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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
V-Soleil in ARCHITECT magazine
V-Soleil Wins an ARCHITECT R+D Award
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
Rothko Chapel at dusk with Broken Obelisk in the foreground
2022 Preservation Houston Martha Peterson Award, Rothko Chapel
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
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
Bar at Knoll D.C.
2021, AN Best of Design, Knoll D.C.
Dia Chelsea's inaugural exhibition with Lucy Raven
2021 Interior Design Best of Year, Dia Chelsea
Attendees review a rendering at UW Tacoma's Milgard Hall Construction Celebration
Watch – Kim Yao Speaks at UW Tacoma’s Milgard Hall Construction Celebration
Rothko Chapel interior
2021 Docomomo US Award of Excellence, Rothko Chapel
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
ARO office portrait in bright office corner. Photo by Dean Kaufman.
Watch – ARO’s Firm Award Panel – 5/20/2021
Watch Stephen Cassell with BE-Ex presents Reimagining Midcentury Office Buildings to House the Future
Dia Chelsea Reopens
Two people view art at the new Vilcek Foundation
Vilcek Foundation honored with 2021 AIA National Design Award, Interior Architecture
Building Museums 2021 Rothko Chapel Aligning Mission and Intent
ARO and Christopher Rothko present Aligning Mission and Intent | Building Museums Symposium 2021
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
abstract graphic that reads Neighborhoods Now
Watch – Neighborhoods Now Summit
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Supporting Black Lives and Dismantling Injustice
Portrait of ARO Principals Kim Yao, Stephen Cassell, and Adam Yarinsky
5/15 Cocktails & Conversation: ARO + Mark Lamster
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