Hardship breeds innovation, as the adage goes. When architects Nancy Hou and Josh de Sousa graduated from Harvard GSD, the Great Recession awaited, sending them to Quito, Ecuador-where Hou grew up-to follow a few hospitality commissions and interior renovations. They relocated to New York about three years later after receiving two big residential projects, only to find that they had been nixed. "We were like, 'Oh, why did we leave Ecuador?'" recalls de Sousa. But by all accounts, any early doubt has dissipated as their collaboration has matured into an inventive, buzzy practice, with a flurry of public artworks that revel in their public and artistic aspects.
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