2024-12-04T03:30:50-05:00 https://archinect.com/features/article/150046882/what-the-future-has-in-store-for-brooklyn-based-firm-future-expansion Mackenzie Goldberg 2018-01-29T09:00:00-05:00 >2018-01-30T12:16:04-05:00 <img src="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/ut/ut5pwka9qon8zbeu.jpg?fit=crop&auto=compress%2Cformat&enlarge=true&w=1200" border="0" /><p><a href="https://archinect.com/firms/cover/149654488/future-expansion-architects" target="_blank">Future Expansion</a> is a Brooklyn based architecture-and-design firm founded in 2011 by Deirdre and Nicholas McDermott. Shortly after starting, the practice won an open RFP from the Brooklyn Academy of Music for a large-scale public art installation. Since, the two have gone on to carry out projects for both private and public clients. They recently completed another winning installation, "<a href="https://archinect.com/news/bustler/6154/take-a-moment-in-flatiron-reflection-now-on-display-in-nyc-s-flatiron-district-for-the-holidays" target="_blank">Flatiron Reflection</a>," for the fourth annual Flatiron Public Plaza Holiday Design Competition commissioned by the Flatiron/23rd Street Partnership and <a href="https://archinect.com/van_alen" target="_blank">Van Alen Institute</a>.</p> <p>For this week's <a href="https://archinect.com/features/tag/845829/small-studio-snapshots" target="_blank">Small Studio Snapshots</a>, Archinect caught up with the firm to hear about some recent projects they are working on and find out what the future has in store.</p>