Diversity, Nice people, interior-design heavy
Pros
This is not a firm with over-inflated egos and yelling divas/starchitects. The studio head is genuinely nice and respectful to all of its staff, and so is David Rockwell if he passes you even briefly. This sounds like it's the bare minimum, but having worked at other architecture firms, this is a breath of fresh air. Nearly all senior staff in my particular studio are p.o.c. and/or women, which is so rare in this industry, leading to true, not tokenized, diversity. If you love to work on architectural interiors, this is the firm for you, as its their bread-and-butter work. The pay at this firm is a little above average compared to other places. (not their benefits, however)
Cons
Depending on the project and studio, there will be long and unpaid overtime hours. This unfortunately is still a reality in this field, not just at this particular firm. Although there is less stratified hierarchy and ore transparency at the firm compared to other architecture firms, it feels like a lot of times the interior designer have more say in the design than the architects do, while the architects, with their more technically proficient skills in softwares, are just used as laborers that do 3D modeling and CAD under the instruction of the interior designers. Benefits here are average to below average. You really have to go out of your way to ask/negotiate for them.
