Partners Calvin Tsao and Zack McKown have adapted their sensuous vision of modernism to projects of vastly different types and scales, always with an emphasis on materials’ emotional as well as aesthetic qualities. VIP Clients: Meryl Streep, hoteliers Ian Schrager and André Balazs. Inspired By: “Shakespeare, The I Ching , the 13th-century Persian poet Rumi, Mother Nature.” Latest Projects: A new home for fashion designer Josie Natori in Pound Ridge, New York; a mountaintop spiritual center for Buddhist monks in Bhutan; a Tokyo office tower; and designing the 2016 Cooper Hewitt Design Triennial. Brooklyn; tsao-mckownom