Future Offices

Ali Rahim is Professor of Architecture and Director of Advanced Architecture Design (MSD-AAD) at the University of Pennsylvania Weitzman School of Design. He is Co-Director of the New York and Shanghai based architectural firm CAP. Mr. Rahim has served as the Studio Zaha Hadid Visiting Professor at the University of Applied Arts (die Angewandte) in Vienna, as the Louis I. Kahn Visiting Professor at Yale University, and as a Visiting Architecture Professor at Harvard University.

Mr. Rahim’s books include ‘Future Airports’ (2020), ‘Asset Architecture 1, 2 and 3’ (2016, 2017, and 2018), all published by ORO; ‘Catalytic Formations: Architecture and Digital Design’ (2012), published by the China Building Press, Beijing; ‘Catalytic Formations: Architecture and Digital Design’ (2006), published by Routledge, London; ‘Turbulence’ (2011), published by Norten and Company, New York. He has a forthcoming book on design research titled ‘Catalytic Forms,’ which is to be published in 2022.

CAP Founded in 1999, is known for futuristic designs using digital techniques and the latest technologies for the design and manufacturing of architecture. Projects include commissions by The Museum of Modern Art [New York]; Reebok Shanghai, Lijia Smart Park, Chongqing, Wenjin Hotels, Beijing, NJCTTQ Pharmaceuticals, Nanjing, AMEC Technologies, Nanchang [China]; Samsung, Seoul [South Korea]; and IWI Orthodontics Clinic, Tokyo [Japan].

Other contributors:
Verda Alexander
Patrik Schumacher

Future Offices Showcase Video

ISBN: 978-1-954081-58-1
Size: 10” x 10” Square
Binding: Softbound
Pages: 220pp
Publication Date: Spring 2024
World Rights: Available