Adam Sokol

Adam Sokol is an American architect and founder of the Adam Sokol Architecture Practice (asap/). He is known for combining a refined contemporary aesthetic with a sensitivity towards historic architecture and urban areas.[1][2][3][4][5]

Adam Sokol
Born
New York, NY
NationalityAmerican
EducationColumbia University
Yale School of Architecture
OccupationArchitect
AwardsArchitectural Record Vanguard
NYCxDesign

Career

Many of his projects integrate contemporary architecture into the fabric of historic city centers. Examples include the Park Hyatt X-House in Beijing, China[6] featured in Architectural Digest, the highrise Spring Street Hotel,[7][8][9] and the Emperor Hotel Qianmen.[10] He also designed an innovative city planning proposal for Downtown Los Angeles.[11] Intended to address the endemic homelessness and lack of house in LA's Skid Row.

Sokol was selected for the Architectural Record Design Vanguard award in 2019 and 2023 NYCxDesign Awards winner for his XL House at Columbus Circle in New York City.[12][13][14] He is a registered architect in New York and California and a member of the American Institute of Architects.[15]

His "Allen Apartments" project in Buffalo, New York was described by a senior city planner as “perhaps the best example of the Green Code at work” and “one of the best new buildings in Buffalo.”[2]

Education

Sokol earned a Bachelor of Arts from Columbia University followed by a Master of Architecture with from Yale University. At Columbia he studied with Barry Bergdoll and Kenneth Frampton, and then with Robert A. M. Stern, Vincent Scully, Demetri Porphyrios and Frank Gehry at Yale. Sokol also studied at Harvard University and the Sorbonne University in Paris, France.[16]

References
  1. Rus, Mayer (2023-01-24). "Architect Adam Sokol Fashions an Otherworldly Hybrid Space in Beijing". Architectural Digest. Retrieved 2023-10-07.
  2. "Managing a Modern Makeover in a Historic Buffalo Neighborhood". Bloomberg.com. 2023-02-04. Retrieved 2023-10-07.
  3. "Adam Sokol Architecture Practice Converts a Plumbing Supply Warehouse Into a Design-Forward Workplace". Metropolis. Retrieved 2023-10-07.
  4. "Apartments to anchor 15 Allen Street project". www.bizjournals.com. Retrieved 2023-10-07.
  5. Epstein, Jonathan D. (2017-10-11). "Three-story apartment building approved for Allen Street". Buffalo News. Retrieved 2023-10-07.
  6. asap (2021-04-02). "mirrored tiles & cave-like volumes define X-house by asap in beijing's tallest residence". designboom | architecture & design magazine. Retrieved 2023-10-07.
  7. "ASAP Creates "Large Rock" Hotel Tower for Downtown Los Angeles". ArchDaily. 2019-07-29. Retrieved 2023-10-07.
  8. "A strange new hotel might soon be built in the Historic Core of Downtown Los Angeles by 2022". Archinect. Retrieved 2023-10-07.
  9. Pacheco, Antonio (2017-08-03). "Renderings revealed for pixelated tower at 525 South Spring Street". The Architect’s Newspaper. Retrieved 2023-10-07.
  10. "Is hotel art a waste of time?". BBC News. 2017-01-24. Retrieved 2023-10-07.
  11. Diaz, Miranda (2022-01-26). "Boutique architecture firm ASAP has released a visionary proposal: SKID GROW". EIN News. Retrieved 2023-10-07.
  12. "Design Vanguard 2019 | 2019-06-03 | Architectural Record". www.architecturalrecord.com. Retrieved 2023-10-07.
  13. "Design Vanguard 2019: Adam Sokol Architecture Practice | 2019-06-03 | Architectural Record". www.architecturalrecord.com. Retrieved 2023-10-07.
  14. "Adam Sokol Architecture Practice for XL House". Interior Design. Retrieved 2023-10-07.
  15. "About | Adam Sokol Architecture Practice | Los Angeles". asap. Retrieved 2023-10-07.
  16. "Interview with Principal Architect Adam Sokol, Founder of asap/ adam sokol architecture practice from Los Angeles". www.bontena.com. Retrieved 2023-10-07.
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