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INTRODUCTION
FIRM HISTORY
ABOUT ARCHI-TECTONICS
Founded in 1998 by Winka Dubbeldam, and now co-led by Justin Korhammer, Archi-Tectonics is a global design
studio headquartered in New York City, with of昀椀ces in Los Angeles, Amsterdam and Hangzhou. The 昀椀rm is engaged in
over 250,000 sqm of new developments across North America and Europe, including an urban superblock of 31-story
residential towers and urban forest in Albania.
Adaptive Hybrids and Organic Systems. We think of buildings as active systems rather than inert objects. Like
organisms, our buildings dynamically adapt to their environments, and are designed to be energy ef昀椀cient, and react
to changing functional demands, thus expanding the traditional boundaries of program and typology. By treating
buildings, landscape, and environments as a continuum, and by understanding architecture as a way of shaping
processes and 昀氀ows, we create buildings that have agency in their environments and ecospheres and promote the
well-being of both the inhabitants and their habitat.
Designs through Research, Prototyping, and Testing. We value performance over form and design intelligence
over style and use 3D digital generative design processes that create new building forms that deliver optimized for
performance and identity. Archi-Tectonics continuously re昀椀ne these forms through extensive testing and prototyping
to deliver purpose-driven, ef昀椀cient, sustainable, and imaginative solutions for 21st-century challenges.
Innovation through Collaboration / Non-Standard. Arch-Tectonics fosters creative synergies to generate highly
ef昀椀cient, adaptable buildings and environments by fully integrating a team of creative collaborators, engineers, and
fabricators into the design process. Working closely with manufacturers through continuous prototyping and prefabrication, enables us to disrupt the standards and limitations of conventional building production, and to generate
highly customized but economic structures and materialities.
Archi-Tectonics’ work has been exhibited and presented internationally, with solo shows and lectures in Rotterdam,
Bogotá, Milan, Munich, Venice, Berlin, and at global forums and climate conferences including COP Dubai, AIA New
York, UIA Copenhagen, CTBUH Singapore, and TED Edinburgh.
Archi-Tectonics’ work has been widely recognized with awards including the CTBUH Award of Excellence, the Luban
Prize, the Architizer A+ Award, The Plan Award, and multiple honors from AIANY.
The 昀椀rm’s research and projects have been published in 昀椀ve monographs: Monsters and Mutants: Explorations in
the Architecture–Nature Continuum (Park Books, 2025); Strange Objects, New Solids And Massive Things (Actar,
2021); Archi-Tectonics: Winka Dubbeldam (DAAB, 2011); AT-INdex (Princeton Architectural Press, 2007); and Winka
Dubbeldam, Architect (010 Publishers, 1996).
Archi-Tectonics is a certi昀椀ed Women Business Enterprise (WBE) in New York State.
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