Studio Zung is a New York–based architecture and interior design atelier led by Tommy Zung.

Zung designs architecturally significant private residences, hospitality environments, and collectible design for a global clientele.

Each project is conceived as a singular architectural vision—architecture, interiors, and material expression unified into timeless environments of clarity, permanence, and cultural relevance.

Based in New York. Working internationally.

Studio Zung expresses a layered meditation on design, architecture, and the quiet power of restraint.

We embrace the balance between precision and softness, tradition and modernity.

Our spaces prioritize feeling over perfection, revealing a design philosophy rooted in emotional resonance and timelessness.

SERVICES

Studio Zung provides fully integrated design leadership across:

Architecture
Interior Design
Interior Architecture & Design
Design & Build Leadership
Hospitality & Commercial Design
Bespoke Architectural & Furniture Design

PROJECTS

Studio Zung has realized projects across:

New York City
Hamptons
Aspen
Big Sky
Hawaii
Los Angeles
International

AFFILIATES

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Z Builders
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Atelier by Studio Zung
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Buckminster Fuller Foundation
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If our mind was a room

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Tommy Zung

Founder and Creative Director

Tommy Zung is the founder and creative director of Studio Zung, an architecture and interior design atelier established in New York in 2013. He leads the studio with over three decades of experience, guiding projects through a unified approach in which architecture and interiors are conceived as a singular and continuous expression. His work is defined by clarity, restraint, and permanence, reflecting a belief that architecture must transcend utility to become enduring cultural form.

Tommy was born into a rare architectural lineage. His father, Thomas T.K. Zung, FAIA, is an architect and partner to Buckminster Fuller, who was also Tommy’s great godfather, placing him within one of the most consequential intellectual and creative legacies of the modern era. Raised in an atmosphere where structure, philosophy, and human experience were inseparable, he developed an early conviction that architecture is not simply the creation of buildings, but the shaping of cultural memory.

With over thirty years of experience, Tommy approaches each project as a total work—conceived from structural conception through interior design and final curatorial detail. His process is guided by proportion, material truth, and clarity of intention. The resulting environments possess a quiet authority: refined yet deeply human, minimal yet profoundly expressive.

Studio Zung’s work spans private residences and architectural environments across the United States and internationally, serving individuals whose influence shapes contemporary culture. Recognized by Architectural Digest as one of the world’s design firms to watch, the studio has established a distinct voice rooted in discipline and permanence.

Tommy’s work stands within a lineage of architects who view design as a lifelong pursuit of reduction and essence—where nothing is added without purpose, and nothing essential is removed. His spaces are conceived not for the present moment alone, but for the passage of time, becoming more meaningful, valuable, and resonant with each passing year.

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Thomas T.K. Zung

Co-Principal FAIA — Architect, Author & Visionary Partner of Buckminster Fuller

Thomas T.K. Zung is a distinguished architect whose career spans more than six decades of innovation, partnership, and scholarly contribution. As co‑principal of Buckminster Fuller, Sadao & Zung Architects, he stands among the foremost interpreters and collaborators of R. Buckminster Fuller’s design science — from advanced geodesic domes and tensegrity systems to visionary spatial geometries that continue to influence 21st‑century architectural thinking.

Zung’s professional journey began working as principal designer and project architect for the internationally acclaimed modernist Edward Durell Stone, contributing to major civic and cultural works including the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, the New Orleans International Trade Mart, and the Master Plan for the U.S. Naval Academy.

In 1967 he opened his own practice in Cleveland, Ohio and soon designed the first elongated geodesic dome in collaboration with the Buckminster Fuller Synergetics organization. His firm’s subsequent merger with Fuller and Shoji Sadao established one of the most influential experimental architectural practices of the late 20th century, producing advanced structural systems, exhibitions, publications, and Fuller’s last invention, Hang It All.

A Fellow of the American Institute of Architects (FAIA) — conferred to fewer than 3% of members — Zung is also a Senior Fellow at Stanford University and a founding member of both the Buckminster Fuller Institute and the Synergetics Collaborative (SNEC). He is the author and editor of landmark texts including Buckminster Fuller: Anthology for a New Millennium and Call Me Trim Tab: Navigating Spaceship Earth with R. Buckminster Fuller.

Throughout his career, Zung’s work has bridged scholarly rigor, structural innovation, and deep environmental commitment — shaping both the built world and the theory that underpins it.

Studio Zung has realized projects around the world.

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