CORY REYNOLDS | DATE 3/20/2025

192 Books presents Stephen Cassell, Kim Yao, Adam Yarinsky & Miko McGinty on 'Architecture. Research. Office.'

Thursday, March 20, at 7 PM EST, 192 Books presents ARO principals Stephen Cassell, Kim Yao and Adam Yarinsky in conversation with Miko McGinty about the new book, Architecture. Research. Office., published by DelMonico Books. Seating is limited and will be first come, first served. The discussion will also be streamed directly on PCG Studio. There is no login required. A recording will be archived.
Books will be available for sale after the conversation.

When it was established, Architecture Research Office (ARO) represented a new breed of firm—one of the first to be defined by its purpose rather than by a last name or an eponymous acronym. Architecture. Research. Office. documents the firm’s ethos and culture that has quietly shifted the architectural field’s outlook. For the first time, this book meticulously compiles over 30 of ARO’s most significant projects, including the renewed Rothko Chapel and Campus, the boathouse in Brooklyn Bridge Park, and the world’s largest LGBTQ+ synagogue, Congregation Beit Simchat Torah.

Architecture Research Office (ARO) is a New York City firm united by their collaborative process, commitment to accountable action, and social and environmental responsibility. Their architecture unites beauty and form with strategy and intelligence. This philosophy has earned the firm over one hundred design awards including the 2020 AIA Architecture Firm Award, the AIA New York State Firm of the Year Award, and the Smithsonian Cooper-Hewitt National Design Award for Architecture.

Kim Yao, FAIA (center) is a lecturer at MIT and has taught at Columbia University’s Graduate School of Architecture, Planning and Preservation; Parsons’ School of Constructed Environments; and Barnard College. Kim has been awarded the AIA New York (AIANY) Medal of Honor and the Beverly Willis Foundation Mentorship Award. She was President of AIANY in 2020 and serves on the Board and Executive Committee of the Center for Architecture.

Adam Yarinsky, FAIA (right), is a lecturer at MIT and has taught at Harvard University, the University of Michigan, Princeton University, Yale University, the University of Virginia, and other institutions. He has also lectured widely and written about ARO’s work. Adam served on the board of Places Journal and the University of Virginia School of Architecture Dean’s Advisory Board.

Stephen Cassell, FAIA (left) is a lecturer at MIT and has taught at the University of Virginia, the University of California, Berkeley, Harvard University, Princeton University, and the Rhode Island School of Design. Stephen is the former Chair of the Board of the Van Alen Institute.

Miko McGinty began designing art books in 1993. Her first book, Isamu Noguchi: Essays and Conversations, established her deep commitment to working with artists, curators, scholars and museums. Her studio of four designers includes Rebecca Sylvers, lead designer for the ARO book. They have created books for numerous artists and more than forty museums worldwide. Since 2020, Miko has taught in the architecture department at MIT.

Stephen Cassell, Kim Yao and Adam Yarinsky in conversation with Miko McGinty about 'Architecture. Research. Office.'
Thursday, March 20 at 7 PM
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