Architect:
OpenOffice Arts + Architecture Collaborative www.open-office.net

Location:
N.Y.C.

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Founded:
1998

Design staff:
5

Principals:
Lyn Rice, Galia Solomonoff (seated, left and right); Astrid Lipka, Leif Halverson, Joanna Gulik, design staff (standing)

Education:
Rice: Columbia University, M.S., Advanced Architectural Design, 1994; University of Oklahoma, B.Arch., 1984; University of Oklahoma, B.S., Environmental Design, 1983; Solomonoff: Columbia University, M.Arch., 1994; City University of New York, M.S.Arch., 1991

Work history:
Rice: Practice— Diller + Scofidio, 1997–99; Lyn Rice Architect, 1995–96; Stan Allen Architect, 1994–95; Ellerbe Becket, 1989–93; Jon Gunson Architect, 1984–88; Academic—Barnard College, 2001–03; Columbia University, 2000–03; Solomonoff: Practice—OMA, 1997–98; Bernard Tschumi Architects, 1995–97; Pasanella + Klein, Stolzman + Berg, 1994–95; Rafael Viñoly Architects, 1993; Academic—Cooper Union, 2002–03; Princeton University, 2001; Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, 2001; Columbia University, 2000

Key completed projects:
Dia:Beacon, Beacon, N.Y., 2003 (with former partners Linda Taalman and Alan Koch); exhibition design for Beyond the Catwalk: The Fashion Show as Performance Art, Bellevue, Wash., 2003; brand concepts and retail environments for Shiseido (with Diller + Scofidio), 2002; art and exhibition master plan, Fort Lauderdale/ Hollywood Airport, Fla., 2002; passageway, Javits Center, N.Y.C., 2001

Key current projects:
Brooklyn Academy of Music, N.Y.: office building; Sosnick Penthouse, N.Y.C.

See the December 2003 issue of Architectural Record for full coverage of this firm.