Workshop for Architecture was included in Wallpaper magazine’s 2006 Architects Directory, named one of the Top 25 International Architects. More
Workshop for Architecture
5275 Sycamore Avenue
Bronx, NY 10471
Tel 212 674 3400
Fax 212 674 0400
For general inquiries and new projects, please email info@wfora.com.
For information on jobs and internships, email jobs@wfora.com with a current portfolio and CV.
Approach
Established in 2003, Workshop for Architecture (WFORA) has designed projects of varying scale and types. Through our experience, we have created the following principles that guide our work: More
Design
With the client, we set clear but flexible design intentions that control decisions down to the details. This allows for progress with room for inspiration.
Economics
We design towards a client's budget but simultaneously evaluate whether additional costs provide the client useful value.
Sustainability
We believe sustainable design is not only good for the environment but has proven to create better spaces for our clients' lives.
Design Build
We not only design our projects, our sister company, Workshop for Construction, builds them. We have become better architects and builders in this design-build practice. The results are better for our clients both aesthetically and economically.
John Lee (AIA, CPHD, LEED AP) is the founder of Workshop for Architecture (WFORA) and Workshop for Construction (WFORC). More
1989
Completed Master of Architecture degree at the Graduate School of Design, Harvard University
1989 - 2002
Worked at various firms including Pei, Cobb, Freed & Partners and KPF. He later joined HLW Int and became a Partner managing large projects both domestically and abroad.
2003
Established Workshop for Architecture (WFORA) with his first project, the MIG Offices, which was awarded a Design Merit by the AIA New York City Chapter in 2008.
2008
Founded Workshop for Construction (WFORC) to manage the construction of his designs. Since then, WFORA and WFORC have operated as a design-build practice.
2010
Fellow at MacDowell in New Hampshire, investigating metaphorical and physical aspects of skylighting.
2016
Certified by the Passive House Institute as a Passive House Designer (CPHD) and continues to promote sustainable design in his daily practice.
Currently
Managing his design-build practice, WFORA & WFORC. Teaching Professional Practice at the Bernard & Anne Spitzer School of Architecture, CUNY. Developing a pre-fabrication business model. Living with his wife and two sons in Riverdale, NY
