Sagaponac House
Wainscott, NY
A custom-designed house for a hypothetical client explores the universal human desires for both orderliness and spontaneity, while firmly rooting itself to the landscape and creating privacy by shaping the terrain.
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Jianfu Palace Museum
The Forbidden City, Beijing
The project resurrects and reconfigures three long-gone buildings destroyed by fire in the Forbidden City. Before beginning the design process, we proposed new uses for the site and developed its program: a multipurpose reception center and flexible exhibition space set within a larger museum compound. The spaces, circulation, lighting, and furnishings are designed to accommodate these uses.
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Budapest Bay
Öböi XI Development
Budapest, Hungary
Urban master plan for an 80-acre mixed-use development on the Budapest side of the Danube.
The site is located in the Eleventh District at the intersection of Budapest’s second ring road and the Danube River, directly across from premier national arts and cultural institutions.
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Piedmont House
Piedmont, CA
The design of this residence in Piedmont, CA allows three generations of global family with Chinese roots to convene while affording them privacy and separation (with the hopes for positive communion!).
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Jianfu Palace Museum
The Forbidden City, Beijing
The project resurrects and reconfigures three long-gone buildings destroyed by fire in the Forbidden City. Before beginning the design process, we proposed new uses for the site and developed its program: a multipurpose reception center and flexible exhibition space set within a larger museum compound. The spaces, circulation, lighting, and furnishings are designed to accommodate these uses.
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Skin + Bones: MOCA
The design of an exhibition at the Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles for ‘Skin & Bones: Parallel Practices in Fashion and Architecture,’ the first major museum exhibition devoted to the extensive and telling similarities between contemporary architecture and fashion.
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SEVVA Restaurant
Hong Kong
A bare rooftop with superb views is transformed into multiple dining environments, each with a distinct menu and character.
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Shu Uemura
Worldwide
Brilliant colors reveal themselves in the world’s first totally clear lipstick case. Product design for Japan’s makeup master, Shu Uemura.
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William Beaver House
New York, NY
Glazed yellow bricks strike a bold impression on the skyline and send a cascade of light down the canyons of lower Manhattan, transitioning to a pedestrian-scaled open base.
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Public School Libraries
Public School Libraries, New York, NY
The Robin Hood Foundation asked us to design a prototypical library for New York City’s public grammar schools. Our prototype eventually was installed in five schools. Collaborating with teachers, education specialists, and the young students, we sought to improve the function and potential of libraries as places for interaction and discovery while enhancing teachers’ abilities to implement curricula.
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Qingdao Agora
Qingdao, China
Overlooking the Yellow Sea in central Qingdao, the Agora is a 2.3 million sq. ft. development consisting of a 4-story, 300,000 sq. ft. retail podium; a 30-story, 96-unit condominium tower; and a 51-story, 936,000 sq. ft. class-A office tower, upon completion the tallest in Shandong Province.
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Suntec City
Singapore
Six million square foot development of office, retail, entertainment, convention, exhibition, and civic space. Recognizing a dire need for public spaces in Singapore, Tsao & McKown initiated a dialogue between the government authorities and the client that resulted in the largest development of public spaces by private developers in Singapore’s history.
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Suntec City
Singapore
Six million square foot development of office, retail, entertainment, convention, exhibition, and civic space. Recognizing a dire need for public spaces in Singapore, Tsao & McKown initiated a dialogue between the government authorities and the client that resulted in the largest development of public spaces by private developers in Singapore’s history.
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