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12/5 Adam Yarinsky Presents ARO Case Study at Housing Opportunity Conference

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Watch – Kim Yao Lectures on “Inquiry + Intuition” at the University of Miami School of Architecture

10/27 Visit 15 Beekman at Pace University, Archtober’s Building of the Day

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10/21 Visit ARO’s New Studio in Downtown Brooklyn During OHNY Weekend

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Watch – Adam Yarinsky Lectures on “Art, Architecture, and Place” at the American Academy in Rome

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Watch – Kim Yao and Stephen Cassell join MIT’s Ahmad Tehrani Symposium

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Pace University Cuts the Ribbon on 15 Beekman

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10/4 Dominic Griffin Presents Flatbush Ave Primary and High School at 2023 Passive House Network Conference

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Megumi Tamanaha Included in 2024 AIA Gold Medal Advisory Jury

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Adam Yarinsky and Stephen Cassell Announced as American Academy in Rome Residents for Fall / Winter 2023

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9/29 Kim Yao Delivers Keynote at AIA Dallas Empowering Conference

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Milgard Hall Wins a 2023 DBIA National Award of Merit

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7/31 Kim Yao Presents the University of Washington Tacoma’s Milgard Hall at SCUP 2023

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7/19 ARO and Alloy Join the Urban Design Forum for a Tour of the Alloy Block

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The Green-Wood Cemetery Breaks Ground on New Education and Welcome Center

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FilzFelt Launches Four New ARO Shingle Products

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6/20 Stephen Cassell Leads Tour of Congregation Beit Simchat Torah for The Architectural League’s Annual Meeting

5/25 Megumi Tamanaha Joins NYCxDesign Panel on Designing for the Future of Work

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5/11 Kim Yao Joins Museum Hue for Building HueSpaces Panel

4/26 Kim Yao Delivers Keynote at AIA Wisconsin Conference

4/20 Adam Yarinsky Joins Urban Design Forum for Centering Safe Experiences

Pace University Announces the Opening of 15 Beekman in Fall 2023

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3/13 ARO and Alexis Lowry present Strengthening Dia Art Foundation’s Mission Through Architecture | Building Museums Symposium 2023

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Barnard Center for the Study of Child Development Opens

FilzFelt Launches ARO Grid 5 and ARO Grid 6

3/9 Kim Yao Hosts the Annual Guess-a-Sketch at the Center for Architecture

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The New York Earth Room and The Broken Kilometer Reopen Following ARO Conservation

1/18 Stephen Cassell moderates Good Trouble: Design for Energy

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Dia Chelsea Wins a 2022 American Architecture Award

University of Washington leaders cut the ribbon on Milgard Hall, inside the new HIPs space

University of Washington Tacoma Cuts Ribbon on Milgard Hall

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ARO Wins the Pritzker Pumpkin at the 6th Annual Pumpkitecture

Watch – Kim Yao and Megumi Tamanaha join Monograph’s Best Practice series

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9/28 Kim Yao and Adam Yarinsky discuss two new community-oriented mass timber projects at TimberCon

9/15 AIANY Women in Architecture Happy Hour: Honoring the 2022 Women Fellows

Christine Nasir, AIA and Dominic Griffin, AIA CPHD Elevated to ARO Project Directors

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Watch – Adam Yarinsky on Carbon Neutrality and the Olana Frederic Church Center

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Rothko Chapel Wins Design Award for Restoration from AIA Houston

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

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Annual Day of Action

Rothko Chapel Receives a Special Mention in Architizer’s A+ Awards

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ARO to Design New Park Pavilion in Providence

Interior of Knoll DC, featuring ARO Grid on the ceiling

Knoll D.C. Wins Chapter Award for Interior Design from AIA DC

Dia Chelsea Wins a 2022 NYCxDesign Award

Watch – UWT Milgard Hall Project Update

2022 Residential Design Architecture Awards Citation, Bucks County Residence

UWT’s Mass Timber Milgard Hall Tops Out

Kim Yao Elevated to AIA College of Fellows

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Watch – ARO Joins AIANY Panel: Dia Chelsea Engaging Art and Architecture

ARO Selected for the Northwest Arkansas Design Excellence Program

Watch ARO present at the 2021 Architectural Ceramic Assemblies Workshop

Watch – Kim Yao Receives 2021 AIA Medal of Honor

2021 Best Video for Daylight Hour

ARO’s ACE Team Presents Final Project Designs

Watch – Stephen Cassell with BE-Ex presents Reimagining Midcentury Office Buildings to House the Future

Rothko Chapel at 50 Design Team Anniversary Lecture

Watch Adam Yarinsky and Team Present the Rothko Chapel

Watch a Replay of The Glass House conversation on the Rothko Chapel

2020 AIA Firm Award, ARCHITECT Interview

Pumpkitecture

Watch – Kim Yao goes live on Instagram with Interior Design’s Cindy Allen

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Watch – Neighborhoods Now Summit

Supporting Black Lives and Dismantling Injustice

Architecture Research Office ARO signatory of Architects Declare

ARO Signatory of U.S. Architects Declare

ARO named 2020 AIA Architecture Firm Award Winner

Kim Yao the new 2020 AIANY President

ARO 25th Anniversary

2016 Mad Engineers Prize at the 1st Annual Pumpkitecture