Studio Gang

Studio Gang is participating in AIA Chicago’s Guess-a-Sketch 2025! We’re excited to test our architectural knowledge and support a great cause.    In addition to the live sketches, an original drawing by Jeanne Gang is on auction, depicting the Pavilion at the Lincoln Park Zoo’s Nature Boardwalk. All proceeds will benefit the AIA Chicago Foundation Diversity Scholarship.     We’re honored to contribute to this meaningful cause, and we invite you to join in on the fun this Thursday! 

Rodia Valladares Sánchez, one of the Studio’s Design Principals in Paris, and Kariane Jeaurond, our Marketing Coordinator in Paris, are attending MIPIM 2025 this week. If you're in Cannes and interested in connecting, we’d love to hear from you—feel free to reach out!

Studio Gang is delighted to announce that Zoe Small, AIA LEED AP BD+C has joined our New York office as Senior Design Director. Zoë brings over 25 years of experience leading some of the most high-profile projects throughout New York City and beyond—including Google’s revitalization of Pier 57 and the renovation and expansion of the Museum of Modern Art and Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts. As part of the Studio’s design leadership team, Zoë expands our expertise in complex cultural, institutional, and reuse projects. We welcome her to the Studio!

The revitalized Arkansas Museum of Fine Arts (AMFA) brings together people, art, and nature, establishing a vibrant destination for culture and community in Little Rock. Our design works from the inside out, introducing a new central addition to unify the Museum’s eight existing structures and provide a bold new architectural identity for extensive renovations that accommodate AMFA’s growing visitor needs. Running through the entire building like a graceful stem, the atrium connects and guides visitors to the museum’s diverse programs—including its galleries, theater, and art school. At each end, the stem blossoms outward, forming distinctive entrances and social spaces that connect the Museum to the surrounding landscape and the city beyond. Approaching from downtown, the renewed Art Deco façade of the Museum’s original 1937 building is revealed as a welcoming, accessible grand entry. To the south, an outdoor dining pavilion replaces the existing asphalt parking lot, opening the building to MacArthur Park for the first time. 📸: Steve Hall and Iwan Baan

Are you looking for a creative and collaborative environment where you can apply your design talents to projects that create positive change for communities and our shared, natural environment? If so, come join our friendly and supportive Studio! We’re currently seeking: Interior Design Director – Chicago IT Support Specialist – Chicago, New York Design Intern – Paris Learn more and apply here: https://lnkd.in/erD4ck8d #nowhiring #architecturejobs

Illinois Governor JB Pritzker announced Jeanne Gang as a 2025 recipient of the Order of Lincoln, the state’s highest honor for professional achievement and public service. Recognizing individuals who have made a lasting impact in Illinois and beyond, this prestigious award celebrates Jeanne’s contributions to architecture and the built environment. “With world-renowned achievements in athletics, literature, architecture, education, journalism and history, the 2025 class of Lincoln Laureates embody the very best that Illinois has to offer,” said Governor JB Pritzker. “I am proud to uplift their incredible contributions and to award these talented men and women our state’s highest honor.” Congratulations to Jeanne and the entire class of Lincoln Laureates! Read more: https://lnkd.in/e-c3KUjc

Our expansion of the California College of the Arts (CCA) has been nominated for the ArchDaily 2025 Building of the Year Awards! 🎉 Vote now to support our nomination: https://lnkd.in/eYPT8_gp Founded during the Arts and Crafts movement at the turn of the 20th century, CCA now encompasses 34 art and design disciplines. Our new building helps establish a creative ecosystem, bringing students and faculty together across new art-making facilities, learning spaces, and green spaces. At ground level, a hub of indoor-outdoor workshops seamlessly connects to CCA’s existing main academic building. With flexible fabrication and maker spaces, the open plan encourages interdisciplinary collaboration and adapts to evolving needs, mediums, and technologies develop. Above, the new biodiverse landscape transforms this formerly hard-scaped corner of San Francisco into an inviting outdoor environment for students, faculty, and visitors. Emerging from the building’s base are two mass timber pavilions, which house classrooms, art studios, and exhibition galleries. Their deep balconies extend creative and social spaces outdoors, taking advantage of San Francisco’s mild climate while providing shade for interior spaces, improving overall energy performance. 📸: Jason O'Rear TEF Design, Atelier Ten, Arup, MEYERS+ ENGINEERS, Surfacedesign, Inc., Lotus Water, PritchardPeck Lighting, Coffman Engineers, Thornton Tomasetti, Urban Design Consulting Engineers (UDCE), Hathaway Dinwiddie

How can existing buildings be revitalized to take on new life and purpose? Join us this Thursday at the National Building Museum to hear Jeanne Gang present her approach to this challenge, as outlined in “The Art of Architectural Grafting.” Learn how projects like the Richard Gilder Center at the American Museum of Natural History and Arkansas Museum of Fine Arts expand on their original capacity—creating new utility and beauty while minimizing their carbon footprint. Following the presentation, Jeanne will join Deane Madsen, founder of BrutalistDC, for a conversation on how grafting can unlock new possibilities for existing Brutalist architecture. We hope to see you there! https://lnkd.in/evECGRQy

✨ Calling all creative, collaborative, and curious architecture students! We are looking for summer interns to join design teams across our offices and contribute to exciting projects and research. If you're pursuing a degree in architecture, passionate about design, and ready to explore creative and innovative solutions in a dynamic Studio, apply now and grow with us! Apply here: https://lnkd.in/eGhq4BTU #StudioGang #Internship

Tom Lee Park was one of two Urban Design Honor Award winners at the 2025 AIA New York | Center for Architecture Awards! Designed in collaboration with SCAPE Landscape Architecture DPC, Tom Lee Park strengthens connections between the Mississippi River and the city—restoring the area’s ecology by responding to the dynamic ecosystems of the river. We’re proud to see how this new urban park, whose design reflects input from thousands of Memphians, has transformed a significant piece of the riverfront into a public place where community life can flourish along the water’s edge. As noted by the jury, "We saw the relationship between the community engagement and design in how the final product unfolded. We saw their ambition as a civic park as well—they talked about creating a common ground—and we thought that translated to the way the architecture team and landscape architecture team collaborated, to where you almost can’t tell what might’ve been done by the architect and the landscape architect and where those boundaries end. We thought that was a really powerful message." Thank you to the jury, and our partners for helping realize this incredible waterfront project! Memphis River Parks Partnership, Kimley-Horn, Thornton Tomasetti, Applied Ecological Services, Innovative Engineering Services, LLC 📸: Connor Ryan, Tom Harris