drds was founded in 2007 by Design Principal, Paul Quinn Davis and Managing Principle, Steven Ryder. The firm has offices in the United States, China and
Korea. As an international leader in the field of architecture, drds stands out
as a modern design atelier focused on innovative and high-value design solutions. Expertise includes corporate, mixed-use commercial, sports, exhibition, residential, healthcare, urban design and master planning. The practice is dynamic, creating tailored and individual projects that enhance the client business enterprise. Te firm’s successful collaborations with domestic and international builders have translated into commissioned works, successful competition bide award winning architecture around the world.
The principals of drds have completed globally recognized projects and received numerous design awards including 5 from AIA Los Angeles Chapter for Paul Brown Stadium, Hirshima Ballpark, Hamyang Four Season’s, Eco Resort, Samsong Bromex Mater plan and recently NHN’s new corporate HQ in Seoul, Korea. Notable is Paul Brown NFL Stadium in Cincinnati, Ohio which received an American Architecture Award and ranked 101 by the Wall Street Journal in an AIA poll if the best 150 buildings in America.
drds Principles have experience in China, working on designs for the 2008 Olympic Games in Beijing and completing Asia World EXPL in 2005, Hong Kong’s. In 2012 the practice formed strategic alliances with architecture firms inHangzhou and Shanghai to strengthen the drds brand in China.