour as the Answer to Big city Urban Density | Financial Times

04.08.15

Hong Kong-Style Microflats Arrive in the US | South China Morning Post

03.12.15

Nueva York Construye el Primer Edificio de Microapartamentos Modulares de Estados Unidos | El Mundo

02.20.15

Home Shrunken Home: New York’s First Micro-Apartments, Prefabricated in Brooklyn | The New York Times

01.08.15

nARCHITECTS’ visionary Guggenheim museum proposal will strengthen Helsinki’s urban fabric | Inhabitat

12.28.14

Living Small: The making of Manhattan's first micro-apartments | The Atlantic

09.22.14

nArchitects New Zig-Zagging M2 Building Will be a Civic Landmark in Calgary | Inhabitat

09.11.14

New restaurant/office development for East Village | Calgary Herald

08.08.14

Where Are They Now? The Legacy of MoMA PS1's Young Architects Program | Architizer

01.18.14

Activating Spaces With Problem-Solving Design | Epoch Times

08.05.13

Wyckoff House Museum | The Architects Newspaper

02.03.13

Living Small is the Best Revenge | The New York Times

01.23.13

In Winning Design, City Hopes to Address Cramped Future | The New York Times

01.22.13

City Announces Micro-Apartment Design Winner | Metro Newspaper

01.22.13

Living Small | The Architects Newspaper

03.15.12

Team in Line to Remake Pier | Chicago Tribune

09.07.11

In Taiwan, A Stunning Bamboo Pavilion With A Potent Eco Message. | Fast Company

08.07.11

Built with Bamboo | Washington Post

04.01.11

Small Scale: Creative Solutions for Better City Living | Princeton Architectural Press

02.01.11

New York Dozen | Images Publishing

01.15.11

Save New York by Making It “Soft" | The New Yorker

01.01.11

Rising Currants | MoMA Dept. of Publications

12.01.10

New York Architecture | Loft Publications

11.01.10

AIA Guide to NYC | Oxford University Press

04.14.10

New York 2100: Getting Ready for Coming Flood | Metro Newspaper

03.26.10

The Future: A More Watery New York | The New York Times

02.01.09

Provisional | Princeton Architectural Press

01.01.09

U.S. Architecture | Braun Publishing, AG

09.01.08

Strike a Pose | Die Gestalten

07.22.08

Challenging Architectural Conservatism | The New York Sun

06.27.08

Frederick Kiesler | The New York Times

06.01.08

nA Monograph, DD series 29

03.01.08

Spacecraft | Die Gestalten

02.06.08

Frederick Kiesler | The New Yorker

02.01.08

Hatch | Laurence King Publishing Ltd.

04.22.07

Couples Who Build More Than Relationships | The New York Times

03.01.07

Young Americans | Dom

10.01.06

Ultimate New York Design | Loft Publications

08.03.06

Mimi Hoang and Eric Bunge / nARCHITECTS | The Architects Newspaper

04.01.06

Natural Architecture | Princeton Architectural Press

03.12.06

Reshaping the Lower East Side | The New York Times

03.03.06

To Pacify a Quirky Space, The Best Angle Was a Curve | The New York Times

08.21.05

New York’s New Architecture District | The New York Times

07.27.05

Switch Building | The Architects Newspaper

03.17.05

You Are Not Paranoid: The Walls Are Watching | The New York Times

06.27.04

Music and Architecture to Structure Summer | Newsday

06.24.04

In Fine Form, Bamboo Shows off Its Curve | The New York Times