North America’s got talent! Now in its eighth year, this listing, built from our editorial coverage, observation, and research, showcases the most relevant architecture and design firms working in interiors today.
Los Angeles
Founded by principal Dean Levin, 22RE practices ground-up architecture, interiors, and furniture design with an emphasis on craft and sensorial experiences.
San Francisco
The studio, established by Joshua Aidlin and David Darling in 1998, works across public and private sectors and focuses on environmental connection and restraint.
Created by Alda Ly and led by Ly and Tania Chau, ALA Studio serves clients worldwide who are looking to rethink traditional hospitality, health and wellness, workplace, and retail spaces.
New York
Dorian Booth and Anthony Gagliardi cofounded Almost Studio in 2018. Across typologies, they experiment with form, material, program, and representation.
Toronto
Anya Moryoussef initiated her practice in 2016. She focuses on the overlooked potential of renovations and vernacular reinterpretation with restraint and sensitivity.
New York
Architecture Research Office is led by Stephen Cassell, Kim Yao, and Adam Yarinsky, a collective united by a research-driven approach.
Los Angeles
Bernatz Studio by Patrick Bernatz is a design, architecture, and furnishings studio that prioritizes local materials and craftsmanship.
Los Angeles
Established by Barbara Bestor, Bestor Architecture works across scales, from wineries to community centers, with an eye toward creating accessible urbanism.
Washington, D.C.
Founded in 2013 by Jack Becker and Andrew Linn, BLDUS practices design, development, and construction across the U.S., exploring American vernaculars and economy of construction.
New York; Los Angeles
BOND, or Bureau of Noam Dvir and Daniel Rauchwerger, was founded in 2020 to bridge a gap between architecture and interior design.
New York
Brent Allen Buck works across the country to deliver both small-scale furniture, large-scale multifamily buildings, and the interiors in between. He created his own office in 2018.
New York; Los Angeles
Adam Charlap Hyman and Andre Herrero lead the bicoastal firm with a fantastical, immersive vision that considers divergent art forms and scales.
New York
CIVILIAN, led by Nicko Elliott and Ksenia Kagner, focuses on contextual and architecturally driven interiors for cultural institutions as well as commercial companies.
Los Angeles
Established in 2017 by Matthew Au and Mira Henry, Current Interests designs cultural projects, residences, and exhibitions with an emphasis on social, spatial, and material liveliness.
Vancouver
Since 1999, D’Arcy Jones has developed a practice that delivers inventive experimental and conceptual work across scales and in urban and rural areas.
San Francisco
James Leng and Jennifer Ly lead Figure, offering quiet interventions through a sensitivity to identity, context, and an economy of means.
Austin
Founded by husband-and-wife team Will and Alice Fox, Fox Fox Studio leads with an emphasis on conceptual narrative and art sensibilities for a range of projects.
Chicago
Founded by Ann Lui and Craig Reschke in 2015, Future Firm is an architecture and design office with a focus on clients in arts and culture organizations and nonprofits.
New York
Cofounders Tal Schori and Rustam-Marc Mehta lead a team of 12 with the motivation of uniting distinctive aesthetics with technical excellence across all project types.
Austin
Led by Nick and Brittany Hunt, Hunt Architecture is an integrated interior architecture and interior design firm, focusing on a modern yet approachable style.
INC
New York
Working in interiors, architecture, and object design, INC Architecture & Design was created by Adam Rolston, Drew Stuart, and Gabriel Benroth and incorporates joy, utility, and craft.
Montreal
Partners Guillaume Riel, Philip Staszewski, Gabrielle Rousseau, and David Kirouac make up Ivy Studio, an office creating bold, hyperpersonal spaces.
New York
Specializing in luxury residential, hospitality, and commercial projects, JG Neukomm Architecture, led by Jean-Gabriel Neukomm, considers context and tactility in all projects.
Los Angeles; Cambridge, Massachusetts
Established in 1998 by Sharon Johnston and Mark Lee, Johnston Marklee has realized buildings and interiors in 14 countries. They are engaged with arts, culture, and academic pursuits.
Chicago
Lap Chi Kwong and Alison Von Glinow established the firm in 2017 and bring a formally innovative yet accessible spirit to living spaces, cultural venues, urban public areas, and other projects.
Mexico City
Founded in 2015 by Isabel Abascal and Alessandro Arienzo, LANZA celebrates beauty through striking form, conceptual furniture, site-specific interiors, and engaging exhibition design.
Fayetteville, Arkansas
Practicing architecture and interiors that are both contextually resonant and experientially rich, the firm, led by Marlon Blackwell and Meryati Blackwell, applies a situational approach.
Los Angeles; San Francisco; New York
Since 1989, Leo Marmol and Ron Radziner have led their design-build architecture practice in a way that integrates architecture, construction, landscape architecture, and interior design.
Michael Hsu Office of Architecture
Austin, Texas; Houston
Founded by Michael Hsu in 2005, Michael Hsu Office of Architecture works across project typologies worldwide, all of which are united by a sense of welcoming hospitality.
Toronto
Led by Arancha González Bernardo and Michael Fohring, Odami delivers commercial and residential spaces using atmospheric and confident visual languages.
New York
Of Possible Architecture was created in 2008 by Vincent Appel and works across spheres of architecture, design, interiors, urbanism, furniture, sculpture, and large-scale public art.
San Francisco; New York
Michael Yarinsky and Kelley Perumbeti work across disciplines—including architecture, furniture, and, most recently, food—but always maintain a sense of play.
Vancouver
Since establishing his office in 2003, Omer Arbel has experimented with construction methods, spatial concepts, and form, alongside designing for Bocci, the lighting company he cofounded.
San Francisco
Tyler Noblin and Max Obata founded their office in 2020. Together they combine a language of warmth and formal restraint in projects across the U.S.
Pérez Palacios Arquitectos Asociados
Mexico City
In 2018, Pablo Pérez Palacios founded his practice to work across disciplines in architecture, art, planning, urban design, and interior design projects.
New York; Jackson, Wyoming
Working in hospitality, retail, and residential programs, Post Company, led by Ruben Caldwell, Jou-Yie Chou, and Leigh Salem, crafts grounded yet rich and well-researched environments.
New York
Madelynn Ringo’s studio designs retail and wellness spaces rooted in culture, feel-good optimism, and immersive atmospheres.
Rockwell Group
New York; Los Angeles; Madrid
Founded in 1984 by David Rockwell, Rockwell Group is a 350-person firm that is well-known for realizing layered and theatrical interiors across scales and around the world.
New York
Sarah Jacoby created her eponymous firm in 2014. She specializes in building, creatively restoring, reconfiguring, and designing space.
Houston
Troy Schaum and his firm consider the city at the scale of the building as the basis of the approach to national and international projects.
New York
This 65-person firm, established by Annabelle Selldorf in 1988, creates large-scale public and civic projects, as well as private spaces, with clear, modern sensibilities.
Berkeley, California
Kristen Sidell and Rudabeh Pakravan began practicing together in 2014 to explore speculative research and building commissions in Northern California.
New York
Jing Liu and Florian Idenburg lead SOLID OBJECTIVES IDENBURG LIU (SO – IL) to create civic and art projects with meaningful cultural or social impact.
Vancouver, British Columbia
Craig Stanghetta leads Ste Marie in the design of immersive hospitality, residential, and commercial spaces across North America.
New York
Little Wing Lee established her firm in 2019. She specializes in interior design, architecture, furniture, and lighting, guided by a narrative approach.
Boston
J. Roc Jih leads their firm in designing pragmatic and sculptural works, where culture acts as a framework for construction and form.
New York
From Giancarlo Valle and Jane Keltner de Valle, Studio Valle de Valle is an international practice dedicated to playful, studied, and unexpected spaces.
New York
Founded by Amale Andraos and Dan Wood in 2003, WORKac designs public, cultural, and civic projects in the U.S. and beyond while considering landscape and ways of living.
New York
Max Worrell and Jejon Yeung’s studio, established in 2015, considers conceptual clarity and future adaptability in residential, commercial, civic, cultural, and adaptive reuse projects.
New York; Toronto
The global studio, cofounded by George Yabu and Glenn Pushelberg, has designed interiors, furniture, textiles, and objects since 1980, working within multiple layers of interiors.
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