Worrell Yeung Architecture

What Worrell Yeung Architecture does

Worrell Yeung Architecture is a Brooklyn-based architecture firm founded in 2015 by Max Worrell and Jejon Yeung that provides professional architectural design services across residential, cultural, commercial, and integrated landscape projects. The firm operates as a small studio consisting of the two co-founders, a project director, and approximately six designers, supplemented by past collaborators and project-based consultants. The firm is certified as a Minority-owned Business Enterprise (MBE) and is privately held with no disclosed external funding. Its work emphasizes rigorous, analysis-driven design that produces simple, adaptable architecture with attention to materiality and spatial experience.

The firm's portfolio spans four service categories: residential architecture (custom homes, studios, barns, guest houses, and multi-unit renovations), cultural architecture (art galleries, museums, nonprofit spaces, and public installations), commercial architecture (adaptive reuse of industrial buildings and mixed-use developments), and integrated landscape design. Notable projects include the Studio Barn for artists Kara Walker and Ari Marcopoulos in Rhode Island, the Canal Projects renovation of a SoHo cast-iron landmark for a contemporary art nonprofit, the 77 Washington adaptive reuse near the Brooklyn Navy Yard, the Frame House selected for Architectural Record's Record Houses 2024, and the Ridge House compound in Columbia County, NY. The firm delivers projects through close collaboration with external structural, civil, mechanical, and landscape engineering partners rather than maintaining those capabilities in-house.

Worrell Yeung generates revenue through project-based professional service fees on a custom-quoted basis, with pricing determined by project scope, complexity, and scale rather than any disclosed rate card. Go-to-market is sales-led via direct project inquiries, with marketing and business development driven by architectural press coverage, awards recognition, and portfolio presentation on the firm's website and Instagram. Geographic focus is concentrated in the Northeast US (New York, Connecticut, Rhode Island, Pennsylvania) with occasional international competition entries. The firm has accumulated significant industry recognition, including Architectural Record's Design Vanguard 2022 designation, multiple consecutive AN Interior Top 50 listings (2022, 2023, 2025), and Wallpaper* 300 and 400 listings (2023, 2024).

Name

Worrell Yeung Architecture

Legal name

Worrell Yeung

Website

https://worrellyeung.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2015

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

Worrell Yeung Architecture is a Brooklyn-based architecture firm founded in 2015 by Max Worrell and Jejon Yeung, providing design services across residential, cultural, commercial, and landscape projects for private clients, nonprofits, and developers primarily in the Northeast US.

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Product category

Architecture Services

NAICS

Architectural Services (541310)

akta.pro primary industry

Architectural Design Services (BPAHAKAA)

akta.pro secondary industry

Sustainable/Green Building & LEED Consulting (BPAHAKAG)

Keywords

• Architecture design services
• Residential architecture
• Cultural architecture
• Commercial architecture
• Adaptive reuse design

Headquarters

HQ city

Brooklyn

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Technology or R&D

Revenue model

1. Architectural Design Services: Professional fees for architectural design services including concept development, design, and construction administration for residential, commercial, and cultural projects.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels3 records

Core offering

Worrell Yeung is an architecture firm providing professional architectural design services including concept development, schematic design, design development, and construction administration. The practice serves private residential clients (custom homes, retreats, barns, cabins), cultural institutions (art galleries, museums, nonprofit spaces), and commercial clients (adaptive reuse of historic industrial buildings, mixed-use developments) primarily across the Northeast United States. Projects are characterized by analysis-driven design, restrained material palettes, and meticulous attention to experiential meaning.

Product overview

Worrell Yeung Architecture is a minority-owned architecture firm founded in 2015 by Max Worrell and Jejon Yeung, offering a unified portfolio of architectural services across three main typologies: Residential Architecture (including homes, studios, barns, and guest houses), Cultural Architecture (galleries, museums, and public installations), and Commercial Architecture (adaptive reuse and workplace projects). The firm provides integrated landscape architecture services as part of its project delivery. Projects span the northeastern United States, with selected international competition entries. Notable project families include the Ridge House compound in Columbia County, NY; the Studio Barn and Springs Artist Studio artist workspace projects; the Canal Projects nonprofit art institution renovation in SoHo; and the Rhode Island Farm working agricultural compound. The firm operates from a Brooklyn, NY office and is recognized as a Design Vanguard by Architectural Record.

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Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Residential Architecture Architectural design services for private residential clients including new construction, renovations, and adaptive reuse. Projects span single-family homes, multi-unit residences, and accessory structures such as studios, barns, and guest houses across the northeastern United States.
• Cultural Architecture Architectural design services for cultural and institutional clients including art galleries, museums, nonprofit spaces, and public art installations. Projects emphasize adaptive reuse of historic buildings and contemporary design interventions.
• Commercial Architecture Architectural design services for commercial clients including adaptive reuse of industrial buildings, office spaces, retail environments, and mixed-use developments. Representative projects include the 77 Washington adaptive reuse near the Brooklyn Navy Yard.
• Landscape Architecture Landscape architecture and site design services integrated with building projects, including meadow design, native plantings, and environmental restoration. The firm collaborates with landscape architects such as Raft Landscape and Understory on residential and farm projects.

Named customers2 records

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

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Partnerships

31 partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• Structures WorkshopcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerStructural engineering collaborator for Studio Barn project in Rhode Island.
• SilmancoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerStructural engineering firm for Ridge House project in Columbia County, NY.
• Crawford AssociatescoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerCivil engineering collaborator for Ridge House project.
• BaukraftcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerMechanical engineering for Ridge House project.
• UnderstorycoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerLandscape design for Ridge House and Open Cabin projects.
• Pennington GreyminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerMeadow consultant for Ridge House project.
• Heitmann BuilderscoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerGeneral contractor for Ridge House construction.
• Raft LandscapecoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerLandscape architect for North Salem Farm project.
• Larry Weaner Landscape AssociatescoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerMeadow consultant for North Salem Farm.
• Insite Engineers P.C.coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerCivil engineering for North Salem Farm.
• Altieri Sebor Wieber LLCcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerMEP engineering for North Salem Farm.
• Lighting WorkshopcoreTechnology or IntegrationLighting designer for Canal Projects and Chelsea Loft.
• Jack Green AssociatescoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerMEP engineer for Canal Projects.
• The New MotorminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerFabrication partner for Collective installation at Flatiron Public Plaza competition.
• Let It GrowcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerLandscape architect for Lake House in Connecticut.
• AKRFcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerCivil engineer for Lake House.
• UnderstorycoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerLandscape architect for Open Cabin in Columbia County.
• Metropolitan InnovationscoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerContractor for Four Corners Loft in Brooklyn DUMBO.
• Magda BiernatminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerArchitectural photographer for Ancram Barn.
• Michael van Valkenburgh AssociatescoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerLandscape architect for 77 Washington adaptive reuse project near Brooklyn Navy Yard.
• Bien HechominorStrategic or Co-development PartnerNavy Yard woodworker who salvaged timber joist floors for reconstituted conference table and lobby bench at 77 Washington.
• Charles G Michel Engineering, PCcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerMechanical engineer for Union Square Loft.
• Craft Engineering StudiocoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerStructural engineer for Union Square Loft.
• Land StewardscoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerLandscape architect for Five Gables in Upper Delaware River Valley.
• Anns ConstructioncoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerGeneral contractor for Five Gables project.
• Kaaterskill AssociatescoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerCivil engineer for Catskill Retreat.
• BS ARQminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerRendering studio for Ridge Barn and Ledge House projects.
• P.W. Grosser Consulting, Inc.coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerCivil engineer for Frame House.
• Kolb MechanicalcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerMechanical engineer for Frame House.
• KPFFcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerStructural engineer for Ledge House.
• Badey WatsoncoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerCivil engineer for Ledge House.

Scale indicators2 records

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• NADAAA: NADAAA is a Boston-based small practice with comparable typology breadth across residential and cultural work and an emphasis on materiality and construction innovation; designer Ameneh Arsanjani previously worked there, indicating shared talent flows.
• Architecture Research Office (ARO): ARO is a New York-based design-driven architecture practice with comparable scale and typology mix across cultural, institutional, and residential work; co-founder Jejon Yeung spent nine years there as Project Director, making it the closest professional and stylistic lineage to Worrell Yeung.
• MOS Architects: MOS is a small, conceptually rigorous New York practice known for research-driven, materially focused residential and cultural projects — directly comparable in scale, design philosophy, and the talent pipeline (designer Nigel Van Ha previously worked at MOS).
• Bernheimer Architecture: Bernheimer is a New York-based small practice working across cultural, commercial, and adaptive-reuse projects with a comparable small-team, design-led profile; co-founder Max Worrell previously served as an associate there, providing direct lineage.
• SCHAUM/SHIEH: SCHAUM/SHIEH is a small Houston/New York conceptual architecture practice with a similar project-by-project, award-driven profile and overlapping typology in cultural and adaptive-reuse work; Worrell Yeung's Project Director Emma Scott previously worked there, indicating strong cultural overlap.

Broad incumbents

• Studio Gang: Studio Gang is a larger, internationally recognized design-led firm with comparable cultural and sustainability positioning; Worrell Yeung's Project Director Emma Scott previously worked there, providing shared design lineage though Studio Gang operates at materially larger scale.
• TenBerke (formerly Deborah Berke Partners): TenBerke is a New York architecture practice with comparable residential, cultural, and institutional typology focus and a strong New York/Northeast client base; operates at somewhat larger scale but is a relevant Northeast cultural-institutional competitor.
• Allied Works Architecture: Allied Works is a larger, established design-led practice with comparable cultural and institutional typology and a similarly rigorous material focus; co-founder Max Worrell previously worked there, making it a stylistic reference point rather than a direct head-to-head competitor.
• Snøhetta: Snøhetta is a global design practice with comparable cultural and adaptive-reuse typology and similar emphasis on materiality and contextual design; Emma Scott previously worked there, but Snøhetta operates at far greater scale across architecture, landscape, and interiors.
• Adjaye Associates: Adjaye Associates is a globally recognized design-led firm with comparable cultural, residential, and adaptive-reuse typology and a similar award-and-press-driven brand strategy; serves as a stylistic and reputational benchmark rather than a direct small-practice competitor.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

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Number of profiles

Profiles8 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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