"The firm has always believed in "the power of architecture and design to engage in environmental and social concerns, and to create new possibilities for the future." In that sense, the firm's principals define their approach to architecture as a constant evolution. For them, it is a continuous process of learning, questioning, and relearning, which is nurtured through the firm's engagement in local culture, climates, and histories, as well as discourse in the fields of ecology, landscape, and urbanism."
"In this way, they are able to bring these topics together with a focus on public, cultural, and civic projects that aim to reinvent how people live, work, and experience the world. Both founders maintain a heavy presence in academia; Andraos is the Dean Emeritus of Columbia GSAPP, and Wood has held various visiting professorships at Yale and Princeton."
WORKac, founded in New York in 2003 by Amale Andraos and Dan Wood, pursues architecture that addresses environmental and social concerns while creating new possibilities for the future. The practice treats architecture as a continual process of learning, questioning, and relearning, nurtured by engagement with local cultures, climates, histories, and discourse in ecology, landscape, and urbanism. The firm focuses on public, cultural, and civic projects intended to reinvent how people live, work, and experience the world. Both principals maintain strong academic roles and contribute to publications and books, including Buildings for People and Plants (2025).
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