On a recent trip to New York, Modelo was able to meet with Stuart Narofsky, founder and principal of Narofsky Architecture. Stuart has been been an architect since 1983 and has received numerous accolades from the AIA including a recent Lifetime Achievement Award and his firm was selected as... View full entry

On a recent trip to New York City, Modelo spent some time in the Manhattan office of e+i studio with founders Eva Perez de Vega and Ian Gordon. While there they described their backgrounds, what brought them to New York, their dream projects and where they believe the future of architecture... View full entry

The 2015 Design Biennial Boston was unveiled July 16th in the Rose Kennedy Greenway space. The Biennial focuses on exhibiting the inspiring work of emerging architects and designers building their practices in Massachusetts. With the program a month in, Modelo was able to catch up with Cristina... View full entry

Last week, Modelo spoke with the founder ofblank studio design + architecture — Matthew Trzebiatowski. The firm, founded in 2006 is presently made up by four individuals and is based in Phoenix, Arizona. As a practicing architect, Matthew’s time is primarily focused on his business, but... View full entry

Susannah Drake is the founder and principal architect of DLANDstudio. This fall marks her 20th anniversary since graduating from Harvard GSD with both architecture and landscape architecture degrees. She has been doing architecture and landscape architecture since 1988. Last week Modelospent... View full entry

Recently, Modelo met with the founders of the up-and-coming Brookline-based firm Gunadi Lamere Design (GLD — pronounced Guild). Cynthia Gunadi and Joel Lamere described their approach to design, the genesis of their firm, and their most recent work “The Grove”, one of four pieces... View full entry

This week, Modelo had the pleasure of interviewing Christine M. West and Albert J. Garcia. West and Garcia are the Principals of KITE Architects Inc. The firm is based in Providence, Rhode Island and serves all of New England.On the beginnings of KITE:CW: KITE has had a presence in New England... View full entry

Recently, Modelo visited Sasaki Associates in Watertown, Massachusetts. We had the opportunity to meet with Senior Associate Landscape Architect and Ecologist, Tao Zhang. Zhang provided us with some thoughtful reflections on his journey and what he thinks the future holds for landscape... View full entry

Last week, Modelo had a fantastic interview with Paulis Austrins and Sophia Chang, co-founders of architecture and design firm Studio PSchema. In the interview they share their outlook on design and where they see the architecture industry heading in the future. See the full interview below.On... View full entry

Last week, Modelo posted the first half of an interview with IK Studio’s principals Mariana Ibañez and Simon Kim at their Cambridge office. Ibañez and Kim run the six-person architecture and design firm together in Cambridge and Philadelphia where they are involved as both practicing... View full entry

Last week, Modelo visited IK Studio’s principals Mariana Ibañez and Simon Kim at their Cambridge office. Ibañez and Kim run the six-person architecture and design firm together both in Cambridge and Philadelphia where they are involved as both practicing architects and educators at Harvard... View full entry

On Monday, Modelo interviewed Synthesis Design + Architecture founder Alvin Huang. SDA is a growing Los Angeles-based firm with a global reach working on projects that range from actual buildings, to furniture, to public art and physical products.On SDA’s approach to design:The bottom line is... View full entry

Last week, Modelo had the opportunity to interview Mark Rukamathu and Michael Smith. The duo founded their design firm, rukamathu.smith in 2013 and are located in the heart of Somerville, Massachusetts. They sum up their design philosophy as follows:We have been a practice for 452 days.We... View full entry

Talanoa Lesatale, Regional Director of North America for NAGA LLC, took the time to speak with us about his experience as an architect, what makes NAGA unique, and the future of design.On the SCAD experience (Savannah College of Art & Design):I graduated from SCAD in 1999. It was a great... View full entry

Susannah Drake presenting at TedxGowanus (image credit TedxGowanus)Susannah Drake is the founder and principal architect of DLANDstudio. This fall marks her 20th anniversary since graduating from Harvard GSD with both architecture and landscape architecture degrees. She has been doing... View full entry