Archinect - Features 2024-04-28T05:19:29-04:00 https://archinect.com/features/article/150094320/balancing-the-conceptual-and-the-actual-a-studio-snapshot-of-preliminary-research-office Balancing the Conceptual and The Actual; A Studio Snapshot of Preliminary Research Office Anthony George Morey 2018-11-12T09:00:00-05:00 >2018-11-12T00:11:57-05:00 <img src="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/cf/cf2ec65c8f7a2474c03659e6d9bb6498.JPG?fit=crop&auto=compress%2Cformat&enlarge=true&w=1200" border="0" /><p>Led by&nbsp;Chloe Brunner, <a href="https://archinect.com/features/article/116348258/student-works-townization-a-new-chinese-urbanization-paradigm-from-the-gsd" target="_blank">Dingliang Yang</a> and <a href="https://archinect.com/people/cover/28312592/yaohua-wang" target="_blank">Yaohua Wang</a>, <a href="https://archinect.com/p-r-o" target="_blank">Preliminary Research Office</a> has been making a name for itself as an emerging practice leveraging contemporary motifs, exceptional techniques, and potent design schemes to consistently push the boundaries of what a young office can do in today's practice focused climate.&nbsp;</p> <p>For this week's&nbsp;<a href="https://archinect.com/features/tag/845829/small-studio-snapshots" target="_blank">Studio Snapshot</a>, we talk with two of the office's principals Chloe Brunner (CNB) &amp; Yaohua Wang (YHW) about the practice's origins, their unique work approach, along with a view into their approach to the discipline through theory, buildings, and models.&nbsp;</p>