Philip Ryan is the founder and principal of Studio Modh, an architecture firm located in Brooklyn, New York. The studio creates buildings and spaces for residential, commercial, academic, and institutional clients throughout the United States. The word “modh”, Gaelic for “method or respect”, drives a design process that places inquiry before concept to produce projects that are particular to their use, their client, and their place. The firm has received numerous design awards for their work and was proud to receive an AIA Chapter Award for the firms ongoing pro-bono design work assisting local New York City businesses recover and re-conceive of operation during and after the COVID pandemic.
Prior to forming the studio, Philip Ryan worked for Tod Williams Billie Tsien Architects for sixteen years in design and management leadership capacities before leaving as a Senior Associate in 2012. His design and construction experience while at the office was extensive including the design and construction of the American Folk Art Museum in New York, Skirkanich Hall at the University of Pennsylvania, and the Barnes Foundation in Philadelphia, PA.
Philip is a Senior Lecturer at the University of Pennsylvania where he teaches the Professional Practice Sequence, Construction, Thesis Studio, and a seminar called “Heavy Architecture” that explores the conceptual approach that detailing can have on the creation of durable, meaningful buildings. He has taught graduate and undergraduate studios at the Rhode Island School of Design and City College of New York and has been a frequent guest critic at the University of Texas at Austin, RISD, Yale University, City College, the Pratt Institute, Wesleyan College, and Columbia University. He is a registered Architect in the state of New York, New Jersey, Connecticut and Pennsylvania, a member of the American Institute of Architects, and has been certified by NCARB.
