Awards
ACT is pleased to announce our project for 179 Lincoln has been awarded the 2023 Interior Design Best of Year Award.
ACT is thrilled that three of our projects, MOCA Workshop, 179 LIncoln, and Interwoven, were awarded AIA Connecticut Awards.
ACT’s project Interwoven is included on Archello’s global list of best pavilions.
ACT’s project for 179 Lincoln was honored to be listed on the Dezeen Awards 2023 longlist for best office spaces across the world.
We are thrilled that our project, Interwoven, was selected for the Architizer A+ Awards, for the category Best Pop-Up and the category Architecture + Joy.
Ming has been selected by the AIA as a recipient of the 2020 Young Architects Award. The prize honors individuals who have demonstrated exceptional leadership and made significant contributions to the architecture profession early in their careers.
Architect’s Newspaper Young Architect Award
We are tremendously honored to be the winner of the 2020 Young Architect’s Award in The Architect's Newspaper Best of Design Awards!
IIDA New England Design Awards
ACT’s design for the renovation of 179 Lincoln Street was recognized with the prestigious Best in Show at the 2023 IIDA New England Design Awards.
NYCxDesign Best Installation/Exhibition
Interwoven was selected as the NYCxDesign 2022 Winner of Best Installation/Exhibition, sponsored by Interior Design Magazine.
AIA Connecticut Chrysalis Award
This distinguished award recognized emerging Connecticut firms that have gained recognition in the design community with a commitment to design excellence.
Dezeen Emerging Architecture Firm Award
ACT is proud to be longlisted for the Dezeen 2020 Award for Emerging Architecture Firm, joining remarkable young practices from around the world.
Contract Magazine Interiors Award
Our project for 100 Summer Street was awarded the 2020 Best Lobby Project in the 41st Contract Magazine Interiors Awards.
IIDA New England Design Awards
Our work has been recognized in the 2020 IIDA New England Design Awards, winning both the Best Restaurant Design Award and the prestigious Best in Southern New England!
We are proud to announce that our project for the lobby of 100 Summer Street was awarded an AIA Design Award from AIA Connecticut. Learn more about the project here.
Our project for the office of Goodwater Capital in Burlingame, California was awarded a IIDA Northern California Honor Award for Small Workplace Design. Learn more about the project here.
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Other Awards
AIA Connecticut Design Awards, Gioia, 2024
Architizer A+ Awards, Best Young Interiors Firm, 2024
SF Design Week, Best Commercial Interior Design, Goodwater Collective, 2024
NYCxDesign, Best Casual Dining, Finalist, Gioia, 2024
NYCxDesign, Greater Good: Environmental + Social Impact, Finalist, MOCA Workshop, 2024
Architizer A+ Awards, Co-Working Spaces, GW Collective, 2024
IIDA Northern California Honor Awards, Work-Small Finalist, Goodwater Collective, 2024
Architect’s Newspaper Design Awards, Leather Factory Lobby and MOCA Workshop, 2023
San Francisco Design Week Award, SFUSD Future Dining, 2023
AIA Connecticut Women in Architecture Award, 2023
Building Design + Construction 40 Under 40, 2022
AIA Connecticut Chrysalis Award, 2020
Connecticut Entrepreneur Awards, 2020
New Haven Women Who Mean Business, 2020
California Home and Design, Best Bathroom, 2017
COMPETITIONS
Flatiron Public Plaza Design Competition, Van Alen Institute and the Flatiron/23rd Street Partnership, 2021
Battery Park Chair Competition Finalist, 2013
Venice Biennale Student Exhibition, 2008
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Thrilled to be included in AN Interior’s Top 50 List, which recognizes the most outstanding North American architecture and design firms working in interiors.
Interior Design Magazine reports on ACT’s recently completed project for the former shoe factory at 179 Lincoln Street in Boston.
Atelier Cho Thompson’s design for the St. Francis Residence is featured in Design Anthology, the premier English-language design magazine in Asia.
ACT’s Interwoven is featured in Design Milk article “This Public Installation Is an Intersection of Design and Play” looking at the experiential qualities of the installation.
“Interwoven tables up the Flatiron for the holiday season.” AN reports on ACT’s Flatiron Public Plaza Holiday Installation, Interwoven, in this feature.
Ming writes a monthly column for New York Magazine / Curbed on accessible interior design for the modern home.
Atelier Cho Thompson’s design for B-Natural Kitchen is featured in Dezeen.
Atelier Cho Thompson’s summer Design Brigade program is featured in this Metropolis Magazine article, “This Concept for a COVID-19 Memorial Builds a Stronger Community.”
ACT and our new shop, Atelier, is included in an Architect Magazine piece on innovative business practices for architects.
Ming and Christina are featured in Madame Architect in an article entitled “Design for Everybody.”
Ming is a frequent contributor to New York Magazine’s “The Strategist,” offering advice on design.
Atelier Cho Thompson is featured in the October 2019 issue of Contract Magazine as a featured “Designer You Should Know.”
Christina Cho Yoo and Ming Thompson, principals of ACT, are featured in the April 2017 issue of Architect Magazine as the featured Next Progressives.
Atelier Cho Thompson is featured in AIA San Francisco’s annual edition of Small Firms Great Projects as an industry leader for interior architecture. Click here to read more.
ACT”s work on the Garden Home is featured in Sunset Magazine online. The article details our collaboration with the homeowners on a vision for a multi-function cottage. Click here to learn more about the project.
ACT’s work for the Summer St Lobby is featured in the October 2019 issue of Gray Magazine in a feature on Lisa Picard, the innovative CEO of EQ Office.
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Other Publications
AN Interior, Co.House, 2024
Architizer, Best Design Firms Worldwide, 2024
Architectural Digest, Vaulted Ceilings, 2023
Dezeen, 179 Lincoln St, 2023
Design Anthology, St. Francis Residence, 2023
Arch Daily, Interwoven, 2023
Designboom, Interwoven, 2023
Architectural Record, New Design Initiative Aims to Elevate Asian and Pacific Islander Leadership, 2022
Architect, Q+A: The Launch of 'A Rising Tide', 2022
The Architect’s Newspaper, A Rising Tide, 2022
Divisare, Interwoven Flatiron, 2021
Archinect, Interwoven by Atelier Cho Thompson, 2021
The Architect’s Newspaper, Atelier Cho Thompson’s Interwoven wins 2021 Flatiron Public Plaza Holiday Design Competition, 2021
NY1, Interwoven: Art Installation Unveiled in Manhattan, 2021
WSFB Eyewitness News 3, Moving tribute in New Haven remembers lives lost during COVID pandemic, 2021
Architect Magazine, Our Differences Can Make Us Better, 2021
New Haven Independent, Design Brigade, 2021
Architect Magazine, Feeling the Squeeze, 2021
The Architect’s Newspaper, Best of Design 2020
New York Magazine, Ask a Cool Person, 2020
Practice Disrupted, Building a Multidisciplinary Practice, 2020
A Student’s Perspective Podcast, 2020
Yale Daily News, Design Brigade, 2020
Yale Today, Design Brigade, 2020
Hospitality Design, Perspectives: Atelier Cho Thompson, 2020
New York Magazine, How to Make a Yard Out of Nothing, 2020
Contract Magazine, Action in the Age of Crisis, 2020
Hospitality Design, Dining Out: B-Natural Kitchen, 2020
Architect Magazine, A Lost Generation of Female Architects?, 2020
Hospitality Design, Meet the Minds: Atelier Cho Thompson, 2020
Harvard Grounded Visionaries, Young Architect Award, 2020
Design Milk, Friday Five with Atelier Cho Thompson, 2019
NH Arts Paper, Atelier Cho Thompson Finds A Home On State Street, 2019
Contract Magazine, On Our Radar, 2019
New Haven Independent, Mulberry Jam Parklet, 2019
New York Magazine, Low Lift Renovation Guide, 2019
Connecticut Magazine, 40 Under 40, 2019
Arch Daily, 10 Years Post-Recession, Resilient Generation Makes Practice Work, 2018
Architect, AIASF Equity by Design Releases 2018 Survey, 2018
Metropolis Magazine, Equity in Architecture Survey, 2018
New York Magazine, Design Gifts for Little Foodies, 2017
Architect Magazine, Architect’s Wish List, 2017
New York Magazine, Design Objects for the Millennial Home, 2017
Architectural Record, Equity by Design, 2016
Architect Magazine, Equity by Design, 2015
AIA Young Architects Forum Connection, Entrepreneurship Case Study, 2015
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Lectures and Panels
Building an Innovative Firm
Starting a Firm, Yale School of Architecture, 2022-24
Bay Area Young Architects Firm Tour, 2021
Negotiating Design Firm Culture Workshop, Harvard Graduate School of Design, 2021
Building Resilience and Support Through the Pandemic, AIA NY, 2021
Chain Link: The Evolving Dynamic Between Employee and Employer, AIA SF, 2020
Architectural Education in the New Reality, Connecticut Architecture Foundation, 2020
Leadership Across Generations: Equity Summit 2020, AIA Connecticut, New Haven, 2020
Alternative Practice, Architecture Lobby, 2020
Inclusion and Impact: State of the Industry, Hospitality Design Magazine, 2020
Charting a Path: Launching a Next-Generation Design Firm, Yale School of Architecture, 2020
Path to Leadership in Design Panel, AIA Connecticut, 2019
Designing the Future of Practice Lecture, The Architecture Lobby, 2019
Resilient Practice Panel, Architecture & the City San Francisco, 2018
Building a Design Firm Lecture, California College of the Arts, 2017
The Work-Life Equation Panel, Equity by Design Conference, October 2016
Expanding Influence by way of Multidisciplinary Practice, SF CA, October 2014
Integrated Design Practice, Equity by Design Conference, April 2014
Brand Architect: How to Market Yourself at Any Stage of Your Career Panel, AIA San Francisco, 2013
Women in Design
Voices of Mothers in Practice, Practice of Architecture podcast, 2022
Leadership Summit Keynote Address, AIA CT Leadership Summit, 2021
STEAM Girls: The Path to Architecture Lecture, CT River Museum, 2021
Women Inspire Design 20:20 Keynote, Boston Society of Architects, 2020
Diversity and Inclusion: Beyond the Buzzwords, Society for Marketing Professional Services, 2020
Cuyana x Angeles Ortiz: SF Design Week Women in Design Panel, SF CA, 2019
A Vision for the Future, Professional Women in Construction, Hartford 2020
Diversity in Design
Celebrating API Design & Learning from Leading API Designers, New Haven/San Francisco/New York, A Rising Tide events, Sept 2022 & May 2023
UNEARTHED//Authentically BIPOC, IIDA-NC, 2022
Allyship in Practice Panel, Yale Women in Architecture, 2021
Holding Space, Harvard Graduate School of Design, 2020
Architecture and Implicit Bias Panel, AIA San Francisco, 2017
Designing an Equitable Profession: Strategies for Re-Shaping the System, Harvard Graduate School of Design, 2019
Leadership Summit: Equity and the Future of the Firm Conference, New Haven CT, 2019
Equity by Design: Voices, Values, Vision, AIA CT Conference, 2019
New Typologies of Architecture
The Post-Retail City, SPUR Urban Center, 2020
History in the Making: Dance and Design in Public Art, Yale Schwarzman Center, 2022
Catalyzing the Commons Book Launch, California College of the Arts, 2021
Examining the Post-Retail City, SPUR Urban Center, 2020
Civic Space: Work Space Panel, City of New Haven, 2020
The Power of Socially Engaged Design, Open Engagement Conference, Oakland CA, 2016
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Juries
Global and National Juries
Buildner Workplace Reimagined Competition, 2024
AIA Young Architects Award, 2021
IIDA Best of Asia Pacific Awards, 2020, 2023
Architect Magazine R+D Awards, 2020
IIDA Anna Hernandez/Luna Textiles Visionary Award, 2020
State and Regional Juries
IIDA Southern California Design Awards Jury, 2024
AIA Maryland Design Awards Jury, 2023
AIA New Hampshire Design Awards Jury, 2021
IIDA New England Student Design Awards Jury, 2021
AIA Rhode Island Design Awards Jury, 2020
AIA Hudson Valley Design Awards Jury, 2019
Selection Committee for SF Living: Home Tours, AIA SF, 2018
Academic Award Juries
IIDA Student Design Charette, November 2018.
IMPACT Awards Jury, California College of the Arts, 2017
Studio Juries
Yale School of Architecture, New Haven CT
University of Southern California, Los Angeles CA
University of California, Berkeley CA
Columbia University, New York City NY
California College of the Arts, San Francisco CA
Parsons School of Design, New York City NY
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Teaching
Design Brigade: Community Design Workshop, Yale School of Architecture, New Haven CT, 2023-ongoing
Ruinophilia & Pentimenti, Chinatown SF Studio with Neri&Hu, UC Berkeley, Berkeley, CA, 2023
The Yale Building Project, Yale School of Architecture, New Haven CT, 2022-ongoing
The Future of Retail Studio, California College of the Arts, San Francisco CA, 2020
Building Systems Seminar, California College of the Arts, San Francisco CA, 2014-2016