FORMA is a full-service architecture firm led by Miroslava Brooks and Daniel Markiewicz (mar-KEAY-vich). The practice was founded in New York City in 2018 and expanded to Los Angeles and Philadelphia in 2023. Both partners have over two decades of combined experience designing and realizing built work and a continuous academic engagement through teaching design courses at the graduate level.
Our work is defined by carefully considered form, thoughtful configuration of the architectural plan, typological exploration, and innovative programming. Often imbued with bold coloration and a dash of whimsey, the firm’s projects evolve through a rigorous iterative process in order to establish a clear design intent.
We collaborate with and provide visioning, design, and construction administration services to private clients for residential and commercial projects. Through competitions and self-driven initiatives, we also explore possibilities within larger cultural and public realms to engage with like-minded individuals, collectives, and institutions.
TEAM
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Miroslava Brooks, RA, is a founding partner and principal of FORMA, and an Assistant Professor at the University of California Los Angeles. Previously, she taught at Yale School of Architecture and the University of Pennsylvania’s Weitzman School of Design. She is a registered architect licensed in Connecticut, New York, and Colorado, with experience including five years working at Eisenman Architects and Pelli Clarke Pelli Architects. She received her Master of Architecture from Yale University, where she was awarded the Gertraud A. Wood Fellowship and the William Wirt Winchester Travelling Fellowship, and graduated Summa Cum Laude from The Ohio State University with a Bachelor of Science in Architecture.
Daniel Markiewicz, RA is a founding partner and principal of FORMA, and an Associate Professor of Practice at the University of Pennsylvania’s Weitzman School of Design. He is a registered architect licensed in Connecticut, New York, and Pennsylvania, with experience including five years working at Diller Scofidio + Renfro Architects as an Associate, most notably on the Museum of Modern Art Expansion in Manhattan. He received his Master of Architecture from Yale University, where he was awarded the H.I Feldman Prize and the William Wirt Winchester Travelling Fellowship, and earned his Bachelor of Science in Civil Engineering with an architectural focus at Princeton University.
Present and past team members: Paul Germaine McCoy, Kyle Troyer, Marjorie Tello Wong, Christopher Pin, Calvin Yang Yue, Madison Green, Peik Shelton, Aaron Payne, Rachel Mulder, Tyler Krebs, Parsa Khalili.
SELECTED AWARDS
2024 | Winner, The Architect’s Newspaper Best of Design Award, Unbuilt Cultural and Civic Category, Playscapes.
2024 | Design Merrit Award, AIA Connecticut, Unbuilt Category, Playscapes.
2022 | Winner, 2022 Best Future House of the Year, Miami House.
2022 | 2nd Prize, Atlantic Beach Boardwalk International Competition, out of over 50 submissions.
2022 | Winner (1 of 4), Architectural Record Kitchen & Bath Competition, Denver House.
2021 | Winner, The Architect’s Newspaper Best of Design Award, Unbuilt Cultural Category, Pink Thermal Baths.
2021 | Directors Choice and Honorable Mention, 2020 Render of the Year, Miami House.
2020 | Honorable Mention, Bratislava Grössling Baths and Library International Competition, out of over 77 submissions.
2019 | Honorable Mention, HOME Competition, Miami House.
2018 | 2nd prize, “A Dream House” International Competition, Windsor Residence.