STATEMENT
SO-AD is an experimental design agency exploring the indeterminate, the unexpected and the misused in architecture and design.

PRINCIPALS
DAVID BURNS
David BurnsDavid was born in Tennessee and is the founding principal of SO-AD.  David studied architecture at the University of Tennessee and Columbia University.  He has fifteen years combined experience as an architect, designer, artist, musician and educator. MORE >


JASON MORRIS, AIA
Jason Morris Jason has been practicing architecture for ten years. Educated at the Illinois Institute of Technology and the University of Tennessee, Jason joined SO-AD in 2004. MORE >





TEAM / PAST + PRESENT
JENNIFER FERRIS
JENNIFER FERRIS

MIKE CHA
DAVID ESKENAZI
ELLEN GARRETT
ABIGAIL HART GRAY
STEPHEN MRDJENOVICH
TARYN HUMPHREY
CASEY REHM


SOLO AND GROUP SHOWS
"AIGA PGH 100" Three Rivers Arts Festival Gallery
"Arise" Braddock, PA
"Artwalk" The Andy Warhol Museum
"By Design" Three Rivers Arts Festival Gallery
"The Charm Bracelet" Children’s Museum of Pittsburgh
"END on END" Solo show, Future Tenant Gallery
First Night Pittsburgh
FLUX 15
"Gestures" The Mattress Factory
"Patisan Project" 5151 Gallery
"Peep Show" Art City, Calgary, Alberta Canada
"Sewn Steel" Solo show, University of Illinois U-C
"Strategy" Solo show, Auburn University Gallery
"Sydney Future Visions" Sydney Customs House
"Threads" Carnegie Mellon University

RECENT PRESS
The Architect's Newspaper
Architecture Australia
Architectural Review Australia
Metropolis Magazine
Pittsburgh City Paper
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
Pittsburgh Tribune Review
Pop City

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"The site is lightning fast, and the whole experience is compellingly immersive. Of all the web sites we reviewed in this competition — indeed, of all the web sites we reviewed for all other competitions — this one stands out (far out) from the crowd.”
Christopher Simmons, Principal, MINE, San Francisco, CA

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“It's a well-designed, satisfying site, one that represents everything I'd ever hoped for from the Web. I could bury myself in it for hours, even days.”
Karrie Jacobs, Metropolis Magazine

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“An exceptional work...is "P.O.V." by SO-AD... a minimalist grid that transforms a doorway, playing with issues of architecture, space, perspective ... even the positioning of the lenses through which one sees the world.”
Mary Thomas, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette

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“Architecturally speaking, this town is far too conservative far too often. So it’s a pleasure to see that, when viewed through fresh eyes, the city’s very geography can suggest forward-thinking designs.”
Charles Rosenblum, City Paper