Designer David Benjamin established his New York City practice in 2009.

Architects Michael Meredith and Hilary Sample started “making stuff and building things” as the firm MOS in 2007.

Chicago-based architect Paul Preissner established his firm in 2006.

Architect Alessandra Cianchetta founded AWP in Paris with partners Marc Armengaud and Matthias Armengaud in 2003.

Architects Débora Mesa and Antón Garcia-Abril divide their time between Madrid and Brookline, Massachusetts working as Ensamble Studio, which they founded in 2000.

Spanish architects Cristina Goberna and Urtzi Grau established Fake Industries in 2008 and now work across offices in New York, Barcelona and Sydney.

Jimenez Lai established Bureau Spectacular in 2008 and runs the practice out of Los Angeles with partner Joanna Grant, who joined the office in 2016.

Thom Moran, Ellie Abrons, Adam Fure, and Meredith Miller established their Ann Arbor, Michigan–based firm in 2015.

This month, the city of Chicago will ring in the sophomore edition of its architecture biennial.

Working between Chicago and New York, registered architect Carrie Norman and Thomas Kelley founded their practice in 2012.