NYRP Edge/ucation Exhibition opens
Come to the opening of the NYRP Edge/ucation exhibition at the Center for Architecture NYC. The display includes Desai Chia's FloodLAB design, one of 4 finalists.
Best of Year Award presented to Desai Chia for the LM Guest House
The LM Guest House received a Best of Year Award in the residential category. Cindy Allen, the Editor-in-Chief of Interior Design, announced all of the award winners at a gala event at the IAC Building in New York.
Katherine Chia to speak at MOCA with Anita Lo and Mary Ping
Katherine Chia will join chef Anita Lo and fashion designer Mary Ping for a panel discussion on creativity in food, fashion and design at the Museum of the Chinese in the Americas on October 26, 2013, from 2-4pm.
Desai Chia shortlisted for NYRP Competition
The New York Restoration Project, led by Bette Midler, has shortlisted Desai Chia's FloodLAB entry for the final round of the Edge/ucation Pavilion and Boathouse competition.
The Dek House project to be exhibited at the Center for Architecture NYC
Surface Innovation: Redefining Boundaries of Interior & Exterior Spaces is a multi-media exhibit presenting new concepts for Dekton by Desai Chia and 5 other New York architecture firms. Sponsored by the AIA and Cosentino.
Katherine Chia presents the LM Guest House at the World Architecture Festival
The LM Guest House was an awards finalist at the World Architecture Festival in Singapore. Katherine Chia presented the project to an international jury during the 3-day event.
Katherine Chia joins Cindy Allen for the OHNY Panel
Interior Design Editor-in-Chief Cindy Allen hosted a panel discussion with Katherine Chia & 5 other designers to discuss their work at the "What's New What's Next" showcase for OpenHouseNewYork.
LM Guest House Exhibited at the Buenos Aires Biennial
This year's Buenos Aires Design Biennial features works by AIA award-winning architects including Desai Chia's LM Guest House.
NYRP selects Desai Chia Architecture for the Edge/ucation Competition
Desai Chia Architecture and seven other firms have been selected to develop a state-of-the-art, flood-resistant recreation learning center at the Sherman Creek site in Inwood, NY, which was hit hard by Hurricane Sandy last year. The competition is sponsored by the New York Restoration Project & led by Bette Midler.
Interior Design features LM Guest House
Interior Design's July issue dedicated an 8-page feature to the LM Guest House. Craig Kellogg praised the house for its refined, compact simplicity and compelling connection to the landscape.
LM Guest House shortlisted for the World Architecture Festival Prize
The World Architecture Festival has shortlisted the LM Guest House for a prize in the “Villa” Category (house in a landscape environment.) Eight projects are under consideration for this annual international award. The grand award winner will be announced on October 4th at the World Architecture Festival event in Singapore.
Dwell Asia praises the LM Guest House
Dwell Asia's July/August feature of the LM Guest House calls the project "brilliant."
Peranakan Museum's "Luminous Depths" Unveiled in Singapore
"Luminous Depths," a collaboration with artist Lee Mingwei at the Peranakan Museum in Singapore, opened on June 20th and will be on display through September 2013. The diaphanous installation engages every story of the museum, filtering light down from the skylit atrium.
LM Guest House receives SARA NY Gold Award of Excellence
The Society of American Registered Architects SARA NY Gold Award of Excellence was given to the LM Guest House in the Housing & Sustainability Category. Katherine Chia accepted the award at the Design Awards Dinner on June 25th.
The Wall Street Journal's full page feature of the LM Guest House
Susanna Sirefman of the Wall Street Journal writes: "Though the 2,000-square-foot, one-story dwelling, located on the clients' working farm, is meticulously detailed, its layout is uncomplicated... When you finally spy the house, it appears as a graceful box hovering over the landscape."
LM Guest House receives an AIA NY Design Award & an Architizer A+ Design Award
The LM Guest House receives two distinguised awards: the AIA NY Design Award for Architecture and the Architizer A+ Design Award special mention. Thank you to our clients and our collaborating consultants.
Peranakan Museum: project update
"Luminous Depths" is in the final stages of fabrication at the Peranakan Museum in Singapore. Katherine Chia traveled to Singapore with artist Lee Mingwei to make final preparations before the opening on June 20th.
Katherine Chia is selected for the Good Design Awards Jury
Katherine Chia joins the Good Design Awards Jury to select the best product designs from around the world.
Desai Chia in SURFACE Asia
SURFACE Asia discusses the work & design approach of Desai Chia Architecture. The article features a number of our projects.