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Emily Xintong Yan is an architectural designer and researcher passionate about space, design and their fables.
Her work are driven by an intuitive desire to investigate and storytell. Her ongoing research projects are genre-bending pursuits, intrigued by the capacity of humanism and spatial sociology. Her paper architecture explores the fictive potential of tectonic forms and embeds philosophies of dwelling inspired by film, literature and dreams. Her narrative style emulsifies fiction and nonfiction, poeticism and history, creative writing and reportage. She is dedicated to a multi-disciplinary practice where architecture, arts, and letters reaffirm our human presence in the world.
She was born in Singapore, raised in China, grew up in the UK and educated in the US. The Alphabet
The Waiting Room
The Utopia
The Garden
The Residence I
The Lighthouse
The Residence II
The Gallery
The Bridge
The Postcard
The Shell
The Archives
The Museum
The Trees
The Place Architectural design
Residence for a jeweler family
2025
Adjoining two adjacent townhouses,
this Upper East Side residence was developed for a family in the jewelry business. A precise adhenrence to the client’s sensitivity to detail, the architectural and interior design balances clean, restrained surfaces with carefully composed moments of embellishment. Natural light and decorative lighting are thoughtfully integrated and correlated to the clients’ art and furniture collection to create continuity between architecture, objects, and atmosphere. A sophisticated selection of material palette is executed with exceptional craftsmanship and rigorous quality control, resulting in a residence defined by clarity, functionality, and beauty at every scale.
Trimble Architecture
Photo courtsey of Ryan Bemberg
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