FORMA is a full-service architecture studio based in New York City and Los Angeles. Founded in 2018, it is led by Miroslava Brooks and Daniel Markiewicz, whose friendship and collaboration began at the Yale School of Architecture many years earlier. Both partners have over two decades of combined experience designing and realizing built work and over a decade of teaching architectural design at the graduate level.
Our work is defined by carefully considered form, bold colors, thoughtful configuration of the architectural plan, typological exploration, and innovative programming. Since the beginning, the studio has been committed to developing architecture that balances clarity and rigor with looseness and energy.
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
Photo by Mark Woodward
Miroslava Brooks, RA, is a founding partner and principal of FORMA, faculty at the Yale School of Architecture and at the University of Pennsylvania’s Weitzman School of Design. She is a registered architect licensed in Connecticut and New York, with experience including five years working at Eisenman Architects, Pelli Clarke Pelli Architects and Jerome Scott 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, faculty at the University of Pennsylvania’s Weitzman School of Design, and a founding member and editor of PROJECT, a journal for architecture published since 2012. He is a registered architect licensed in Connecticut and New York, with experience including five years working at Diller Scofidio + Renfro Architects. 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: Kyle Troyer, Marjorie Tello Wong, Christopher Pin, Calvin Yang Yue, Madison Green, Peik Shelton, Aaron Payne, Rachel Mulder, Tyler Krebs, Parsa Khalili
SELECTED AWARDS
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 Project, 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.