January 13, 2022

6:30 PM est

Kim Yao AIA

Kim Yao, AIA, is Principal of Architecture Research Office (ARO), a New York City firm dedicated to architecture that unites strategy and intelligence with beauty and form. ARO’s diverse body of work has earned the firm over a hundred design awards including the 2020 National AIA Architecture Firm Award. She holds an undergraduate degree in architecture from Columbia College: Columbia University and a Master of Architecture from Princeton University. She has taught at Columbia University’s Graduate School of Architecture, Planning and Preservation, the School of Constructed Environments, Parsons the New School for Design, and Barnard College (2001-2011). She has lectured throughout the United States and abroad. Kim is on the Board for AIA New York and the Center for Architecture as the Immediate Past President of AIA New York.

Balancing Restlessness and Ambition

The slow arc of architecture often leads to plateau periods in one’s career, where one feels ready for new challenges but simultaneously stuck in the same place. Navigating these moments can create opportunities to pivot, grow and hone individual goals and ambitions. In this conversation, hear from Kim about her early career and the years immediately following licensure. She will reflect on her own experience balancing teaching and independent work with her growth and increasing responsibilities at Architecture Research Office.