Solid Objectives – Idenburg Liu (SO – IL) is an idea-based design office. With a global reach, it brings together extensive experience from the fields of architecture, academia and the arts. Founders Florian Idenburg and Jing Liu envisioned their New York-based studio in 2008 as a creative catalyst involved in all scales and stages of the architectural process. With roots in Europe, China and Japan – and sharing the optimism for architectural feasibility typical in those countries – Idenburg and Liu vehemently strive to realize their ideas in the world.

Since its inception, SO – IL has worked on an array of projects ranging in scale from a series of prints for the Guggenheim Museum to the master plan of a cultural campus in Seoul. Recent projects include a wedding chapel in Nanjing, China, student housing in Athens, Greece, and a park pavilion in Amsterdam, the Netherlands.

What unifies these projects is an intellectual and artistic rigor that has become SO – IL’s hallmark. Recognition for this approach is manifested through numerous prizes such as the MoMA PS1 Young Architects Program as well as the AIA NY Young Practices Award, both in 2010.

SO – IL has been widely featured in international publications including the New York Times, Wall Street Journal, Wallpaper* and Surface Magazine. Their work has been exhibited at the Guggenheim Museum, MoMA, the LA Forum for Architecture and Urbanism, the Benaki Museum in Athens, the Center for Architecture in New York and Studio-X Beijing in China.

Awards

2011
The American Institute of Architects (AIA) New York Chapter 2011 Design Awards, Honor Award for Kukje Gallery

2010
Sukkah City Competition Winner (New York)
Charlotte Köhler Prize (the Netherlands)
The American Institute of Architects (AIA) New York Young Practices Award (New York)
MoMA PS1 Young Architects Program Winner (New York)
Iakov Chernikov Prize Nominee (Russia, international competition)

2009
UPTO35 Competition Finalist (Greece)

Florian Idenburg.

Florian Idenburg, R.A. , AIA-IA, principal

Florian Idenburg (1975, the Netherlands) holds a Master of Science in Architecture from Delft University of Technology. Prior to fouding SO — IL, Idenburg gained eight years of experience at the practice of Pritzker laureates Kazuyo Sejima + Ryue Nishizawa / SANAA.

Florian Idenburg teaches design studios at Harvard and Columbia. Previously he held the Brown-Forman Chair in Urban Design at the University of Kentucky, and was Visiting Lecturer at Princeton University. Idenburg is the 2010 recipient of the Charlotte Köhler Award.

Jing Liu.

Jing Liu, M Arch, principal

A native of China, Jing Liu received her education in China, Japan, the United Kingdom and the United States, concluding with a Master of Architecture from Tulane University School of Architecture in New Orleans.

Liu worked at New York based Kohn Pedersen Fox and Starwood prior to founding SO — IL (Solid Objectives – Idenburg Liu) with Florian Idenburg. Liu is currently teaching in the Advanced Architectural Degree program at Columbia University’s Graduate School of Architecture, Planning, and Preservation, and a faculty at Parsons The New School for Design.