An architect, interior designer, graphic designer, and photographer, Mr. Cohn - prior to founding the firm - was as an associate at Perkins&Will, a designer for George Nelson & Company, and an architect at HKPA (Howell, Killick, Partridge, and Amis - London). At Washington University (BA, 1971, MArcht, 1974), he studied under Aulis Blomstedt and George Anselevicius.