Obra Architects was founded by Pablo Castro and Jennifer Lee in the year 2000 in New York City. The year 2013 marked the inception of their third outpost in Seoul, following the opening of their Beijing office in 2011. Obra’s efforts span the realms of architecture on all scales, from international masterplanning and institutional work to the scale of interiors, furniture, and public art. In 2015 Obra was appointed as one of Seoul City Government’s Public Architects and in 2016 the firm was selected to receive NYC Department of Design and Construction Design Excellence contracts to design the City’s new public buildings and capital construction projects.

The work of OBRA has been exhibited widely, and has been featured at the Frac Centre Orléans, solo shows at the Architektur Galerie Berlin and Rhode Island School of Design, the National Art Museum of China, the Museum of Modern Art, PS1 Contemporary Art Center, the Chicago Athenaeum, and the Center for Architecture, New York, among others. OBRA Architects was named one of 2005 Emerging Voices by the Architectural League of New York and was the winner of the 2006 PS1/MoMA Young Architects Program competition. OBRA has lectured across the globe, at the Museum of Modern Art, KTH Stockholm, Oslo Architects Association, Roma Tre, ETSAM, Universidad de Chile, Instituto di Tella Argentina, at universities throughout the United States, as well as at Korea National University of Arts, Tsinghua University and the Central Academy of Fine Art in Beijing. Their second monograph entitled Obra Architects Logic: Selected Projects, 2003 - 2016 was released by Arkitektur B, Copenhagen in 2017 and a third Obra monograph Obra Made in Korea is currently planned for publication in Seoul, Korea, and is expected to be released at the end of 2018.

Some examples of their work can be viewed at www.obraarchitects.com.