NAMELESS is a concept-based design practice, with offices in New York and Seoul. Committed to “the simplicity on the unpredictable world,” we explore the words of architecture, art, and global cultural phenomenon. NAMELESS has worked on projects ranging in scale from a series of art pavilions to the cultural infrastructure in New York, creating alternative relationships between nature and artifacts. Recent projects include an ice pavilion in Winnipeg, Canada, collective housing in Tokyo, Japan, and a hill auditorium in Gyeonggi, Korea.  In 2011, NAMELESS was awarded The Architectural League Prize (formerly known as the Young Architects Forum) and an AIA New York Design Award, and in 2010, it was awarded the BSA Award for Design Excellence from the Boston Society of Architects and first prize in the Seoul Museum of History landmark competition. The office’s work has been widely exhibited and published in international publications, including Mark Magazine, Paisea Magazine, and Architecture & Culture.

 

Unchung Na |  나은중
He received a Master of Architecture from University of California Berkeley and a BE in Architecture from Hongik University, Korea. Prior to founding NAMLESS, he trained in New York and Seoul. He is a winner of the 2007 T.S.Kim Architectural Fellowship, the 2008 International House Prize and the 2011 Architectural League Prize for Young Architects.

Sorae Yoo |  유소래
She received a Master of Architecture from University of California, Berkeley and a Bachelor of Engineering in Architecture from Korea University. She has received several awards, the Grand Prizes in the 2005 Korean Architecture Award, the 2008 International House Prize and the Architectural League Prize for Young Architects in 2011.

Kiseok Oh |  오기석, New York Office
He received a Master of Architecture from Columbia University and a BE in Architecture from Hongik University. Before joining NAMELESS, he worked for six years in New York and Seoul. He is a recipient of the 2007 MAC Scholarship and 2011 AIA New York Award. He is currently interested in urban public space and urban rehabilitation.

 

 

Selected Awards

2011. 03 Winner, Architectural League Prize for Young Architects & Designers
              The Architectural League of New York, NY, March 2011

2011. 03 Winner, AIA NY Design Award 2011
              Unbuilt Work Merit Award / AIA New York, NY, March 2, 2011

2010. 11 Winner, BSA Award 2010
              Award for Design Excellence / Boston, MA, November 2010

2010. 03 Finalist Prize, The City of Dreams Pavilion Competition
              FIGMENT, ENYA, SEAoNY / New York, NY, March 2010

2010. 02 Jury Selection, 2010 Emerging New York Architects Competition
              ENYA, AIA NY / New York, NY, February 2010

2010. 01 Second Prize, SHIFTboston Competition
              SHIFTboston, BSA / Boston, MA, January 2010

2009. 12 First Prize, Seoul Museum of History Landmark Design Competition
              Seoul Museum of History, Korea, December 2009

 

Selected Exhibitions

2011. 04 AIA NY Design Awards 2011 Exhibition
              The Center for Architecture, New York, NY, April 14 - June 25, 2011

2010. 11 HB:BX Building Cultural Infrastructure Exhibition
              The Center for Architecture, New York, NY, November 11, 2010 - March 26, 2011

2010. 11 BSA Annual Exhibition
              Boston World Trade Center, Boston, MA, November 2010

2010. 10 FUN: Design proposals for FUN in Boston
              The Gallery at Mount Ida, Newton, MA, October 26 - December 5, 2010

2010. 05 State of the Art: Mine The Gap Exhibition
              John David Mooney Foundation, Chicago, IL, May 15 - 21, 2010

2010. 01 KRob: Architectural Drawings & Renderings Exhibition
              The Dallas Center for Architecture, Dallas, TX, January 8 - March 19, 2010

2009. 11 'Bienal Miami + Beach' Architecture exhibition
              Bienal Miami, FL, November 2009

2009. 11 55th AIA Miami Design Awards Exhibition, Winning Photography exhibition
              MES Miami Event Space, Miami, FL, November 2009

2009. 08 'Berkeley without Shadow'
              Cody's Gallery, Berkeley, CA, May 16 - August 28, 2009