Few New York architecture firms have so persistently reworked the massing of the urban midrise as ODA. Over the past two decades, the firm has gained a reputation for turning building profiles into stepped compositions of solids and voids, as seen in residential buildings like 15 Union Square West and 101 West 14th Street. Today, ODA reaches new heights. With a slew of upcoming towers, it now brings its signature to the vertical realm. In a conversation with ODA founder Eran Chen, Chen spoke about ODA’s approach to beautifying cities by extending its understanding of urban life vertically.
