AN announces 2026 Twenty to Watch list of rising residential architecture design talent in New York
AN’s second edition of our Twenty to Watch list once again recognizes rising residential architecture design talent in New York. From emerging firms to longer-standing ones that deserve some extra recognition, these designer-led practices all share the trait of delivering impressive domestic spaces—from tight apartment tweaks to freestanding homes outside the city. A round of applause for these architects and designers!
Architecture and design industry professionals are invited to join us at the A&D Building in Manhattan on March 5 to celebrate AN’s Twenty to Watch list. This free special event is presented by The Architect’s Newspaper and the A&D Building. At participating showrooms, guests can enjoy food and drinks and get to know these architects and their work. Don’t miss this chance to engage with New York’s design community. RSVP here.
(Fyodor Shiryaev)
A + A + A
New York
A+A+A is a comprehensive studio led by Andrea Chiney, Arianna Deane, and Ashely Kuo creating thoughtful environments that capture stories, invite joy, and make space for people to flourish.
(Felix Michaud)
BAAB
Middletown, Connecticut
BAAB focuses on houses and housing, reimagining everyday spaces to invent new possibilities of living through geometry as an instigator of organization and the inventive use of code to challenge current models of living together in cities.
(Justin March)
Chadha Ranch
New York
Chadha Ranch is a New York–based architecture and design studio working across residential and hospitality interiors, exploring aging, locality, and geometry to shape environments informed by use, time, and place.
(Naho Kubota)
CO Adaptive
Brooklyn, New York
CO Adaptive is a disassembly, architecture, and building practice working to bring circularity into the industry. It focuses on repairing and maintaining existing buildings and reusing materials to design resilience into local building networks.
(Maya Alexander)
Davies Toews Architecture
New York
Davies Toews Architecture is committed to the continuous exploration of ideas through built work and academic practice. The office consists of designers who practice thoughtful collaboration with communities and individuals.
(Devon Banks)
FORMA
New York, Los Angeles
Founded by Miroslava Brooks and Daniel Markiewicz, the full-service architecture studio explores new forms of collectivity through civic spaces (“commons”) and rethinks domesticity through residential projects (“homes”), from single-family houses to multifamily housing.
(Nicholas Venezia)
Group Projects
Brooklyn, New York
Group Projects is a Brooklyn-based architecture practice founded in 2018 by Jonathan Man, Andrew Feuerstein, and Bret Quagliara. Its collaborative approach enables it to execute innovative design solutions for a variety of environments and scales.
(Jonathan Hökklo)
Keith Burns Architect
Brooklyn, New York
Keith Burns leads his eponymous Brooklyn-based firm through a collaborative, client-driven process that integrates spatial strategy, materials, and color on a limited selection of projects.
(Rocky Luten)
Lea Architecture
Brooklyn, New York
Founded by Jane Lea, Lea Architecture is a Brooklyn-based team of designers who believe in architecture as a tool for creating spatial and social confidence. This requires reaching beyond architecture to provide both longevity of structure and community.
(Angela Hau)
Mattaforma
New York
Mattaforma was founded on the principle of cultivating new relationships with nature through architecture and design. Led by Lindsey Wikstrom, its approach brings together plant life, plant-based materials, and found materials to create environments big and small that grow and adapt.
(Michael Vahrenwald/Esto)
New Affiliates
New York
New Affiliates is an award-winning New York–based architecture firm that focuses on reuse, sustainability, and adaptive design. Its residential work follows its experience collaborating with artists and cultural institutions.
(Sean Davidson)
New Body
New York, Los Angeles, London
Founded in 2017, New Body is a creative partnership between Henry Lucien Barrett and Charles Dorrance-King, working across architecture, design, and creative consultancy. The team operates from New York and Los Angeles, with a satellite office in London.
(Darcstudio)
Of Possible
Brooklyn, New York
Of Possible is a creative practice led by Vincent Appel that works across spheres of architecture, design, interiors, urbanism, furniture, sculpture, and large-scale public art. Founded in 2008, the Brooklyn-based studio pursues architecture as a marriage of spatial poetry and building science.
(Matthew Williams)
Office of Architecture
Brooklyn, New York
Led by principal and founder Aniket Shahane, OA’s work often involves found conditions, cleverly reshaped with care, imagination, and common sense.
(Plan Plan)
Plan Plan
New York
Plan Plan is a New York–based transdisciplinary studio creating adaptable residential projects through close client dialogue, spatial intelligence, and thoughtful design that maximizes the potential of living environments across different contexts.
(Nicholas Venezia)
Ravi Raj Architect
Brooklyn, New York
Ravi Raj Architect is a Brooklyn-based practice that explores material and functional ingenuity through a sensitivity to context. Fundamentally, it strives to create an architecture that is simple yet timeless.
(Frank Frances)
Schiller Projects
New York
Schiller Projects operates at the intersection of strategy and craft. Its approach is driven by a consistent curiosity about the elements, activities, and ecosystems that shape and sustain us. In today’s resource-depleted world, we believe that effective architecture must achieve a delicate balance between beauty, rigor, and resilience while also addressing broader societal objectives.
(Andrew Rugge)
Shakespeare Gordon Studio
Brooklyn, New York
Shakespeare Gordon Studio is a Brooklyn-based architectural practice led by principals Amy Shakespeare and Mark Gordon. Its designs are noted for their spirited use of color and materiality alongside spatial inventiveness and rigorous detailing.
(Noshe Photography)
Studio Gia Wolff
Brooklyn, New York
Studio Gia Wolff is an interdisciplinary design practice, creating through the frameworks of architecture, environments, and installations. The studio’s multiscale projects have ranged from residential and commercial interiors to ground-up masterplans, ambitious site-specific urban interventions, gallery installations, and curatorial collaborations.
(Matthew Williams)
TBo
New York
TBo is a New York–based design studio established by Thom Dalmas and Bretaigne Walliser. The studio is committed to the delivery of buildings and landscapes with a nuanced material presence and sense of place, resulting in work that is uncomplicated and resourceful.
