10.01.2024

Domino Square opens to the public. A new one-acre civic space in the heart of Brooklyn’s waterfront we designed in collaboration in collaboration with Field operations for Two Trees Management. It’s a layered project that hybridizes public space, a retail arcade and water infrastructure.

 
 

11.12.2023

Redesign of the original Masa cafe near completion. The design reorients the existing space to the street with expanded terraces defined by a new perimeter wall made of repurposed water ducts.


10.23.2023

Domino Square Building structure tops off in Brooklyn’s waterfront.

 
 

01.15.2023

Domino Square Park building construction is underway
in Booklyn’s waterfront.

5.15.2022

Studio Cadena completes new pop-up space designed for
Fernadez Fernadez in Bogota

 
 

03.01.2021

Studio Cadena included in Cultured Magazine’s inaugural
Young Architects List

 
 
 
 
 

11.15.2020

Studio Cadena takes part in “Re-Source”, Storefront For Art and Architecture’s first in-person exhibition since the lockdown. Drawing upon its material and social resources, the exhibition invited 26 architects and designers to create new works with leftover and surplus items from Storefront’s office, gallery, and storage spaces.

On view at Storefront for Art and Architecture Nov-Jan 2021

 
 

06.15.2020

Studio Cadena joins the Neighborhoods Now initiative. Organized by Van Alen Institute and Urban Design Forum to provide pro-bono design work to help develop safe and effective reopening strategies in four NYC neighborhoods that have been hard hit by the pandemic.

 
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05.01.2020

Studio Cadena is awarded the 2020 Architecture Honor award from
the AIA New York

 
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08.22.2019

Our project for Masa in Bogota has been selected by
TIME Magazine for its list of the World's 100 Greatest Places of 2019

This annual list—culled from editor and expert nominations from around the world—recognizes 100 destinations that are breaking new ground, leading industry trends and offering an experience that’s unlike any other.

In print and online at www.time.com


06.20.2019

Benjamin Cadena takes part in Urban 95 Workshop in Istanbul organized by Superpool and supported by the Bernard van Leer Foundation


 
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06.19.2019

Studio Cadena is long-listed by Dezeen for Emerging Architect of the Year and for an architecture award for the design of Masa’s new flagship building
in Bogota.

More details on the awards at Dezeen Awards 2019


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06.12.2019

"Alone Together & Somewhere In-Between"
A three-part series of panel discussions delving deeper into the way we work, collaborate, and shape practices in contemporary architecture.
The series is curated by Benjamin Cadena and Ryan Brooke Thomas.

"Alone" June 12th, "Together" July 18th, "Somewhere In-between" Aug 14th
6-8pm at the Center For Architecture in New York

 
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05.29.2019

Benjamin Cadena is awarded a Prix Versailles Special Continental Prize
from UNESCO and the IUA in Paris. The Jury included Kazuyo Sejima, David Adjaye, Ferran Adrià, Iris Van Herpen, Philippe Starck, Alondra De La Parra and Francesco Bandarin


 
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03.06.2019

Studio Cadena has been selected by the editors of Architect’s Newspaper and AN Interior magazine for their annual “Top 50” list recognizing the fifty most innovative and influential architects and designers in the US today.

More details in the March 2019 issue of AN Interior
www.aninteriormag.com


 
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12.31.2018

Archinect interviews Benjamin Cadena


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11.23.2018

Happy, a Temporary pavilion designed by Studio Cadena opens at the Flatiron Plaza in New York and will be on view through January 1st 2019

Dezeen, Architecture Newspaper,
Archinect, BLOUIN ARTINFO, Arquine, Archdaily

 
 
 

11.20.2018

Paramitos” a proposal for an elevated pocket park opens as part of Odeón o de la Contingencia, an exhibition at Espacio Odeon in Bogota, Colombia.
1:1 fragments built inside the galleries are on view Dec - Feb 2019

 
 
 

11.19.2018

A new building for Masa Cafe & Bakery is completed and opens to the public in Bogota, Colombia

The projects has been featured in
Dezeen, Frame, Wallpaper*, Designboom, Archinect, Curbed, Azure,
Interio, Architectural Digest, Design Milk, Revista PLOT

 

10.15.2018

Happy by Studio Cadena is selected as Winner of the Annual Flatiron
Public Plaza Design Competition in New York City

The project calls to design and build a highly visible temporary landmark at the heart of the Flatiron District. Happy is sponsored by the Van Alen Institute and the Flatiron/23rd Street Partnership, and developed in collaboration with Silman engineers and Youngbuk Art Services

This site specific installation opens Nov 19th at the public plaza in front of the iconic Flatiron Building on 23rd St. & 5th Ave. It will be on view through Jan 2nd.

More information can be found here

 
 

09.22.2018

Masa nears completion in Bogota, Colombia


 
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09.20.2018

Benjamin Cadena presents a lecture on recent work as part of the
Innovations in Architecture lecture series at Arup, New York


 
 

06.21.2018

24 Architects x 24 Seats x 24 Hours
at Storefront for Art and Architecture
.

Making the most of the longest day of the year, 24x24x24 brings together 24 designers to shape a day of programming and contribute a seat for a collective gathering during the summer solstice. From dawn until dusk, 24x24x24 is an experiment in collective production in design, action, and thinking. 24x24x24 is collectively curated by a group of architects who will be taking over Storefront for Art and Architecturefor Art from 7pm on June 20 to 7pm on June 21. Organized by
Studio Cadena, Buro Koray Duman, Leong Leong, Kalos Eidos, and Peterson Rich Office

Abruzzo Bodziak Architects, Buro Koray Duman, Charlap Hyman Herrero,
Chen Chen & Kai Williams, Formlessfinder, GRT Architects, Jerome Haferd & Brandt Knapp, June14 Meyer-Grohbrügge and Chermayeff, Kalos Eidos, Katie Stout, Kyle May Architect, Laida Aguirre, Leigha Dennis + Kin & Company,
Leong Leong, McEwen Studio, NILE, Part Office, Peterson Rich Office, Ramona Albert Architecture, Studio Cadena, Studio Christian Wassmann, T+E+A+M, TheLab-lab, Ultramoderne. Graphics by Studio Lin

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03.12.2018

Works progresses on the new building for Masa in Bogota. Cast in place structural walls are rising!

 
 
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11.09.2017

New Local/Manufacturing, an event that Benjamin Cadena has co-organized with Miriam Peterson of P.R.O, to explore the future of manufacturing in cities and what new typologies can allow making to mix, hybridize, and co-exist as an integral part of neighborhoods.

One of a three-part series titled New Local: Finding Ground within Global Uncertainty, sponsored by AIANY's New Practices Committee in collaboration with Arup, A/D/O, MINI Living, and Pratt Institute. Examining locality and its conditions, the series bring together designers, engineers, policy makers, community leaders, entrepreneurs, developers, housing advocates, and engaged citizens to exchange and generate ideas to shape the future of making in New York City.

 

 
 
 
 
 

10.21.2017

The installation "Over The Line" has been completed and will be on view for two years at the Art OMI in upstate New York as part of series of interventions taking on the fundamental elements of architecture.

Join us for the Opening Reception:
Saturday, October 21 from 1-3 PM at Art OMI

 

09.07.2017

Studio Cadena takes part in Connecting the 41⁰ Parallel: New York – Porto Exchange a roundtable bringing together emerging firms from Porto and New York.


07.11.2017

"Open Wall" on view now through October at the Center for Architecture as part of the 5x5: Participatory Provocations Exhibition.

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www.archdaily.com
www.architectmagazine.com
 

06.01.2017

"Tall Garden" Project in Pidgin's Flora & Fauna Issue

 

 
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02.10.2017

Masa project in Surface Magazine's
February Issue No.34
 

02.01.2017

Three Room Loft in AN Interior Magazine

 

 

01.02.2017

Benjamin joins the architecture faculty of Columbia Univesity’s GSAPP

 

 
 

10.03.2016

5X5 exhibition opens at RISD

 

09.20.2016

Benjamin lectures on recent work at the
Guatemala Architecture Biennale
 

 
 

09.01.2016

Benjamin is interviewed by EXCLAMA magazine and talked about space, practice and recent projects
 

 
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08.31.2016

Benjamin is invited to participate on the jury to select a design for the new Astronomical Observatory of Guatemala OAG


06.15.2016

Studio Cadena is featured in AXXIS magazine
 

 
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05.21.2016

Studio Cadena is featured in leading Colombian newspaper EL TIEMPO
 

 
 

05.12.2016

New Practices New York 2016 Exhibition featuring the work of Studio Cadena opens at the Center for Architecture

Opening and round table on Thursday, May 12 from 6-8 p.m. The exhibition is on view through August 1st

 

 
 

03.23.2016

Studio Cadena will be sharing recent work in conversation with
Jing Liu from SO–IL as part of the 2016 New Practices New York 2016 Award Winners lecture series.

When: 6:30 PM - 8:30 PM WEDNESDAY, MARCH 23
Where: Cosentino Showroom | A & D Building, 150 E 58th Street, Suite #399
more info and rsvp here
 

 
 

02.15.2016

Studio Cadena’s project Open Wall is included in the 5X5 exhibition at the Illinois School of Architecture.

5×5 : Participatory Provocations is a traveling exhibit of 25 architectural models by 25 young American architects organized and curated by OriginalCopy, the
editors of CLOG.

www.5x5exhibit.com
 

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01.21.2016

Studio Cadena wins AIANY New Practices 2016 competition.

AIA New Practices Award, is a biennial competition that serves as the preeminent platform in New York to recognize new and innovative architecture firms that have undertaken unique and innovative strategies.

The exhibition will open at the Center For Architecture May 12th, 2016, details to follow.

www.aiany.org
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www.npny-aia.org
 

 
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01.16.2016

5×5 : Participatory Provocations is a traveling exhibit of 25 architectural models by 25 young American architects organized and curated by OriginalCopy, the
editors of CLOG.

www.5x5exhibit.com

 
 

10.08.2015

Studio Cadena has been shortlisted as a finalist in the International Competition for the design of the Center for Architecture, Design and Education (CADE) in Chicago. The design will be exhibited at the Chicago Architecture Foundation
during the inaugural Chicago Architecture Biennial

Oct 8, 2015 - Jan 3, 2016

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09.15.2015

Studio Cadena receives Honorable Mention for its design for the Peace Corps Commemorative Work Competition in Washington D.C.
 

 
 

05.18.2015

"New Brooklyn Architecture" exhibition now at Astor Place during NYCxDESIGN 2015 NYC Design Talks at the Cooper Union.

www.cooper.edu

 

05.10.2015

Benjamin will be participating in a panel discussion during BKLYN Designs lead by the Architect’s Newspaper Executive Editor William Menking with six local
architecture firms changing the Brooklyn landscape.

Panelists include: Emily Abruzzo, Partner, Abruzzo Bodziak Architects; Julie Torres Moskovitz, Founding Principal, FABRICA 718; Philipp von Dalwig, Partner, MANIFOLD.ArchitectureStudio; Phu Hoang, Director, MODU; Jon Lott, Principal, PARA Project; Benjamin Cadena, Founder, Studio Cadena; Bryan Young, Principal, YOUNG PROJECTS.

www.bklyndesigns.com

 

 
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05.05.2015

Studio Cadena will be showcased as one of seven emergent architectural and
design firms in Brooklyn as part of the "New Brooklyn Architecture" exhibition at BKLYN DESIGNS May 08-10

In celebration of exemplary architecture and design in Brooklyn, The Architect’s Newspaper and AIANY New Practices Committee will showcase the work of seven local firms in the AN/AIANY New Practices Lounge. Designed by Abruzzo Bodziak Architects, the space exhibits a spectrum of projects designed in Brooklyn by new and innovative firms including Abruzzo Bodziak, FABRICA 718, MANIFOLD ArchitectureStudio, MODU, PARA Project, Studio Cadena and YOUNG PROJECTS.

When: FRIDAY, MAY 8 - SUNDAY, MAY 10
Where: BKLYN DESIGNS
BROOKLYN EXPO CENTER
72 NOBLE STREET
BROOKLYN, NY 11222

 

 
 

05.05.2015

"RE:BORN" exhibition featuring the work of Studio Cadena opens at
SoDa Museum (Space of Design and Architecture) in Korea.

www.museumsoda.org

 

 
 

04.01.2015

"The Long House", housing project for Marfa, TX published in CONCEPT magazine Vol.192
 

02.03.2015

Studio Cadena has been selected as one of four finalist in the international
housing competition for Marfa, Texas.

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