ARCHITECTURE WORKSHOP 4B
ARCHITECTURE WORKSHOP 4B is a design collaborative working on architecture, interiors, and urban design projects and installations. Our mission is to bring simple, beautiful design to people and their lives. AW4B was established in 2008 by Bobby Han as a renewed approach to the architectural design practice. Collaboration is the basis of all AW4B’s work beginning with the collaboration between client and architect. And by working with artists, artisans, architects, fabricators, and contractors around the world in a variety of teams, AW4B completes projects of varied scales and programs in many locations. AW4B’s approach is to assemble an outstanding team of experts, to provide the leadership to organize and coordinate such a team, and to develop the design and organizational vision to bring the complicated and disparate parts of the project together.
BOBBY HAN
BOBBY HAN received his A.B. in Architectural Design and Theory from Princeton University and his Masters of Architecture from the Harvard University Graduate School of Design. His work experience includes Gluckman Mayner Architects, Thomas Phifer & Partners, Kao Design Group, and Robert A.M. Stern Architects among others. He has worked on a variety of projects of varying type (institutional, commercial and residential), program, and scale in locations throughout the world.
In 1999, Bobby established a design practice, hanDESIGN, in New York City, and from 1999 to 2012, Bobby maintained a transforming architectural practice with partners and collaborators that culminated in Architecture Workshop 4B in 2008. Over the last twenty years, Bobby has been responsible for many new construction, renovation and remodeling projects. AW4B was re-established in 2019 as an expanded practice incorporating architectural design, interior design, and construction management into a more comprehensive practice. AW4B continues to collaborate on projects throughout the United States and Asia.
Bobby’s design experience also includes industrial design, graphic design, corporate identity and branding, and furniture design. He is a licensed architect in the states of New York, Virginia, Maryland, and the District of Columbia; he is certified by the National Council of Architectural Registration Boards; and he is a member of the American Institute of Architects.
JAE HAN
JAE HAN graduated from the Rhode Island School of Design with a degree in Graphic Design. She has a very wide-ranging series of work experiences. After RISD, Jae worked as a graphic designer for a number of boutique graphic design firms in New York City and for a high-end furniture showroom/design studio before settling into a career as an Art Director. She was an Associate Art Director for Travel and Leisure magazine and then the Art Director for Child magazine. After moving to the Midwest in 2004 with her family, Jae established and co-owned a cutting-edge children’s lifestyle boutique, Honeycomb, in the Chicago-land area.
At AW4B Jae is responsible for Interior Design and all things furniture, fabric, and furnishings. Jae brings a love of color and texture along with an art director’s eye for balance and order to the spaces and projects that she works on.
JAE HAN
JAE HAN graduated from the Rhode Island School of Design with a degree in Graphic Design. She has a very wide-ranging series of work experiences. After RISD, Jae worked as a graphic designer for a number of boutique graphic design firms in New York City and for a high-end furniture showroom/design studio before settling into a career as an Art Director. She was an Associate Art Director for Travel and Leisure magazine and then the Art Director for Child magazine. After moving to the Midwest in 2004 with her family, Jae established and co-owned a cutting-edge children’s lifestyle boutique, Honeycomb, in the Chicago-land area.
At AW4B Jae is responsible for Interior Design and all things furniture, fabric, and furnishings. Jae brings a love of color and texture along with an art director’s eye for balance and order to the spaces and projects that she works on.
PROCESS
The process of imagining, designing, and executing architecture is a complex and demanding process, and it is something that we do every day. Our process begins by LISTENING to the clients’ needs and desires and UNDERSTANDING the context both the physical and non-physical. We work towards CREATING a set of ideas that bridge between these varied dualities – need/want, physical/emotional, intellectual/practical and DEVELOPING a vision that can guide the team through the length and breadth of the project. The execution of a good design into real architecture depends on the proper ORGANIZING of people (architects, engineers, artisans, consultants, and clients) and processes (drawing, modeling, talking, meeting, and building). By doing these things properly, our goal is MAKING architecture – space that is beautiful, meaningful and poetic for everyday LIVING.
COLLABORATORS
Erik Ajemian
Jane Amidon
Uwe Brandes
Gary Carlough
Catherine Chao
Anne Chen
Alice Chung
Joe Chung
Amber Foo
Jae Han
Zachary Hansen
Richard Higby
Karen Hsu
Vic Huang
Alex Hurst
Sarah Kim
David Pysh
Mark Strong
Suzanne Song
William Watson
Ming Wu
Greg Yang
Tim Archibald
Bryan Bertola
Margaret Carton
Tania Davidge
Rosa Han
Eric Li
Mike Padavic
Nick Peterson
Robyn Morgenstern Rosenblatt
Thomas Sheridan
Paulina Wilkowska