Yael Erel
Design Critic in Architecture
Department of Architecture
Yael Erel graduated with honors from The Cooper Union School of Architecture where she received the Irma Giustino Weiss Prize for creative achievement. She is a registered architect in New York and Israel. In 2006, she co-founded YEStudio -- Lightexture, a New York based collaboration with lighting designer Avner Ben Natan. Their work focuses on the interplay of architecture, art and light through building projects, lighting installations and the design and fabrication of light fixtures. Her work has been published in Metropolis Magazine, artnow Magazine, Architect Magazine, and exhibited at the Krakow Biennial and in installations throughout New York City. Prior to founding YEStudio, Erel worked for the award-winning firm Diane Lewis Architect and ROART Inc. She has taught at Columbia University and The Cooper Union and is an Associate Professor at Pratt Institute, where she has been teaching since 2004.