When Mexico City–born Ingrid Moye met Berlin-born Christoph Zeller in the London studio of Herzog & de Meuron, both were already well-traveled cosmopolitans. In fact, their paths had nearly crossed before, in Tokyo, where each had served a brief stint at SANAA. After collaborating on Herzog & de Meuron’s landmark Tate Modern project, the two globetrotters decided to set up shop (and house) together, but the question remained: his hometown or hers? “We couldn’t decide which,” says Zeller, 48. “So, we decided both.”

Now a decade into their shared practice, the Zeller & Moye team has turned their unusual bicontinental arrangement to good use, executing projects in Latin America and in Europe while allowing their experience in one to inform their projects in the other—and vice versa. “I’ve learned to float between the two,” says Moye, 39. “It’s sort of maddening, but I find a lot of joy in it.” In their projects to date, the duo have manifested a flexibility that allows them to move between their disparate worlds with remarkable ease.