SO-IL

SO–IL, or Solid Objectives Idenburg Liu, is an architecture studio with offices in New York and Amsterdam. Florian Idenburg and Jing Liu founded the practice in 2008 after meeting in Tokyo in 2001, and it has since built a body of work spanning cultural, civic, residential, commercial and educational buildings, from temporary installations to long-term urban strategies and adaptive reuse.

The studio frames each commission as a chance to rethink conventions and to shape a stronger civic realm, with spaces that support more open, collective and sustainable ways of living. Craft, detail-oriented construction and research underpin the work, and both principals stay closely involved, combining practice with teaching that keeps the output critical and curious.