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2010 Johnson & Johnson Shanghai Expo, Shanghai, PRC

2010 Ellis Residence, Salt Lake City, Utah

2009 GE "healthymagination" Showcase, New York, New York

2009 Silverado on the Brazos Residence, Ft. Worth, Texas

2008 Crosscurrents Park, Jacksonville, Florida

2008 Water Planet, Steinhart Aquarium, California Academy of Sciences, San Francisco, California

2008 Johnson & Johnson Olympic Games Pavilion and Landscape, Beijing, PRC

2007 Metropolis Booth, International Contemporary Furniture Fair, New York, New York

2006 VW/Audi Design Center, Santa Monica, California

2006 The Bone Wall, Storefront for Art and Architecture, New York, New York

2005 Mercurial Surfacing: Visual, Performing, and Media Arts Gallery, Roxbury, Massachusetts

2005 Crossroads Farm Master Plan, Harrisonburg, Virginia

2005 Arning Residence, Cambridge, Massachusetts

2000-2004 Wasserman Residences and Landscapes, Providence, Rhode Island

2003 Zhongfu Cultural Plaza, Fuzhou Road, Shanghai, PRC

2003 Medvedow/Kazis Residence, Brookline, Massachusetts

2002 Canada House I, Edmonton, Alberta

2002 Canada House II, Edmonton, Alberta

2009 "China's Most Successful Design Award," for the Johnson & Johnson Olympic Games Pavilion, Beijing, PRC.

2009 Good Design Award, for the Steinhart Aquarium, California Academy of Sciences in the Environments category.

2009 Event Design Awards, for the Steinhart Aquarium, California Academy of Sciences and the Johnson & Johnson Olympic Games Pavilion, Beijing, in the Best Museum Environment and Best Outdoor Consumer Event Exhibit/Environment categories.

2009 Archi-tech AV Awards, Grand Prize Award for the Steinhart Aquarium, California Academy of Sciences.

2009 Silver IDEA Award Recipient, 2009 International Design Excellence Awards, for the Steinhard Aquarium, California Academy of Sciences in Environments category.

2008-9 Highest Honor Recipient, AIA New York Chapter’s “New Practices New York / 2008,"Juried portfolio competition to recognize and promote new, innovative, and emerging architecture firms in NYC.

2008 Architectural Record’s DESIGN VANGUARD 2008 selected as one of top ten emerging firms from around the world, December, 2008, pp. 80-83.

2004–5 Minimal Surfaces: Implicit Trigonometric Surface Patterns: A Proposal to Fabricate a Series of Architectural Wall and Screen Prototypes.  Dean’s Annual Research Grant, Harvard Graduate School of Design.

2003–4 On Pattern: its permutational, performative potential in the parametric formation of architecture. Dean’s Annual Research Grant, Harvard Graduate School of Design.

2001–2 Digital Cartographies for Tokyo. Dean’s Annual Research Grant, Harvard Graduate School of Design.

1999–00 Reclaimed Territories and Reciprocal Manifestations: Beijing, Hong Kong, Shanghai, and Taipei. Robert S. Brown ’52 Faculty Traveling Fellowship, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute.

1994 Progressive Architecture Awards Citation. Atlantic Center for the Arts, Thompson and Rose Architects, Cambridge, MA. Project team member.

1993 Boston Society of Architects Design Award. Atlantic Center for the Arts, Thompson and Rose Architects, Cambridge, MA. Project team member.

1992 American Society of Landscape Architects Design Award. Harvard Yard Master Plan, Michael Van Valkenburgh Associates, Inc., Landscape Architects, Cambridge, MA.

2009 Light & Sound America Magazine. Judith Rubin, "Earth Science," 10-page spread on California Academy of Science's new building with extensive coverage of Steinhart Aquarium and Water Planet exhibit. February 2009, pp. 56-65.

2009 Sound & Video Contractor Magazine. Jack Kontney, "Intelligent Design," installation profile on Water Planet. February 2009.

2008 Architectural Record. Joann Gonchar, "Digital Dexterity," discusses Urban A&O's investigation on issues of form, context, materiality, and construction. December 2008, pp 80-83.

2008 Architectural Record. Joann Gonchar and Clifford Pearson, "Vanguard Issue 2008," naming Urban A&O as one of the top ten emerging architectural firms in the world. December, 2008, pp. 80-83.

2008 The Architect's Newspaper. "Honors: New Practices New York," a review of the AIA New Practices New York portfolio competition noting Urban A&O received unanimous commendation. Issue 11_06.25.2008.

2008 Metropolis Magazine. Daniela Morell, "Deep-Sea Viewing," extensive and in-depth analysis of California Academy of Science's new building. September 2008, pg. 123.

2007 San Francisco Gate. Zahid Sardar, "Spinning New Ideas From Old," review of 19th annual International Contemporary Furniture Fair. June 2, 2007.

2006 ELLE Decoration UK. Lucie Young, "Golden Girl," featuring the Wave Workstation by Urban A&O. October, 2006, pg. 118.

2006 Metropolis Magazine. Laurie Manfra, "A Pattern Language," Bone Wall at The Storefront for Art and Architecture and CATIA usage. March 2006.

2005 The Architect's Newspaper. Clay Risen, "The Next Dimension," a review of the research and design work of Joe MacDonald/URBAN A&O and parametric modeling in CATIA software. Issue 10_06.08.2005.

2005 Harvard Design Magazine. "Faculty Notes," HOME/HOPE: The National Aids Memorial Competition. Spring/Summer 2005, p.122.

2005 San Francisco Chronicle. Rona Marech, "5 Finalists Compete on Design for National AIDS Memorial," a review of The National AIDS Memorial Competition. Wednesday, January 19, 2005.

2004 Harvard Design Magazine. "Faculty Notes," Blue Moon. Fall/Winter 2004-05, pp.125-6.

2004 Time Out New York. Noah Chasin, "Art Review," Blue Moon. June 3--10, 2004.

2004 The New York Times. Roberta Smith, "At Shows Painted with Sound, Be Prepared to See with Your Ears," art review of Blue Moon. May 21, 2004.

2004 The Tribeca Tribune. Etta Sanders, "Downtown Is the Place for Artful Earfuls," art review of Blue Moon. May 2004.

2004 The New York Times. Carol Vogel, "Sounds of Art," art review of Blue Moon. April 16, 2004, pg. E33.

2004 Time Out New York Kids. Julie Cosgrove, "Hear ye, hear ye," art review of Blue Moon. Spring 2004.

2003 Domus. Carlo Ratti, "L'architecttura della parsimonia," architecture review of Paper, Wood & Bamboo: Structural Innovation in the Work of Shigeru Ban. March 2003, pp. 20-21.

2002 Harvard Magazine. "Short, Stubby, Sexy," a review of exhibition AUTOeMOTIVE: The Design Work of J Mays. May-June 2002, pp. 47-48.

2002 Vanity Fair. Anne Fullenwider, "Art of the Drive: J Mays Revs Up the World of Auto Design," coverage of 2002 Harvard Design Excellence Award and exhibition AUTOeMOTIVE: The Design Work of J Mays. February 2002, p. 58.

1994 INSITE. Article includes the design development of the Atlantic Center for the Arts project and its connections to the local landscape. March, 1994. Project team member.

1994 Progressive Architecture. A preview of the Atlantic Center for the Arts project by Thompson and Rose Architects. February, 1994. Project team member.

1992 GSD News. Harvard University, Graduate School of Design, Cambridge, MA. Studio Project from Architectural Revisions: Paternoster Square in Portfolio. Eva Jiricna, Design Critic. Fall, 1991.

1991 GSD News. Harvard University, Graduate School of Design, Cambridge, MA. Studio Project Convention Center As Terminus: Teterboro Airport, in Not Not Architecture. Rem Koolhaas and Andrew MacNair, Design Critics. Winter, 1991.

1991 Kenchiku Bunka. Tokyo, Japan. Studio Project Convention Center As Terminus: Teterboro Airport in Harvard University: Recent Work. Rem Koolhaas and Andrew MacNair, Design Critics. Winter, 1991.

1990 Journal for Architectural Education. Washington, D. C. Studio Project A Public Rowing Facility on the Charles River in Core Studios at Harvard GSD. Mohsen Mostafavi, Design Critic. Winter, 1990.

1990 GSD News. Harvard University, Graduate School of Design, Cambridge, MA. Studio Project A Public Rowing Facility on the Charles River in Portfolio. Mohsen Mostafavi, Design Critic. Winter, 1990.

Books
2009 Digital Fabrications: Architectural & Material Techniques. Lisa Iwamoto. Princeton Architectural Press, pp. 96-99.

2009 Innovative Design and Construction Technologies: Building Complex Shapes and Beyond. Politecnico di Milano, 6th-7th May, 2009, Italy. Ingrid Paoletti, editor. Included paper titled "The Agency of Constraints".

2009 Museum Design: The Future. George Jacob. Booksurge, pp. 8, 20-29, 236-237.

2009 Storefront Newsprints 1982-2009. Various Authors. Storefront Books, pp. 763-768.

2005 STUDIOWORKS 11. Harvard Graduate School of Design, Department of Architecture, Editor, Cambridge, 2004.

2004 STUDIOWORKS 10. Harvard Graduate School of Design, Department of Architecture, Editor, Cambridge, 2004.

2001 Book in Progress: Tadashi Kawamata DAILY NEWS. "Boston Project, Plan in Progress, Boston, USA." Tokyo: INAX Publishers, 2001, pp. 212-245; 288-299.

1995 Recapturing the Commons: The Colorado College Master Plan 1995-2005. Colorado College, 1995

Television
2008 CBS_Channel 5. Preview of the Water Planet, Steinhart Aquarium, California Academy of Sciences, San Francisco, CA. Appeared on August 21, 2008.

2000 PBS. American Architecture Review: Dedicated to the Advancement of Architectural Technology and Information, PBS Fall/Winter season, 2000.