There is a wonderful yin yang of opposites that gives these structures their endearing appeal. and wow factor.
Ayoub's architecture shimmies and shines but there's tremendous depth and gravitas behind the outward expression. It plays artfully and knowingly with simple shapes in complex patterns, beautifully tracing and expressing the line of the hillsides in which it stands.
Despite it having been over a decade since he set up Ameen Ayoub Design Studio, Ayoub is still regarded as one of the new overnight successes of the Southern California design scene. Ameen studied for his undergraduate degree in architecture at Baylor University in Texas before taking a masters at Washington University in St Louis. This was followed by a stint with Gehry & Partners, where he participated in the Abu Dhabi Guggenheim project.
