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Alda Ly Architecture
Founded in 2017, Alda Ly
Architecture (ALA) got
its start when innovative
co-working platform, The
Wing, enlisted Alda Ly to
design its East Coast and
California locations, including the office environments'
interior cafe spaces. Each of
The Wing locations includes
a restaurant space, called
The Perch, including The
Wing SoHo in New York
(this page), The Wing DC in
Washington, D.C. (opposite,
top and middle), and The
Wing Dumbo in New York
(opposite, bottom).

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Location New York

Year Founded 2017

firm's pipeline, including exciting New
Alda Ly Architecture (ALA) was
York restaurant locales, like Lucky Lee's
founded in 2017 when groundbreaking
near Union Square and Hopkins &
co-working platform, The Wing,
Hawley in the South Street Seaport area.
tapped Alda Ly as the architect for
Letting its clients inspire the look
its East Coast and California locations,
and feel of designs, the firm is known for
including the office environments'
creating user-centric and missioninterior cafe and restaurant spaces,
driven spaces with a minimalist and
called The Perch.
playful design vocabulary. "We focus on
While ALA's portfolio spans
how people use our spaces," Ly says.
a variety of work-from functional
medicine provider Parsley Health to the "We think about what people touch, see,
retail platform Bulletin and social-action hear, and sense, and how they move
through and occupy the space."
technology firm Blue State Digital-
In order to arrive at these
numerous hospitality projects are in the
thoughtful designs, ALA begins each
project with a research phase and
launches the creative process without
preconceptions, treating each project
as an opportunity to foster the client's
artistry and individuality. "We are
empathetic," Ly says. "We listen deeply
to and collaborate with our clients and
design partners."

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Designer You Should Know: Dorothée Meilichzon
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Matrix: HD Preview
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