Aniket Shahane: Principal | Founder
Since founding OA in 2012, Aniket has overseen the design and execution of a series of projects that have been featured widely in a variety of publications such as Architectural Record, Wallpaper, Dezeen and Dwell As principal of OA, he has received a number of awards and recognitions including nominations for Dezeen’s ‘Emerging Architect of the Year’ Award and the Illinois Institute of Technology’s Mies Crown Hall Americas Prize for Emerging Architects. Born in India, raised in the U.S., and trained as an architect in New York, Paris, and Barcelona in the studio of Enric Miralles and Benedetta Tagliabue, Aniket brings to his work a rich set of experiences and an ability to engage diverse groups of people and projects. He received his Bachelor of Architecture at the University of Texas at Austin and a Master of Architecture from Yale University where he was awarded the Enid Storm Dwyer Scholarship and the Edward Parsons Medal. Aniket is a licensed architect in New York.
In addition to practice, Aniket is actively involved in architectural education as a Senior Critic at the Yale School of Architecture. Since 2012, Aniket has been teaching design studios and seminars in both the M.Arch 1 and M.Arch 2 programs. In 2024, he was selected by Yale's graduating students to receive the Professor King-lui Wu Teaching Award – a prize “awarded each year to a faculty member who combines architectural practice with outstanding teaching”. In addition to Yale, Aniket taught previously as Visiting Assistant Professor at the Wentworth Institute of Technology and has been a guest juror at a number of universities across the country including California College of Arts, Washington University, Carnegie Mellon University, University of Arkansas, Columbia University, University of Texas at Austin, and Kent State University.
Parker Elliott: Project Manager
Parker was raised in Kansas City where he spent a large portion of his youth learning classical French Horn. This instilled in him a fascination with the artistic potential that exists between composer and musician, eventually leading him to study the similar creative outlet that's found between architect and builder.
Parker brings to the office a strong sensibility for drawing and modeling and uses those skills to think through design problems, both in the studio and on the construction site. He joined OA in 2021 and has since worked on a variety of projects from inception to completion. He holds a Master of Architecture from Kansas State University where he was inspired and influenced by his semester spent studying abroad in Orvieto, Italy.
Mia Voevodsky: Project Manager
Living and traveling in many different cities has given Mia a deep appreciation for how architecture's role as a historical record of culture can create an ineffable sense of place. She has a keen interest in adaptive reuse, historic preservation, and sustainable building practices.
At OA, Mia enjoys crafting spaces that reflect a client’s individualized history, principles, and aspirations with a special fondness towards using natural materials while mixing old with new. She has worked professionally in New York, San Francisco, Chicago, and Thailand. She holds degrees in both Architecture and History of Art from the University of Michigan where she graduated with honors and received the James B. Angell Scholar award.
Past Collaborators
Kasia Stachnio, Qi Liu, Mengi Li, Joshua Eager, Edward Simpson, Graham Brindle, Valentin Bansac, Stephen Maher, Ivan Kostic, Tristan Walker, Brendan Pettersen