Leong Leong on the Power of Slowness, Weird Aesthetics, and Family in Architecture

2020-02-11T11:34:00-05:00

Rushing to found a firm may seem like a good idea for those looking to keep their creative naivete, but as proven by New York City-based practice Leong Leong, patience and deliberately planned growth pays off. Just over 10 years since its founding in 2009, the small office has already completed a handful of projects that include the first phase of the 180,000-square-foot Anita May Rosenstein Campus in Hollywood, as well as multiple high-end fashion stores, museum exhibitions, and furniture pieces. With even larger projects in the works, Leong Leong shows that widely accepted entrepreneurial mottos like “move fast and break things” don’t always apply so broadly -- architecture requires more than just charisma and fast-cash business acumen.

This week, Archinect talks with Chris and Dominic Leong, founders and partners at Leong Leong and Adjunct Assistant Professors at the Columbia University Graduate School of Architecture, Planning and Preservation, where they teach an Advanced Desig...

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Leong Leong on the Power of Slowness, Weird Aesthetics, and Family in Architecture