2G / #84 MOS

The New York architecture office MOS, founded by Michael Meredith and Hilary Sample, is one of the few in the United States that manages to build a quality work from their almost artisanal office structure. Their architecture's intention is not to programmatically experiment with social norms, wanting to use architecture to directly intervene or facilitate interactions between neighbors or occupants. MOS's projects are built through combining and aggregating a multiplicity of architectural elements: chimneys, corridors, courtyards, roofs, windows, etc. Their work is partially self-referential, drawing on a consistent set of elements, ideas, and characteristics from their own architectural catalogue. Text: Stan Allen, Giovanna Borasi, Michael Meredith, Hilary Sample

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MOS is a Harlem, New York-based architecture studio founded by principals Hilary Sample and Michael Meredith in 2005. Working across North America, Europe, and Asia, their architecture and design projects include private residences, multi-family housing to master planning, educational institutions, collaborative art installations, exhibition design, gallery spaces, cultural buildings, interactive work spaces, co-working spaces and furniture.