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LEESER ARCHITECTURE is an internationally recognized studio known as a pioneer in design specializing in the inclusion of new media and digital technologies in architecture. Based in New York City, the studio has gained international reputation through cutting edge investigations and design research incorporating and anticipating current and future cultural trends and conditions. A close collaboration with each client and a careful analysis of the client's needs are fundamental work methodologies of the studio. The firm's work encompasses architectural design at all scales.
LEESER ARCHITECTURE specializes in the design of museums and exhibitions, performing arts centers, and film and digital video theaters and works with an extensive list of specialty consultants. The studio has achieved worldwide recognition for its influential designs, such as the Eyebeam Atelier of Art and Technology, and the Twin House, which is part of the permanent collection of the Museum of Modern Art in New York.
LEESER ARCHITECTURE was one of only five international firms selected to design the Olympic Village for NYC2012, participated in the 2004 Venice Biennale, architecture's most prestigious international exhibition, and is currently working on a $50 Million addition and renovation of the Museum of the Moving Image in New York City, as well as on the World Mammoth and Permafrost Museum in Yakutsk, Siberia. Recently completed projects include the 3LD Art and Technology Center in Lower Manhattan, the first cultural institution to rebuild after September 11, 2001; as well as two inaugural exhibitions for Laboral Centro de Arte y Creation Industrial in Gijon, Spain.

RECENT AWARDS & RECOGNITION:
2007 Finalist in the international invited competition for the World Mammoth and Permafrost Museum in Yakutsk, Russia
2006 Finalist in the Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania Cultural District Riverfront Redevelopment competition in collaboration with MVRDV
2005 Design Award for the project Vaccaro Loft from The American Institute of Architects
2004 Invited to exhibit Design School Zollverein project at Venice Biennale and install two new media installations related to the project
2004 Finalist in 2012 international invited study to design the New York City Olympic Village in collaboration with MVRDV and StoSS
2003 Finalist Award for Pontecagnano Faiano European Center for Creativity
2003 New York Foundation for the Arts Architecture and Design Discretionary Grant for 3LD Art and Technology Center design
2002 Architectural Record Award for Excellence in Design for Glass, Bot and Pod
2002 Finalist Award for Design School Zollvereind, Essen, Germany
2002 New York Foundation for the Arts Architecture & Design Commissioning Grant for 3LD Art and Technology Center design
2001 James Beard Foundation: 2001 "Best Design Award" for Glass
2001 Finalist Award for Eyebeam Atelier of Art and Technology, Chelsea, New York
2001 Finalist Award for Electronic Media and Performing Arts Center, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, New York
2001 Second Place Award for the design of a virtual university for the ETH, Zurich, Switzerland
2000 New York Foundation for the Arts Fellowship Award