STUDIO
Studio KHOA VU is an independent architecture practice based in New York City, working across the United States and Vietnam.
The studio works at the intersection of rational form and embodied spatial experience, exploring spatial typology, tectonic provocation, and the cultural dimensions of sustainability. Guided by an ongoing investigation of grayscale, the design approach engages the thresholds between object and building, structure and atmosphere, opacity and light.
KHOA VU
Khoa Vu found studio KHOA VU in New York City in 2023. He is currently a Design Critic in Architecture at Harvard Graduate School Design where he teaches Core Master design studio.
Khoa holds a Master of Architecture with Distinction from Harvard GSD, where he received the Araldo Cossutta Prize for Design Excellence and the Faculty Design Award. He earned a B.A. in Architecture with High Honors from UC Berkeley, where he was awarded the Eisner Prize, the university’s highest recognition for creative achievement in the arts.
His professional experience spans socially driven urban housing and cultural institutions at Michael Maltzan Architecture to long-term, research-based innovation at OXMAN. Khoa’s work has been recognized by international platforms including the WAF 40 Under 40 North America, Lexus Design Award, Venice Biennale, and Architecture MasterPrize, and he has been a featured speaker at AIA International.
team & COLLABORATORS
Current & past team members and collaborators include:
USA: Alex Soto, Andrew Storer, Erik Fichter, Hongye Wu, Michael Storer, Paul Stoelting, Veronika Ikonnikova, Wendy Ting, Zizheng Li / Vietnam: Anh Ta, Thien Nguyen, Quynh Pham, Khang Tran, Nhat Nguyen, Nhu Do, Vu Nguyen, Nhut Le, Phuong Nguyen
RECOGNITION
2026 Shortlisted, Emerging Firm, Architecture Hunter Awards
2026 Wallpaper* Architects’ Directory | Annual international survey of emerging architecture practices
2026 Gen.T Leader of Tomorrow | Tatler Asia
2025 WAF 40 Under 40 North America | World Architecture Festival & The Architect’s Newspaper
2025 Shortlisted, Dezeen Awards | Hospitality | Ts VEIL
2025 Winner, Architecture MasterPrize | Renovation & Restoration | Ts VEIL
2024 AIA Southeast Asia Symposium | AIA International Invited Speaker | Architecture of Fog
2020 Art Republik Next Gen | Art Republik Vietnam
selected press
2026 Grayscale / Kiến Trúc Sương Mù / Thong Tan Publisher | Vietnamese-language book edition
2025 LUXUO Vietnam | Interview “Atmosphere: Heart, Reason, and the Architecture of Khoa Vu”
2025 Archdaily / Ts Lunar Cavern Duplex Residence / KHOA VU + TAA DESIGN
2025 Ts VEIL Selected Press: ArchDaily; Designboom; Archello; The Radical Project; Brique (South Korea), Architecture & Culture (South Korea); iEcosyst (Taiwan);
2021 “Grayscale: Architecture of Fog” PLAT Journal, Issue 12: Divine | Rice Architecture
2019 “On-scale” Very Vary Veri, Issue 4: Crows | Harvard GSD