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Portrait of Stephen Cassell and Kim Yao against a gray backdrop
10/19 Kim Yao and Stephen Cassell join MIT’s Ahmad Tehrani Symposium
Rendering of the entrance to 15 Beekman
10/27 Visit 15 Beekman at Pace University, Archtober’s Building of the Day
Photograph of Dominic Griffin against a gray backdrop
10/4 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
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7/31 Kim Yao Presents the University of Washington Tacoma’s Milgard Hall at SCUP 2023
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 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
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
Portrait of Megumi Tamanaha
5/25 Megumi Tamanaha Joins NYCxDesign Panel on Designing for the Future of Work
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 Kim Yao
4/26 Kim Yao Delivers Keynote at AIA Wisconsin Conference
Portrait of Adam Yarinsky
4/20 Adam Yarinsky Joins Urban Design Forum for Centering Safe Experiences
Rendering of the entrance to 15 Beekman
Pace University Announces the Opening of 15 Beekman in Fall 2023
People stand in the east gallery of Dia Chelsea with the metal door open to the street
3/13 ARO and Alexis Lowry present Strengthening Dia Art Foundation’s Mission Through Architecture | Building Museums Symposium 2023
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
Guess-A-Sketch event graphic
3/9 Kim Yao Hosts the Annual Guess-a-Sketch at the Center for Architecture
Photo of Walter De Maria's landmark installation The Broken Kilometer
The New York Earth Room and The Broken Kilometer Reopen Following ARO Conservation
Portrait of Stephen Cassell
1/18 Stephen Cassell moderates Good Trouble: Design for Energy
Dia Chelsea, featuring Lucy Raven's Ready Mix installation
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
ARO's Pumpkitecture tream poses with their winning pumpkin in matching tie-dye shirts
ARO Wins the Pritzker Pumpkin at the 6th Annual Pumpkitecture
Watch – Kim Yao and Megumi Tamanaha join Monograph’s Best Practice series
Rendering of the lobby at the Frederic Church Center
9/28 Kim Yao and Adam Yarinsky discuss two new community-oriented mass timber projects at TimberCon
Portrait of Kim Yao
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
Rendering of the Frederic Church Center at Olana
Watch – Adam Yarinsky on Carbon Neutrality and the Olana Frederic Church Center
Interior view of Rothko Chapel after renovation showing visitors viewing the panels under a new skylight
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
Group picture of ARO team members at GrowNYC's Governor' Island Teaching Garden
Annual Day of Action
Interior of the renovated Rothko Chapel
Rothko Chapel Receives a Special Mention in Architizer’s A+ Awards
View of Downtown Providence and the Providence River
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, featuring Lucy Raven's Ready Mix installation
Dia Chelsea Wins a 2022 NYCxDesign Award
Rendering of UWT's Milgard Hall
Watch – UWT Milgard Hall Project Update
View of Bucks County Residence at dusk
2022 Residential Design Architecture Awards Citation, Bucks County Residence
Final slab of CLT tops out Milgard Hall
UWT’s Mass Timber Milgard Hall Tops Out
Portrait of Kim Yao
Kim Yao Elevated to AIA College of Fellows
John Flavin artwork on display at Dia Chelsea
Watch – ARO Joins AIANY Panel: Dia Chelsea Engaging Art and Architecture
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ARO Selected for the Northwest Arkansas Design Excellence Program
ARO assembles a terra cotta sunshade
Watch ARO present at the 2021 Architectural Ceramic Assemblies Workshop
AIA 2021 Honors & Awards Luncheon
Watch – Kim Yao Receives 2021 AIA Medal of Honor
ARO wins Best Video for Daylight Hour
2021 Best Video for Daylight Hour
ACE Mentor Program Final Presentation
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
ARO Pumpkitecture Zoom Haunting
Pumpkitecture
Kim Yao Cindy Allen DesignBiz
Watch – Kim Yao goes live on Instagram with Interior Design’s Cindy Allen
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Watch – Neighborhoods Now Summit
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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