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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 Stephen Friedman Gallery
2023


Stephen Friedman Gallery opened its first international location in New York in October 2023, following more than two decades of establishment in London. The design and construction of the new space were completed in under a year and celebrated with an inaugural exhibition by American artist Deborah Roberts. The gallery’s design emphasizes the preservation of Tribeca’s historic interior elements, including capital columns and tin ceilings.
Trimble Architecture
Photo courtsey of Gallery and photographer




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