Formation Association

Formation Association practices architecture as a cultural project transforming our expectations of the built environment.

Endeavoring to discover multivalent outcomes for projects of every scale, Formation Association pursues the studied synthesis of the social and the material and their ongoing interplay across architecture, urbanism, and broader ecologies.

Formation Association’s projects emerge from a collaborative meditation with our clients and partners to discover and materialize shared practical and psychological agendas resonating with site and social contexts. Our creative work is complimented by both the talent and technique of our staff, who have a broad range of experience and have produced a roster of award-winning work. Our knowledgeable team excavates history, engages the contemporary moment, and collaborates with clients, communities, and interdisciplinary partners to promote a variegated design approach.

Our clients include exceptional organizations and institutions including: Phillips auction house, Redcar Properties, California Institute of the Arts, The Underground Museum, Benton Museum of Art at Pomona College, Los Angeles Contemporary Exhibitions, and Fuller Theological Seminary.

Formation Association has won a Progressive Architecture Award from Architect magazine and an AIAPF Honor Award. Our firm’s projects have been published by Architect Magazine and art-world publications, and featured in online design journals such as Dezeen, Designboom, Fast Company, and Divisare.

The firm’s collaborations with artists have been presented in museums and cultural institutions both locally and internationally, from the Orange County Museum of Art and the Main Museum, to the MIT List Visual Art Center and the Mona Bismarck American Center for Art and Culture in Paris.