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Leong Leong is an architecture studio and design consultancy in New York City.[1] Founded in 2009 by brothers Dominic Leong and Chris Leong, the studio is known for material experimentation[2][3][4] and integrating aesthetics with social practice.[5][6][7][8][9]

Projects

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Notable Leong Leong projects include:

  • Sleeping Beauties: Reawakening Fashion, the Spring 2024 Exhibition of The Metropolitan Museum of Art's Costume Institute.[10] The design of the physical space features "a single snaking hallway widening into a series of round, domed rooms to create an immersive and episodic experience"[11] for displaying approximately 250 garments and accessories spanning four centuries.[12]
  • The Los Angeles LGBT Center Anita May Rosenstein Campus, an intergenerational facility serving LGBT seniors and youth in Hollywood, California.[13] The Campus is unprecedented in its size—183,700 square feet, or about 2 acres—and combination of social services with affordable housing.[14]
  • City View Garage in Miami, Florida,[15] a parking garage that, because of its location at the edge of Miami's Design District, intricately designed titanium-coated panels, and visibility from the I-195 freeway, "acts as a kind of billboard for the [city's] Design District."[16]
  • U.S. Pavilion – 14th Venice Biennale in Venice, Italy.[17][18]
  • 3.1 Phillip Lim Flagship in Seoul, Korea.[19] The quilted effect of the building's 40-foot façade is an example of Leong Leong "taking a familiar material such as concrete and casting it into a supple texture."[20]
  • Living in America: Frank Lloyd Wright, Harlem, and Modern Housing at the Temple Hoyne Buell Center for the Study of American Architecture in New York City,[21] an exhibition "showing how two different approaches to housing—Frank Lloyd Wright's Broadacre City (1929–58) and New York City's first public housing developments (the Harlem River Houses, on which construction began in 1936)—combine societal aspiration with racial segregation and socioeconomic inequality."[22]
  • Sweetgreen, "the [fast casual restaurant] chain that made salads chic, modular and ecologically conscious," in New York City.[23]
  • Float Tank 01 for Architecture Effects, a joint initiative of the Guggenheim Bilbao in Bilbao, Spain and the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum in New York City.[24] Built from stainless steel and coated with insulating spray foam, Float Tank 01 is an "off-the-grid" solar furnace that can slowly heat water to maintain the optimum temperature and level of salinity for flotation.[25] "Combining psychotropic functions and an ancient architectural typology, Leong Leong's prototype is an effective structure for reprogramming body and mind and exercising awareness."[26]
  • Courtyard Coalition, "a process-focused program that highlights MoMA PS1's Courtyard as a cultural and spatial asset for critical questions at the intersection of cultural institutions, civic space, and urban life"[vague] at MoMA PS1 in Queens, New York City.[27][28]
  • ONX Studio in New York City, a hybrid production and exhibition space for artists, filmmakers, and designers to work with mixed reality media.[29]
  • Everlane Flagships in New York City and San Francisco.[30] The San Francisco-based retailer previously sold ethically made clothing basics almost exclusively online.[31]

Partners

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Founding partners Chris and Dominic Leong were born 17 months apart in St. Helena, California.[3]

After studies at the University of California, Berkeley and Princeton University School of Architecture (Chris) and California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo and Columbia University Graduate School of Architecture, Planning and Preservation (Dominic), the brothers arrived in New York, where they founded Leong Leong in 2009.[1][3][32]

Both brothers are involved in non-profit organizations and academia.

Dominic Leong is an Adjunct Assistant Professor at Columbia University Graduate School of Architecture, Planning and Preservation,[33] an Adjunct Associate Professor at The Cooper Union for the Advancement of Science and Art,[34] and was an invited lecturer at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.[35] He is also a co-founder of Hawaiʻi Nonlinear, a Honolulu-based non-profit organization "empowering Indigenous futures in the built environment through art and architecture."[36]

Chris Leong is an Adjunct Assistant Professor at Columbia University Graduate School of Architecture, Planning and Preservation,[37] and he has taught at Cornell University College of Architecture, Art, and Planning[38] and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.[35] He is also on the board of Triple Canopy, a New York-based non-profit arts organization.[39]

Exhibitions

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The following exhibitions have presented works by Leong Leong:

Awards and honors

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Leong Leong has been recognized with awards and honors from the Architectural League of New York,[47] the American Institute of Architects,[48] Architectural Record,[49] Architizer,[50] Dezeen,[51][52] and The Architect's Newspaper.[53][54]

References

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  1. ^ a b "Studio". Leong Leong website. Retrieved 29 January 2023.
  2. ^ Vadot, Çhlo (23 February 2016). "Leong Leong on Model-Making, Materiality and 'Unpacking the Cube'". Architizer Blog. Retrieved 3 February 2023.
  3. ^ a b c Burrichter, Felix (2017). "Interview: Fraternal Architecture Duo Leong Leong Embark on a New Chapter". PIN-UP (22). Retrieved 29 January 2023.
  4. ^ McKeough, Tim (2 July 2015). "Designer Profile: Leong Leong". Azure Magazine. Retrieved 3 February 2023.
  5. ^ Rus, Mayer (3 December 2021). "Design for All: Leong Leong". Architectural Digest. Retrieved 29 January 2023.
  6. ^ Zeiger, Mimi (September 2019). "Getting There". e-flux Architecture. Retrieved 31 January 2023.
  7. ^ Coiro, Alec (12 December 2014). "Leong Leong: Architecture From The Inside Out". Ravelin Magazine. Retrieved 31 January 2023.
  8. ^ Lawler, Eric (11 February 2020). "Leong Leong on the Power of Slowness, Weird Aesthetics, and Family in Architecture". Archinect Features. Retrieved 29 January 2023.
  9. ^ Wong, Karen (18 October 2019). "Architecture Firm Leong Leong Deal in Visible and Invisible Structures". Cultured Magazine. Retrieved 29 January 2023.
  10. ^ "Sleeping Beauties: Reawakening Fashion - The Metropolitan Museum of Art". www.metmuseum.org. Retrieved 2024-05-08.
  11. ^ "With Help From Animation, AI, and an Olfactory Artist, "Sleeping Beauties: Reawakening Fashion" Is Bringing Rarely Seen Pieces to Life". Vogue. 2024-04-17. Retrieved 2024-05-08.
  12. ^ "The Met Announces The Costume Institute's Spring 2024 Exhibition and Gala - The Metropolitan Museum of Art". www.metmuseum.org. Retrieved 2024-05-08.
  13. ^ Okamoto, Katie (19 September 2019). "This New Hollywood Landmark Is Best Understood Inside Out". Metropolis Magazine. Retrieved 29 January 2023.
  14. ^ "Los Angeles LGBT Center Opens the Doors of Revolutionary Anita May Rosenstein Campus, the World's First Intergenerational Facility Serving LGBT Seniors and Youth". Los Angeles LGBT Center. 7 April 2019. Retrieved 5 March 2023.
  15. ^ Basulto, David (30 November 2015). "A Parking Garage Even Pedestrians Will Appreciate". Surface. Retrieved 30 January 2023.
  16. ^ "City View Garage in the Miami Design District". ArchDaily. 24 May 2015.
  17. ^ Capps, Kriston (4 September 2013). "State Department Names Curators for U.S. Pavilion at Venice Architecture Biennale". Architect. The Journal of the American Institute of Architects. Retrieved 30 January 2023.
  18. ^ Hanley, William (16 April 2014). "Office Space: Venice Biennale Preview". Architectural Record. Retrieved 30 January 2023.
  19. ^ Feitelberg, Rosemary (8 October 2009). "Phillip Lim Staking His Ground in Seoul". WWD.com. Women's Wear Daily. Retrieved 30 January 2023.
  20. ^ Chong, Yuri (19 October 2010). "Asked & Answered | Leong Leong". T Magazine. Retrieved 5 March 2023.
  21. ^ "Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Art Gallery, Sep 9 – Dec 17, 2017". AEX. Architektur Galerie Berlin.
  22. ^ "Living in America: Frank Lloyd Wright, Harlem & Modern Housing". Columbia GSAPP. 2017. Retrieved 5 March 2023.
  23. ^ Dunn, Elizabeth G. (4 January 2020). "In a Burger World, Can Sweetgreen Scale Up?". The New York Times. Retrieved 3 February 2023.
  24. ^ "Architecture Effects". Guggenheim Bilbao. Retrieved 30 January 2023.
  25. ^ "Float Tank 01". Leong Leong. Retrieved 5 March 2023.
  26. ^ Lempesis, Dimitris. "Art Cities: Bilbao Architecture Effects". dreamideamachine Art View. Retrieved 5 March 2023.
  27. ^ "Courtyard Coalition". MoMA PS1. Retrieved 5 March 2023.
  28. ^ Menchetti, Ceci (25 August 2022). "Putting Community Knowledge on the Map". Northeastern University College of Arts, Media and Design. Retrieved 30 January 2023.
  29. ^ Zeiba, Drew (14 January 2020). "New Museum and Onassis USA will launch mixed reality lab in Leong Leong-designed space". The Architect's Newspaper. Retrieved 30 January 2023.
  30. ^ Servie, Alex (17 December 2017). "Leong Leong Interprets Everlane's Radical Transparency In-Store". Frame. Retrieved 3 February 2023.
  31. ^ Anders, Melissa (28 November 2017). "Everlane to Open 2 Flagship Locations as More E-Commerce Retailers Go Brick-and-Mortar". Forbes. Retrieved 5 March 2023.
  32. ^ Martin, Olivia (6 March 2017). "In New York and L.A., Leong Leong is designing new platforms for marginalized communities". The Architect's Newspaper. Retrieved 31 January 2023.
  33. ^ "Faculty". Columbia University Graduate School of Architecture, Planning and Preservation. Retrieved 30 January 2023.
  34. ^ "The Irwin S. Chanin School of Architecture: Faculty & Staff". The Cooper Union. Retrieved 30 January 2023.
  35. ^ a b "Watch the 2021 Spring Lectures online". MIT Architecture. 14 June 2021. Retrieved 30 January 2023.
  36. ^ Tan, Dewi (13 December 2022). "Reclaiming Indigenous Architecture in Hawaii". MoMa Magazine. Retrieved 30 January 2023.
  37. ^ "Faculty". Columbia University Graduate School of Architecture, Planning and Preservation. Retrieved 30 January 2023.
  38. ^ Witten, Patti (24 August 2021). "New and Renewed: AAP's Fall 2021 Semester". Cornell AAP. Retrieved 30 January 2023.
  39. ^ "About: Board of Directors & Advisors". Triple Canopy. Retrieved 30 January 2023.
  40. ^ "Architecture Effects". e-Flux Announcements. 4 December 2018. Retrieved 31 January 2023.
  41. ^ McPherson, Jacob (21 January 2016). "Andrew Zuckerman is "Unpacking the Cube"". Cement Magazine.
  42. ^ "Cooper Union Exhibitions". Mutual Art. Retrieved 31 January 2023.
  43. ^ "Sharing Models: Manhattanisms at Storefront for Art and Architecture". TL Magazine. 11 August 2016. Retrieved 31 January 2023.
  44. ^ Macdonald, Emma Leigh (2019). "A Show at the Schindler House Harnesses the Soft Power of Plural Storytelling". Pin-Up. Retrieved 31 January 2023.
  45. ^ "Oslo Architecture Triennale: 'The Library'". Nasjonalmuseet. 2019. Retrieved 31 January 2023.
  46. ^ Keh, Pei-Ru (25 January 2018). "Friedman Benda explores aporetic architectural furniture in nine new designs". Wallpaper*. Retrieved 31 January 2023.
  47. ^ "Emerging Voices 2017". The Architectural League of New York. Retrieved 29 January 2023.
  48. ^ "2020 AIANY Awards". AIA New York. Retrieved 29 January 2023.
  49. ^ "Design Vanguard". Architectural Record. 16 December 2011. Retrieved 29 January 2023.
  50. ^ "25 Best Architecture Firms in New York, NY". Architizer. April 2020. Retrieved 29 January 2023.
  51. ^ "Dezeen Awards 2019 Shortlist, Emerging Architect of the Year". Dezeen. Retrieved 29 January 2023.
  52. ^ "Dezeen Awards 2022 Longlist, Leisure and Wellness Interiors Category: The Bellslip by Leong Leong". Dezeen. Retrieved 29 January 2023.
  53. ^ "Announcing the winners of the 2019 AN Best of Design Awards". The Architect's Newspaper. 4 December 2019. Retrieved 29 January 2023.
  54. ^ "AN Interior announces the Top 50 Architects and Designers of 2022". The Architect's Newspaper. 13 October 2022. Retrieved 29 January 2023.
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