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Informational graphic for 2025 AIA Tennessee Conferences in Nashville
8/6 Kim Yao Delivers Keynote at AIA Tennessee Conference in Nashville, TN
Panel presentation at the AIANY Center for Architecture
6/25 AROers Share Insights on Practice at the Center for Architecture, Hosted by the Emerging New York Architects Committee
Multipurpose room in mass timber visitor's center
6/14 Kim Yao and Adam Yarinsky Join Panel Discussion at Olana in Hudson, NY
Brooklyn Passive House Public Schools Recognized as NYCxDesign Early Education Project Honoree
Listen – Adam Yarinsky Interviewed by Second Studio Podcast
Rendering of commercial office building reimagined as housing
Reimagined Midtown Offices for Housing in Elle Decor
Close up detail photograph of green-glazed terra cotta brise soleil system
V-Soleil Exhibit on View at MIT Architecture’s Keller Gallery through September 2025
Interior photo of 2 women reviewing material samples in an architecture office. Credit: Magda Biernat. Architectural Record logo in upper left corner.
ARO Office in Architectural Record
Photo of 4 people on stage in discussion. Photo credit: Don Stahl.
Watch – Madame Architect Presents: Dia’s Jessica Morgan with Kim Yao and Adam Yarinsky at Dia Chelsea
Photo of rainbow play roof on the cover of Metropolis magazine. Credit: James Ewing / JBSA
Brooklyn Passive House Public Schools on the cover of Metropolis
Dusk view of the Frederic Church Center for Art and Landscape. Credit: James Ewing / JBSA
The Frederic Church Center for Art and Landscape in Think Wood
Graphic describing book conversation, with two headshots of presenters and book cover on purple background
4/9 Stephen Cassell Moderates Discussion about “Sponge Park: Gowanus Canal” Book at Housing Works, Organized by MAS
Photograph of a panel of 6 speakers onstage
3/27 Kim Yao Facilitates a Panel on “Scaling Circularity” at Grace Farms’ 4th Annual Design for Freedom Summit
Cover of book against grey background
ARO Principals Share Advice for Success in “Tips from the Top”, Published by Chronicle Books/Princeton Architectural Press, Out Now
Photo of exterior of bookstore
Watch – Business Strategy + Communications Director Angela Estevez and Principal Adam Yarinsky in Conversation with Book Designer Miko McGinty at 192 Books in Chelsea
Logo for US Modernist Radio
Listen – ARO Principals Featured on U.S. Modernist Radio Podcast
Interior view of the lobby of the Frederic Church Center for Art and Landscape. Credit: James Ewing / JBSA. Logo of the Architect's Newspaper in the upper left corner.
The Frederic Church Center for Art and Landscape in the Architect’s Newspaper
Photography of children play roof with rainbow flooring
3/13 Project Director Dominic Griffin Presents Brooklyn Passive House Public Schools at Passive House Empire State Chapter Meeting
Grid of images of buildings by different architects
3/8 Stephen Cassell Joins Architectural League Alumni for an Intergenerational Conversation at Rice University
Photo of signed beam being ceremonially placed on top of building structure
2/28 Rice Business School Building Tops Out with Beam-Signing Ceremony
Photo of Architecture. Research. Office. book with Bookforum logo in top left corner
“Architecture. Research. Office.” in Bookforum
Blue background with graphic text reading "New Practices New York 2025 VOICE"
Kim Yao Serves on Jury for AIANY 2025 New Practices New York Competition
Dusk view of the Frederic Church Center for Art and Landscape. Credit: James Ewing / JBSA. White Oculus logo in upper left corner.
The Frederic Church Center for Art and Landscape in Oculus
Interior photo of gymnatorium with elementary students playing with rainbow parachute. Photo by James Ewing / JBSA. White logo of Bloomberg CityLab in upper left corner.
Brooklyn Passive House Public Schools in Bloomberg CityLab
Exterior photo of the Frederic Church Center for Art and Landscape. Photo by Nick Hubbard.
The Frederic Church Center for Art and Landscape in The Spaces
"Architecture. Research. Office." book on white background
“Architecture. Research. Office.” in The Dallas Morning News
Living room interior. Copyright Frank Frances.
Fifth Avenue Apartment
Apartment interior with "AN Interior" logo in upper left corner
Fifth Avenue Apartment in AN Interior
Photo aerial of the Rothko Chapel and Broken Obelisk
2/20 Adam Yarinsky Presents Rothko Chapel at Palm Springs Modernism Week
Headshot of Stephen Cassell against grey felt background. "UT Austin School of Architecture" logo in upper left corner.
2/10 Stephen Cassell Lectures at UT Austin School of Architecture
Back to Basics: Y Stool
Photo of the interior of Rothko Chapel
Rothko Chapel in The Architect’s Newspaper
Photo of Architecture. Research. Office. book with Architectural Record logo in top left corner
“Architecture. Research. Office.” is an Architectural Record Editor’s Book Pick for the 2024 Holiday Season
ARO Office in The Architect’s Newspaper
The Frederic Church Center for Art and Landscape in Architectural Record
2024 Architect’s Newspaper Best of Design Editor’s Pick, ARO Office
Brooklyn Passive House Public Schools in The Architect’s Newspaper
The Frederic Church Center for Art and Landscape in Wallpaper*
Photo of entrance to PS 456 with Reuters logo in upper left corner
Watch – Adam Yarinsky and Dominic Griffin Interviewed about Brooklyn Passive House Public Schools for Reuters
Graphic that reads "Essay" with the logo for Places Journal
Places Journal, Field Notes on Repair: 5, 2024
Photography of informal pantry gathering space in architecture office with white wordmark reading "First Friday" in upper left corner
12/6 Visit ARO’s Brooklyn Studio for the Architecture League’s First Friday
Photograph of visitor's center at dusk
The Frederic Church Center for Art and Landscape in the New York Times
Headshot of Adam Yarinsky against white background with logo of UVA School of Architecture logo in the upper left corner
Adam Yarinsky Featured in UVA’s Alum in Action
Headshot of Kim Yao against white background with logo of the University of Washington in the top left corner
11/6 Kim Yao Speaks at University of Washington
Exterior photo of home with Forbes logo in upper left corner
ARO in Forbes’ Top 200 Residential Architects for 2025
Photo of ARO Principals (Kim Yao, Stephen Cassell, and Adam Yarinsky) with the logo for Syracuse Architecture in the top left corner
10/29 ARO Principals Lecture at Syracuse University
Group of people at ribbon cutting ceremony for the Frederic Church Center for Art and Landscape
10/25 Governor Hochul Cuts Ribbon at the Frederic Church Center for Art and Landscape
Photo of man lecturing on stage with podium, logo of Georgia Tech in the upper left corner
Watch – Stephen Cassell Presents at Georgia Tech
Headshot ot Kim Yao against white background with Cornell AAP logo in top left corner
Watch – Kim Yao Delivers the 2024 Cornell Goldsmith Lecture
Photograph of interior hallway of mass timber building surrounded by grey graphic frame with caption "AN Interior Top 50"
ARO in AN Interior Top 50 for 2024
“Architecture. Research. Office.” (2024)
Architecture. Research. Office.
“Architecture. Research. Office.” Book Out Now
A rendering of Lower Manhattan covered with “soft” infrastructure alternatives sympathetic to the needs of a sound ecology
10/22 The Center for Architecture Revisits Rising Currents 15 Years Later
Photograph of street elevation of Congregation Beit Simchat Torah at night
10/10 Webinar “Sharing Sacred Spaces” to Feature Stephen Cassell and CBST
Aerial photo of construction site at groundbreaking event
195 District Pavilion Breaks Ground in Providence
Book spread on grey background with AIA East Tennessee logo in upper left corner
9/24 Kim Yao Speaks at AIA East Tennessee
Headshot ot Kim Yao against white background with Cornell AAP logo in top left corner
Kim Yao Interviewed by Cornell AAP
Photograph of student looking at exhibition of drawings in lobby
Nippert Stadium Featured in Architecture as an Instruction-Based Art Exhibition at Harvard GSD
Blue background with blocky black graphic text
ARO Featured in Built By New York Exhibition at AIANY Center for Architecture
Triangular stool against orange felt background with the Architect's Newspaper logo in upper left corner
Y Stool Receives Honorable Mention in AN Best of Products, 2024
Rendering of a marina dockhouse on the water
79th St Boat Basin Dockhouse in the Commercial Observer
Architecture Research Office book "Architecture. Research. Office." designed by Miko McGinty Published by DelMonico D.A.P. Artbook
“Architecture. Research. Office.” (October 2024)
"I Would Prefer Not To" on a purple background
Ana Miljački Speaks with ARO for I Would Prefer Not To Podcast
Rendering of dockhouse from promenade
79th Street Boat Basin Dockhouse
Photo of Khalil Gibran International Academy under construction
6/20 Dominic Griffin Presents Khalil Gibran International Academy and PS 456 at the Passive House Network Schools Symposium
Photograph of a brise soleil made up of interlocking terra cotta units
Stephen Cassell Discusses V-Soleil and ACAW on Facade Tectonics’ SKINS Podcast
View of rear facade of the Mellon Foundation facade from the back garden. (c) Devon Banks
Mellon Foundation Headquarters
Rendering of students in a kindergarten classroom at Saint Ann's School
Healthy Materials at Saint Ann’s School in The Architect’s Newspaper
Rendering of the faceted brick facade of the new building for Rice Business
New Rice Business School Building in The Architect’s Newspaper
Photograph of Rice University officials shoveling dirt for groundbreaking
Rice University Breaks Ground on New ARO-Designed Business School Building
Photograph of two people sitting under a skylight looking at large paintings.
5/21 Adam Yarinsky Joins NYCxDesign Panel on Light as Architecture
Photo of people working at desks in an office
5/16 Visit ARO’s Brooklyn Studio With AIANY Women in Architecture Committee
Rendering of students and parents in front of a school building.
5/15 Stephen Cassell Speaks at NYSAIS Facilities and Operations Conference
Y-Stool with orange Filzfelt background and hand
Y Stool
Rendering of new Rice Business building by ARO
Rice University School of Business
Rendering of the Rothko Chapel's new North Campus
Rothko Chapel Breaks Ground on Phase II of New Campus
Rendering of the Rothko Chapel's new north campus.
Rothko Chapel’s New Campus Phase II in Houston Chronicle
Photograph of new public school building under construction in Downtown Brooklyn
Khalil Gibran International Academy and PS 456 in The New York Times
Photo of a four people sitting and working at a table surrounded by views of a city
The Architect’s Newspaper Visits ARO’s New Brooklyn Office
Photo of the cast iron facade of an empty gallery
BLUM Selects ARO for New Tribeca Gallery
Rendering of families entering a school building
Saint Ann’s School in The Architect’s Newspaper
Saint Ann’s School
Photograph of a toddler and two adult teachers in a playroom
Barnard College CSCD in Buildings Magazine
Rendering of a one-story building in a park setting
Providence Food & Beverage Pavilion Receives Final Approval
Portrait of Stephen Cassell against a gray backdrop
Watch – Stephen Cassell Speaks with Maria Claudia Clemente for the American Academy in Rome’s “Talking Architecture” Series
Photo of an open doorway revealing a person walking in front of a chalk wall
ARO Office
Rendering of renovated school building on Floy Bennett Field
Launch School on CBS New York
Portrait of Adam Yarinsky against a white background
12/5 Adam Yarinsky Presents ARO Case Study at Housing Opportunity Conference
Photo of people walking in and out of a 3-story brick building, and sitting on entry steps
Milgard Hall in Architectural Record
Photo of Kim Yao against a white background
Watch – Kim Yao Lectures on “Inquiry + Intuition” at the University of Miami School of Architecture
Rendering of the entrance to 15 Beekman
10/27 Visit 15 Beekman at Pace University, Archtober’s Building of the Day
Rednering of people standing in a multipurpose room with a high table and chairs and a library
10/21 Visit ARO’s New Studio in Downtown Brooklyn During OHNY Weekend
Group portrait of the full ARO team
ARO in AN Interior Top 50 for 2023
Photograph of Adam Yarinsky against a white background
Watch – Adam Yarinsky Lectures on “Art, Architecture, and Place” at the American Academy in Rome
Portrait of Stephen Cassell and Kim Yao against a gray backdrop
Watch – Kim Yao and Stephen Cassell join MIT’s Ahmad Tehrani Symposium
Photo of students sitting and walking around a large ground-floor lobby
Pace University Cuts the Ribbon on 15 Beekman
Rendering of the primary school entrance at 100 Flatbush
100 Flatbush in Bloomberg Citylab
Photograph of Dominic Griffin against a gray backdrop
Watch – Dominic Griffin Presents Flatbush Ave Primary and High School at 2023 Passive House Network Conference
Portrait of Megumi Tamanaha against a gray background
Megumi Tamanaha Included in 2024 AIA Gold Medal Advisory Jury
Portrait of Stephen Cassell and Adam Yarinsky against a white background
Adam Yarinsky and Stephen Cassell Announced as American Academy in Rome Residents for Fall / Winter 2023
Portrait of Kim Yao standing in front of a white background
9/29 Kim Yao Delivers Keynote at AIA Dallas Empowering Conference
Photo of people entering and exiting Milgard Hall
Milgard Hall Wins a 2023 DBIA National Award of Merit
Portrait of a woman against a gray background
Nida Ekenel
Photo of two toddlers playing on a slide
Barnard College CSCD, 100 Flatbush Public Schools, and Launch School in Oculus
Portrait of of a woman against a gray background
7/31 Kim Yao Presents the University of Washington Tacoma’s Milgard Hall at SCUP 2023
Portrait of a woman against a gray background
Sofia Balters, AIA
Rendering of the entry to the primary school at 100 Flatbush
7/19 ARO and Alloy Join the Urban Design Forum for a Tour of the Alloy Block
Rendering of the new Welcome and Education Center at Green-Wood Cemetery, with the historic greenhouse in the foreground
The Green-Wood Cemetery Education and Welcome Center in Commercial Observer
Rendering of people walking through the entrance to the new Education and Welcome Center at Green-Wood Cemetery
The Green-Wood Cemetery Breaks Ground on New Education and Welcome Center
Rendering of ARO Shingle wall covering in blue, with table and chairs in the foreground
FilzFelt Launches Four New ARO Shingle Products
Rendering of ARO Shingle wall covering in blue, with table and chairs in the foreground
FilzFelt Goes Behind the Design for ARO Shingle
Photograph of seven officials sitting in front of historic Weir Greenhouse.
The Green-Wood Cemetery Education and Welcome Center Groundbreaking on News12
Rendering of the new Education and Welcome Center with burgundy terra cotta facade, surround historic Weir Green-House
The Green-Wood Cemetery Education and Welcome Center in The New York Times
Photo people entering Congregation Beit Simchat Torah from the street
6/20 Stephen Cassell Leads Tour of Congregation Beit Simchat Torah for The Architectural League’s Annual Meeting
ARO participates in annual Daylight Hour raising awareness to reduce energy use in offices.
Daylight Hour
Social Equity Group – Progress Update
ARO Architecture Research Office ILFI Just Label
ARO an ILFI Just Organization
Portrait of Megan Christian
Megan Christian
Portrait of Megumi Tamanaha
5/25 Megumi Tamanaha Joins NYCxDesign Panel on Designing for the Future of Work
Aerial rendering of the full Launch School campus
Launch Expeditionary Learning Charter School on Pix11 News
Aerial rendering of Floyd Bennett Field and new campus for Launch School.
Launch Expeditionary Learning Charter School
Photo of two people looking at material samples in a daylit office
Materials Working Group
Photo of interlocking units of Paper Wall
Paper
hand pointing to paper research prototype
Research at ARO
Photo of a CLT beam
Timber
Photo of two interlocking units of V-Soleil, a terra cotta brise soleil
Terra Cotta
Close-up photo of glass fiber reinforced gypsum ceiling with integrated lighting
Precast Panels
Close up photo of ARO Array
Felt
Rendering of people in an enclosed courtyard with a glass roof
Harvard Medical School, West Commons
Flyer for Building HueSpaces Panel: The Legacy of Black Communities Built and Sustained
5/11 Kim Yao Joins Museum Hue for Building HueSpaces Panel
Portrait of Ruso Margishvili
Ruso Margishvili, AIA
Rendering of the entrance to 15 Beekman
Pace University Announces the Opening of 15 Beekman in Fall 2023
Barnard Center for the Study of Child Development
Student researcher reading with toddlers in the new Barnard Center for the Study of Child Development
Barnard Center for the Study of Child Development Opens
Rendering of ARO Grid 5
FilzFelt Launches ARO Grid 5 and ARO Grid 6
Photo of six Y Stools assembled in a round
Adam Yarinsky’s Y Stool in Curbed
Photo of Walter De Maria's landmark installation The Broken Kilometer
The New York Earth Room and The Broken Kilometer Reopen Following ARO Conservation
Photograph of a felt-wrapped meeting pod at Casper Headquarters
Casper Headquarters named one of Office Snapshot’s 25 Most Popular Offices
Rendering of the landscaped entrance to the Green-Wood Cemetery Education and Welcome Center
The Green-Wood Cemetery Education and Welcome Center in ARCHITECT
Rendering of the interior of the Frederic Church Center for Art and Landscape, showing the mass timber structure
Olana Frederic Church Center in The Art Newspaper
Rendering of the landscaped terrace at the new Frederic Church Center for Art and Landscape
Olana Frederic Church Center in The Architect’s Newspaper
Rendering of the interior of UWT's Milgard Hall, showing mass timber construction
UWT Milgard Hall in Tacoma Weekly
University of Washington leaders cut the ribbon on Milgard Hall, inside the new HIPs space
University of Washington Tacoma Cuts Ribbon on Milgard Hall
Rendering of Rising Currents, ARO's proposal for green infrastructure for Lower Manhattan
Rising Currents on the Cover of EDF’s Solutions
Cover of Constructs Fall 2021 edition
Constructs, Making Houston Modern Review, 2021
Graphic that reads "Essay" with the logo for Places Journal
Places Journal, Field Notes on Design Activism: I, 2022
ARO's Pumpkitecture tream poses with their winning pumpkin in matching tie-dye shirts
ARO Wins the Pritzker Pumpkin at the 6th Annual Pumpkitecture
Rendering of the entrance to the new Frederic Church Center at Olana State Historic Park
ARO Mass Timber Projects in The Architect’s Newspaper
Photo of the Chicken Coop with drawer dropped down
Chicken Coop in Dwell
Rendering of the schools at 100 Flatbush
100 Flatbush in New York YIMBY
Group photo of ARO staff in the office
ARO in AN Interior Top 50 Architects for 2022
Rendering of UWT Milgard Hall
Two ARO Projects in The Architect’s Newspaper Mass Timber Special Section
Rendering of the Flatbush Avenue facade of 100 Flatbush
Adam Yarinksy in InsideHook
Watch – Kim Yao and Megumi Tamanaha join Monograph’s Best Practice series
V-Soleil in ARCHITECT magazine
V-Soleil in ARCHITECT
Casper Headquarters in Office Snapshots
Casper Headquarters in Office Snapshots
Group photo of Architecture Research Office
ARO in Architectural Record
Rendering of the interior of the new Education and Welcome Center, looking towards the historic greenhouse
Green-Wood Cemetery Education and Welcome Center in Brooklyn Paper
Christine Nasir, AIA and Dominic Griffin, AIA CPHD Elevated to ARO Project Directors
Rendering of the entry to the new Welcome & Education Center at Green-Wood Cemetery
Green-Wood Cemetery Education and Welcome Center in The Architect’s Newspaper
Rendering of the Frederic Church Center at Olana
Watch – Adam Yarinsky on Carbon Neutrality and the Olana Frederic Church Center
Portrait of Luke Winata
Luke Winata
Portrait of Maeliosa Barstow
Maeliosa Barstow
Portrait of Elizabeth Levy
Elizabeth Levy
ARO Principals Stephen Cassell, Kim Yao, and Adam Yarinsky at the 2022 AIA Conference on Architecture
ARO Honored for 2020 Firm Award at AIA Conference on Architecture
Photo of a Dan Flavin installation at the entry of Dia Chelsea
Dia Chelsea in Robb Report
Group picture of ARO team members at GrowNYC's Governor' Island Teaching Garden
Annual Day of Action
View of the front desk in the felt-wrapped lobby of Casper Headquarter
Casper Headquarters in Interior Design
View of the entry lobby at Casper's Headquarters, wrapped in ARO Plank
Casper Headquarters in AN Interior
Rendering of a one-story building in a park setting
Providence Park Pavilion
View of Downtown Providence and the Providence River
ARO to Design New Park Pavilion in Providence
Section drawings of a traditional dumpling and ARO's improved dumpling
Building a Better Dumpling
Dia Chelsea featuring the inaugural exhibit - Ready Mix by Lucy Raven
Dia Chelsea in Oculus Magazine
Rendering of the primary school at 100 Flatbush from State Street
100 Flatbush in New York YIMBY
View of Bucks County Residence at dusk
2022 Residential Design Architecture Awards Citation, Bucks County Residence
Sketches of American Headquarters of Alexis Lichine & Co
SOM Fellowship, The Single Building as Urban Intervention, 1985
Rothko Chapel at dusk
2022 Preservation Houston Martha Peterson Award, Rothko Chapel
Bucks County Residence in Elle Decor Spain
Bucks County Residence in Elle Decor Spain
Mammoth House in Elle Decor Spain
Portrait of Ericka Song
Ericka Song, AIA
Portrait of Thom Chiu
Thom Chiu, AIA
Portrait of Kim Yao
Kim Yao Elevated to AIA College of Fellows
Knoll New York Refresh
Mammoth House surrounded by trees and snow
Mammoth House
Mammoth House in Architectural Record
Mammoth House in Architectural Record
Dusk view of the Frederic Church Center for Art and Landscape. Credit: James Ewing / JBSA
Olana Frederic Church Center for Art and Landscape
Architecture Research Office Collection
Knoll DC in Metropolis
Knoll D.C. in Metropolis
John Flavin artwork on display at Dia Chelsea
Watch – ARO Joins AIANY Panel: Dia Chelsea Engaging Art and Architecture
Walton Family Foundation logo
ARO Selected for the Northwest Arkansas Design Excellence Program
Dia Chelsea featuring Lucy Raven's Ready Mix installation
2021 AIANY Architecture Honor Award, Dia Chelsea
Brooklyn Bridge Park Boathouse in Bloomberg City Lab
Brooklyn Bridge Park Boathouse in Bloomberg CityLab
Bar at Knoll D.C.
Knoll D.C. in The Architect’s Newspaper
Knoll DC showroom
2021 Architect’s Newspaper Best of Design, Knoll D.C.
Dia Chelsea wins Interior Design Best of Year Award
2021 Interior Design Best of Year, Dia Chelsea
Rendering of ARO's reimagined Midtown Office Building for Curbed
ARO’s Reimagined Midtown Office Building in Oculus Magazine
Visitors sitting in the restored Rothko Chapel
2021 Chicago Athenaeum American Architecture Award, Rothko Chapel
Wooden reception desk with plant and computer surrounded by grey felt walls with Casper logo
Casper Headquarters
ARO named one of AN Interior's top 50 architecture firms for 2021
ARO in AN Interior’s Top 50 Architects List for 2021
ARO at the 2019 Climate Strike
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