This first monograph from New York-based Young Projects explores a novel approach to spatial design that merges digital and analog methods at the intersection of exploration and architecture. It introduces the innovative research and work of Young Projects, founded by Bryan Young, where materiality, structure, and form converge to create new architectural typologies. The book showcases five significant houses completed between 2015 and 2020, along with insights into other defining projects. Each house serves as a chapter, illustrating the studio's broader work through an array of drawings, diagrams, renderings, mock-ups, prototypes, and photography. A central theme is the studio’s use of ambiguity and anomaly to craft novel and accessible spaces, catering to high-profile clients and new resorts alike. Young Projects aims to immerse users in spatial experiences that are both familiar and subtly foreign, characterized by a unique approach to materiality and spatial legibility. This allure distinguishes Young Projects as an emerging practice and informs larger projects as it enters its second decade. Their process often starts with simple making exercises in their Brooklyn studio, exploring unconventional material characteristics through experiments like hand-pulling plaster and forming concrete with palm stems. This willingness to embrace randomness and spontaneity yields surprising, bespoke results that resist replication.
