ARCHITECTUREFIRM Partners on Their Practice and Projects

ARCHITECTUREFIRM, founded by Danny MacNelly and Adam Ruffin, is a design studio located in Brooklyn and Richmond, specializing in hospitality, residential, and contemporary art environments. Their methodology emphasizes simplicity and efficiency, infused with a hopeful perspective. The firm boasts an award-winning portfolio that encompasses residential, cultural, hospitality, mixed-use, and workplace designs, all striving for timeless aesthetics that merge innovative technology with fundamental forms. Notable projects include the Quirk Hotel in Charlottesville, Virginia, which played a pivotal role in the firm's establishment, integrating architecture, interior design, urban planning, adaptive reuse, landscape architecture, and visual art. Ongoing projects feature a single-family camp in the Adirondacks, an estate in Virginia, and a lakeside residence in Texas, alongside a historic 12-story building in North Carolina being transformed into a restaurant and social club, renovations at the Science Museum of Virginia, and plans for a residential community in Costa Rica. The studio also engages in smaller art and memorial initiatives.