LYN RICE

Principal
FAIA, LEED AP

Lyn Rice founded the studio in 2004 and is the recipient of The Architectural League of New York's Emerging Voices and Architectural Record's Design Vanguard awards. Rice is a Fellow of the American Institute of Architects, serves on the Board of Directors of the Architectural League of New York and has served as Adjunct Assistant Professor at Columbia University's Graduate School of Architecture, Planning & Preservation, visiting lecturer at Princeton University School of Architecture, and as Visiting Associate Professor of Architecture at The Irwin S. Chanin School of Architecture at The Cooper Union.

 

ASTRID LIPKA

Principal
AIA, LEED AP

Astrid Lipka co-directs the studio with Lyn Rice. Born in Germany and trained in Germany, Switzerland, and Spain before relocating to New York in 1999, she brings an international perspective to the studio. She holds a Masters in Advanced Architectural Design from Columbia University and is an Adjunct Assistant Professor at the School of Constructed Environments at Parsons School of Design, where she has been teaching architecture studios as well as the graduate architecture thesis since 2008. Astrid is active in the AIA NY, having recently served on the Honors, Design Awards and Nominating Committees. She is licensed as an architect in New York and is a LEED Accredited Professional.