Yen Ha

Yen is a founding principal of Front Studio, started in New York, NY in 2001. She completed her undergraduate work at Carnegie Mellon University with honors, followed by post-graduate work in urbanism at L’École d’Architecture la Villette in Paris, France. Fluent in French and Vietnamese, Yen is a licensed architect whose work has been featured in Interior Design, Icon Magazine, Wallpaper and the NY Times. She chairs the Board of Directors for play:groundNYC, a non-profit seeking to transform the city through play. She has taught architecture studio at Washington University in St Louis and Rice University. Her work as a writer and artist can be found at yhaduong. 

Michi Yanagishita

Michi has been a principal of Front Studio since 2005. Michi is a graduate of Carnegie Mellon University and studied at the Glasgow School for Art in Scotland. A native born Japanese speaker, she is a licensed architect whose work on the Harlem Townhouse was featured in the New York Times Real Estate section. Additional projects under Michi's purview have been published in AIT, Arch+ and AD Magazine.

Art Lubetz

Art joined Front Studio Architects as principal in 2009. Prior to that, he founded Lubetz Associates in 1967, an architectural firm recognized for creating memorable, experiential architecture. The practice produced the award winning Carnegie Library at Squirrel Hill and the Glass Lofts. He is a past president of Preservation Pittsburgh as well as founding member of the Pittsburgh Community Design Center and the Environment Design Collaborative. For the past 20 years Art has been an active adjunct professor at Carnegie Mellon University where he encourages students to profoundly explore their experiences with architecture.