Eran Chen

Eran Chen AIA (born 22 August 1970 in Be'er Sheva, Israel

From 1999 to 2007, Chen worked for the architecture firm Perkins Eastman. He first joined the team working on the Beilinson Hospital in Israel, and then was assigned to competitions for new projects. In 2004, he was made a principal partner, and created a 30-employee studio within the firm.

He founded the architecture firm Office for Design and Architecture (ODA) in 2007. and the interior design of a Trump World Tower penthouse for financier Chinh Chu. He then won the commissions for Eliot Spitzer's 420 Kent and Larry Silverstein's Innovation QNS in Queens.

Work Eran Chen's signature designs are facades of blocks making a solid foundation and elevating into a destructured block assemblage ("Jenga-style buildings" He cites Richard Meier, Moshe Safdie, Jacques Herzog and Norman Foster as some of his influences.

His work on historic buildings (Post Rotterdam, Book Tower , 10 Jay Street ) is a mix of preservation and upbeat modernism.

Buildings 15 Renwick, New York, NY, USA 420 Kent, Brooklyn (most dwelling units are corner apartments), New York, NY, USA

Other roles

Adjunct professor at Columbia University Graduate School of Architecture, Planning and Preservation Member of the Council on Vertical Urbanism Since 2024: Member of the Board of Trustees of the Center for Architecture

Awards

2019: American Architecture Award (for 251 1st Street and 10 Jay Street) 2019: AIA Housing Design Awards (for The Rheingold) 2022: NYCxDESIGN Awards 2026: AIA NY Design Award (for Book Tower)