Faculty and alumni of Harvard’s Graduate School of Design (GSD) are among the winners of the inaugural 40 Under 40 North America competition. Curated by the World Architecture Festival (WAF) and The Architect’s Newspaper , 40 Under 40 North America recognizes outstanding young architects from the United States, Canada, and Mexico. In addition to receiving a complimentary ticket to WAF, to be held November 12 through 14 in Miami Beach, Florida, the winners’ work will be highlighted in a special exhibition at the festival—on view to the gathering’s nearly 2000 global attendees—and featured in The Architect’s Newspaper.
The winning GSD alumni are Daniel Feldman (MAUD ’15) of ZITA in Long Island City, New York; Armida Fernandez (MDes ’20) of Estudio Ala in Guadalajara, Mexico; Taehyung Park (MLA ’14) of Field Operations in New York City, New York; Juan Sala (MArch ’18) of Sala Hars in Anzures, Mexico; and GSD design critic in architecture Khoa Vu (MArch ’19) of Studio KHOA VU in Cambridge, Massachusetts.
Ts Veil, by studio Khoa vu
Vu’s project, which will be on display at WAF alongside the works of the other 40 Under 40 architects, addresses issues of adaptive reuse and sustainable design—themes that are central to Vu’s teaching and practice. With Ts Veil, Vu transforms an existing villa in Ho Chi Min City into a social dining space, reinterpreting the relationship between old and new through material economy and climatic responsiveness. In addition to being exhibited at WAF, Ts Veil has been shortlisted for the Dezeen Awards 2025 .