Ruth Mandl

Background

About Ruth Mandl

Ruth is a Principal of CO Adaptive and a licensed architect, registered in New York and Massachusetts. She grew up in Vienna, Austria and received her BA in Interior Architecture from Kingston University in London in 2005, which started her enthusiasm for adaptive reuse, and her thinking that in it lies the key to the sustainable growth of our cities. Ruth completed her M.Arch at the Graduate School of Architecture Planning and Preservation at Columbia University in 2010, and co-founded CO Adaptive Architecture in 2011, which has since won numerous awards for their work, been recognized as a Design Vanguard by Architectural Record, featured as a Next Progressive by ARCHITECT Magazine, and was show-cased in the inaugural exhibition Architecture Now: New York, New Publics at The Museum of Modern Art. To have a greater impact on the process of taking old buildings apart—focusing on deconstruction, and shaping attitudes about “waste”—she co-founded CO Adaptive Building in 2021, on the eve of CO Adaptive Architecture celebrating 10 years in business. Ruth was an Adjunct Assistant Professor at GSAPP, and has been invited for talks about CO Adaptive’s work at numerous universities, including Montana State, University of Virginia, University of Miami and University of Waterloo.