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67 35th St. Suite B511
Brooklyn, NY 11232
United States

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+1 646-549-1264
hello@mcdowellarchitects.com
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Studio

McDowell Architects is an architecture and interior design studio founded by Alexis and Michael McDowell. Based in New York and shaped by Buenos Aires, Tokyo, and the American South, we approach architecture through simplicity, utility, and play.

We work closely with materials, objects, and the ordinary rituals of living. Each project develops through making—testing ideas, revising them, and carrying them from early studies through construction. We are interested in architecture that is direct but not obvious, familiar but a little weird.

Team

Alexis McDowell, AIA

Alexis McDowell is a Licensed Architect and Principal at McDowell Architects. She leads the firm’s client relationships, interior design, and project delivery, guiding each project from initial brief through the construction completion. Her holistic approach to architecture originated in New York City where she worked at O’Neill Rose Architects as a designer and project manager for comprehensive brownstone and landmarked building renovations as well as interior architecture projects. Most notably, she contributed to the Murray Hill Residence that received a 2023 SARA NY Design Award. At the AD100 interiors and lighting studio WORKSTEAD, she contributed to multi-family residential and hospitality design projects as well as marketing and publication initiatives.

Prior to founding McDowell Architects, Alexis gained experience as an Architect at Pfeffer Torode Architecture, focusing primarily on high end residential projects that encompassed both architecture and interior design scope. She graduated with her BArch from the University of Tennessee, where she received the Alpha Rho Chi and Tau Sigma Delta Medals for her design projects and leadership.

Michael McDowell, AIA

Michael McDowell is a Principal at McDowell Architects and a Licensed Architect. He leads the firm’s design direction and detailing, bringing a precise and materially grounded sensibility to each project from concept through realization. His career includes international experience at Kengo Kuma and Associates in Tokyo, focusing on high-end residential projects and museums, such as the Hans Christian Andersen Museum in Denmark. He has contributed to residential and commercial projects at firms including Matthew Baird Architects, Tacklebox Architecture and Studio Yuda, and more recently at Hastings Architecture, where he worked on several high-rise multifamily projects and smaller commercial ventures.

Michael holds a Master of Architecture from Columbia University, where he received the Evans Simpson Award for Excellence in Design. He earned a Bachelor of Fine Arts in Architectural Design from Parsons The New School for Design and a Bachelor of Arts in Urban Studies from Eugene Lang College at The New School, graduating with an Academic Honors Award.