Dwayne Oyler & Jenny Wu
California, USA
Dwayne and Jenny established the architecture and design firm of Oyler Wu Collaborative in Los Angeles in 2004. The firm is recognized for its experimentation in design, material research, and fabrication, and has won numerous awards, including the 2021 American Academy of Arts and Letters Award in Architecture, the 2017 J. Irwin and Xenia S. Miller Prize, and the 2013 Design Vanguard Award from Architectural Record. Both principals are members of the design faculty at the Southern California Institute of Architecture. They have previously taught at various other institutions such as Harvard GSD, Pratt Institute, and Columbia GSAPP.
“Our vision has been to merge the traditional art form of Bidri with contemporary design sensibilities and representation techniques.”
“As with most forms of making, the challenges (and the invention), come from a deep understanding of material and methodological limitations. In this case, the back and forth between precise digital methods and the imprecise, yet beautiful, human aspect of the work made the process quite difficult. But it’s that back and forth that makes it especially unique and wondrous.”
