Slade Architecture


Slade Architecture is a New York City based architecture and design firm founded in 2002 by Hayes and James Slade. The firm has completed a diverse range of domestic and international projects. Its work has been exhibited and published widely. The Architectural League of New York selected Slade Architecture as a winner of its 2010 Emerging Voices, an annual invited competition for North American firms and individuals with distinct design voices and significant bodies of realized work. Slade Architecture was selected by the New York City Department of Design & Construction to participate in its Excellence in Design and Construction Program in 2004, 2006, 2009, and 2016.
Among Slade Architecture's awards are national and regional AIA awards, SARA National and regional Design Awards, several Best of Year awards from Interior Design magazine, Association of Retail Environments Store of the Year Award, Chain Store Age Best in Show Award, Fast Company Masters of Design issue, Contract magazine Best of the Year Award in Retail and Businessweek/Architectural Record Design Excellence Award.
Slade's work has been shown at the Venice Biennale and the Museum of Modern Art in New York. The firm's work has been published in Architectural Record Metropolis magazine and Interior Design magazine. Slade has completed architectural and interior design projects and installations in the US, China and South Korea.

Principal background

Hayes Slade, AIA

Hayes Slade is a co-founder of Slade Architecture. In addition to her role at the firm, Hayes is an active member of the broader architecture community including the AIA. She was the 2019 President of the NY Chapter of the American Institute of Architects. She has Bachelor of Science and Master of Engineering degrees from Cornell University as well as an MBA from the Wharton School of Business. She has lectured widely and taught design at Parsons the New School for Design and Syracuse University School of Architecture.
Hayes has been recognized with a variety of honors including the Architectural League of New York Emerging Voices. Hayes previously worked in London and New York at Arup, Boston Consulting Group and SOM.

James Slade, FAIA, LEED AP

James Slade has a Bachelor of Arts degree from Cornell University and a Masters of Architecture degree from Columbia University where he was awarded an Honor Award for Excellence in Design on graduation. James was recognized by the Architectural League of New York's League Prize in 2000 and was a juror for the program the following year. He was selected as a finalist in the 2003 MoMA /PS1 Young Architects Program. In 2010, he was selected for the Architecture League of New York's Emerging Voices. He is a licensed architect in New York, New Jersey, Florida, Missouri, Pennsylvania and Wyoming and a LEED-AP, NCARB and IIDA.
He was elevated to the American Institute of Architect's College of Fellows in 2016.
In addition to his work at Slade Architecture, he has taught design studios at Parsons The New School for Design, Syracuse University, Barnard College at Columbia University, Pratt Institute, Florida International University and Philadelphia University.
Before Slade Architecture, he was a founding partner of Cho Slade Architecture.

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