WORK

Featured projects and major milestones.

[2023]

Design: CASE STUDY HOUSE CHICAGO

Graham Foundation

This project riffs on the traditional "Case Study House" as it proffers a Chicago rowhouse as a possible avenue for piecemeal reparations.

Click here to learn more.

Exhibition: LABORATORY OF THE FUTURE

Biennale Architettura 2023

Please check back in June to hear all about our contribution!

Click here to learn more.

Courtesy of the Municipality of Venice

Lecture: INVESTIGATING RICHARD NICKEL’S PHOTOGRAPHS TO DESIGN A HOUSE FOR THE FUTURE

Driehaus Museum

(Virtual)

Riff Studio discusses the influence of Louis Sullivan and Richard Nickel on their current project, Case Study House: Chicago.

[2022]

Teaching Engagement: LESSONS FROM MODEL SPACE

Taubman School of Architecture

Practice Sessions No. 10

Riff Studio was one of five practices to lead workshops with students from across the school.

Proposal: CASE STUDY HOUSE CHICAGO

Graham Foundation

Research & Development Grant

We redefine the goals of the “case study house” by designing and building one row house in Chicago as a possible avenue for piecemeal reparations. Check back in June to learn more about our design!

Image courtesy of Isabel Strauss.

Lecture: IDENTITY, SPACE, & POWER

Rice University SOA

Anti-Racism Collective (Virtual)

The Rice Architecture Anti-Racism Collective presents a panel “Identity, Space, and Power” with Rekha Auguste-Nelson, Nathan Friedman, and Ghazal Jafari.

Click here to watch.

Proposal: PATCHWERK, PAIRED

Ragdale Foundation

Ragdale Ring Competition Entry

Patchwerk recalls the first Ragdale Ring as it stakes out space for new voices.

Click here to learn more.

[2021]

Publication:  NONCONSENSUAL COAUTHORSHIP

Log 54 “Coauthoring”

Winter/Spring 2022

Unpacks the meaning of coauthorship by investigating its antithesis and by exploring examples of nonconsensual coauthorship.

Click here to purchase.