The Van Alen Institute named Kathy Chia a co-chair of the Van Alen Leadership Council. The Van Alen institute believes that design can transform cities, landscapes, and regions to improve people’s lives. The Institute collaborates with communities, scholars, policymakers, and professionals on local and global initiatives.
American Architecture Prize honors Michigan Lake House and Photographer's Loft
The American Architecture Prize jury has awarded Michigan Lake House a Gold Prize for Residential Architectural Design and a Silver Prize for Residential Interior Design. The American Architecture Prize jury has also awarded Photographer's Loft a Bronze Prize for Apartments Interior Design.
Watermill House featured on Curbed
Laura Euler features the Watermill House and praises the project as “a fabulous modern extension” in her October 2016 article for Curbed Hamptons.
SARA National Design Award goes to Luminous Depths, LM Guest House, and Photographer’s Loft
The National Society of Registered Architects has honored Luminous Depths, the LM Guest House, and the Photographer’s Loft each with a SARA National Design Award at the awards ceremony in Phoenix, Arizona.
Watermill House featured on Dezeen
The Watermill House was featured on Dezeen in a Jenna McKnight's October 2016 article.
Watermill House featured on ArchDaily
The Watermill House was featured on ArchDaily.
AIA New York State Design Award goes to the Photographer's Loft
The AIA New York State Design Awards jury has selected the Photographer's Loft for an Honor Award. The project will be recognized & exhibited at the AIA New York State 2016 Design Conference in Saratoga Springs in September.
LM Guest House to be exhibited at the AIA Residential Review
The annual Residential Review showcases the best work in residential interiors projects by New York City architects. Ten winners including Desai Chia Architecture were selected, and their work will be on display in the gallery space GD Cucine from June 14 - July 2.
SARA NY Design Honor Award goes to Luminous Depths
SARA NY has given the Luminous Depths installation at the Pernakan Museum, Singapore, a Design Honor Award.
Photographer's Loft featured on DesignBoom and Arch Daily
The Photographer’s Loft is now on ArchDaily & Designboom.
Follow the design for Quartz Media on Medium
Zach Seward, executive editor at Quartz Media, is documenting our design process for their new 25,000 SF office via The Office on Medium. He writes, "In this diary, the question is: How do you capture a company’s culture in a physical space? Help us figure it out." Lessons learned are being shared to help other startups.
LM Guest House featured on Dezeen
The LM Guest House was featured on Dezeen and received a great response from viewers.
Two Best of the Year Awards from Interior Design Magazine
The Betaworks office and the Photographer’s Loft each received a Best of Year Award from Interior Design Magazine.
The Photographer's Loft receives an American Architecture Award
The Photographer's Loft was selected as one of the best American architecture projects in 2015. This is Desai Chia's 4th American Architecture Award. Awarded projects will be exhibited at the 3rd Chicago Architecture Biennial and then to other museums in Europe.
MakeItWork Awards go to the Betaworks and Arup Offices
The Betaworks and Arup Offices both received MakeItWork Honoree Awards at the annual MakeItWork Tech + Design Conference in San Francisco.
SARA NY Silver Honor Awards goes to the Photographer's Loft
The NY Society of Registered Architects bestowed the Silver Honor Award on the Photographer's Loft project at their annual awards dinner.
AIA NY Honor Award announced for the Photographer's Loft
The Photographer's Loft received an AIA NY Design Honor Award at the annual Design Awards Luncheon at Cipriani Wall Street. The project will be on display at the Center for Architecture NYC from April 24 - June 22, 2015.
LM Guest House receives a BSA Housing Award
The Boston Society of Architects bestowed a Housing Design Award on the LM Guest House at the Design Awards Gala in Boston.
LM Guest House Featured on Archello
Luminous Depths receives a CODA Award
Desai Chia Architecture & artist Lee Mingwei received a CODA Award for "Luminous Depths," a participatory art installation at the Peranakan Museum in Singapore.