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Up Close & Personal
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allistic Architecture Machine, more commonly and simply known as BAM, is a multidisciplinary design studio with a dual corporate citizenship and offices now open and striving in Beijing, Shanghai and New York City. The founding story of these rebels with a cause is a thrilling tale to tell. These guys and gals took me on a trippy ride along their memory lane, spoke freely of their successful design-thinking practice today and shared their thoughts about the future of landscape architecture.
A CREW FROM CORNELL
Meet Daniel Anthony Gass, Allison MacNeil Dailey and Jacob Schwartz Walker, the three original BAM founding partners, incidentally Cornell architecture coconspirators that decked the school halls with art installations back in the days of college.
Juli Pisano
JFK TO PEK
Sharing a strong background in art, architecture and craftsmanship, the trio took a leap to the other side of the world and opened a studio focused on architecture and landscapes, as well as large art installations. So where did they choose to elect home and office? Beijing, ladies and gents! Six thousand six hundred and eighty-six miles away from their college campus in Ithaca, New York!
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BA 百安木