Daisy Ames

Daisy Ames is a Critic at the Yale School of Architecture, where she teaches graduate and undergraduate design studios. She is the founding principal of Studio Ames, an architectural design and research practice based in New York City.

Ames’s background in anthropology and the history of art informs a design sensibility focused on living spaces, climate change, and spatial composition. Her published articles and representations reflect an ongoing body of research into domesticity and the environment.

Her practice has been recognized as a winner of the Architectural League Prize for Young Architects + Designers and received the Young Architects Award from The Architect’s Newspaper. Ames’s work has been exhibited internationally, including at the Venice Architecture Biennale, the Tallinn Architecture Biennale, Sir John Soane’s Museum, and the Storefront for Art and Architecture.