AO ARCHITECTURE & DESIGN is dedicated to architectural and interior design and to the preservation of the natural world. Serving residential, museum, and commercial clients from Martha's Vineyard to Cambridge, NYC to the Hamptons, and Vermont to Maine, AO Architecture & Design is a full service firm led by Harvard- and Yale- educated Zander Auerbach and Emily Ottinger.

ZANDER AUERBACH, AIA, RA | PARTNER & ARCHITECT, AO ARCHITECTURE & DESIGN, PLLC.

Zander is an architect with 14 years of experience in residential design, construction management, and advanced building systems. He was previously at Maryann Thompson Architects and the MIT Media Lab. He is a graduate of Harvard University and the University of Massachusetts at Amherst.

• Designer of nature-immersed modern homes, civic and commercial spaces.

• Management of skyscraper construction and R&D at MIT in climate simulation, climate adaptation, and robotics, with budgets ranging from $2M to $115M and project teams ranging from 25 to 400 people.

EMILY OTTINGER, AIA, LEED® GA, RA | PARTNER & ARCHITECT, AO ARCHITECTURE & DESIGN, PLLC.

Emily is a registered architect, licensed in the states of Maine, Massachusetts, and New York. She received her Masters of Architecture from Yale University and a Bachelor of Arts in Architecture from Wellesley College. She has practiced for 16 years, at some of the world’s leading firms:

• Peter Eisenman, New York City;

• Kyu Sung Woo, Cambridge;

• Nasrine Seraji, Paris, France;

• Studios Architecture, Paris, France;

• Ann Beha Architects, Boston.

Emily’s experience encompasses academic, commercial, residential, museum, and life sciences buildings. She is an accomplished painter.