Epiphyte Lab creates architecture "with empathy to all species"

VDF studio profile: Epiphyte Lab is a Pittsburgh-based practice, which sees architecture as an inherent part of its surrounding ecology.The studio's work is based on cross-disciplinary collaboration and "operates between design and science" in order to incorporate research directly into the fabric of its buildings.
Dana Cupkova, an associate professor at the Carnegie Mellon School of Architecture, founded the firm in 2009 alongside her late collaborator Kevin Pratt, with the aim of creating