ULTRAMODERNE is an internationally-recognized, award-winning architecture and design firm. Led by co-principals Aaron Forrest and Yasmin Vobis, our office creates buildings and public spaces that are at once modern, playful, and generous. We believe that design is not a luxury, but rather fundamental to the construction of all aspects of the built environment. We continually challenge architecture to do more—irrespective of circumstance—in the knowledge that thoughtful and creative design can serve as the basis for a better world.

Yasmin Vobis (RA, NCARB, FAAR) is a registered architect and co-founding Principal of Ultramoderne. She studied architecture at the University of California, Berkeley and Princeton University, where she received her Masters in Architecture and was awarded the Butler Traveling Fellowship and the Suzanne Kolarik Underwood Prize. Prior to co-founding Ultramoderne, she practiced in the offices of Ogrydziak Prillinger Architects, Guy Nordenson and Associates Structural Engineers, and Steven Holl Architects. In addition, she has taught at Harvard Graduate School of Design, Princeton University, Rhode Island School of Design, the Cooper Union, Brown University and is currently Assistant Professor in Architecture at UC Berkeley. She was awarded the Founders/Arnold W. Brunner/Katherine Edwards Gordon Rome Prize in Architecture in 2016.

Aaron Forrest (RA, NCARB) is a registered architect and co-founding Principal of Ultramoderne. He has extensive professional experience, having practiced in New York with Bernheimer Architecture and Guy Nordenson and Associates Structural Engineers, and in Madrid with Ábalos & Herreros Arquitectos. Aaron received both his Bachelor's Degree and Masters in Architecture from Princeton University. In addition to the practice, Aaron has extensive teaching experience, having held appointments at Harvard Graduate School of Design, Rhode Island School of Design, and University of Pennsylvania. He is currently Associate Adjunct Professor of Architecture at UC Berkeley.