Tag: Young & Ayata

Young & Ayata formed a partnership in New York in 2008 to explore the conceptual and aesthetic possibilities of architecture and urbanism. The practice is dedicated to both built commissions and experimental research. The practice views the reality of contemporary building as a provocation for architectural form, material, and technology. In following these trajectories, understanding architecture in its historical processes is necessary. Both principals teach and view the educational experience as crucial to the continual development of architectural ideas. Michael Young is an Associate Professor at The Irwin S. Chanin School of Architecture at the Cooper Union. Kutan Ayata is an Associate Professor and the Vice Chair of the Department of Architecture and Urbanism at UCLA.