Seth Looper
Principal | Founder

Seth Looper founded Looper Works in 2024 as a vehicle for exploring architecture's capacity to operate beyond the built environment. His architectural journey began at Axi:Ome, the practice founded by Sung Ho Kim and Heather Woofter, before continuing at William Rawn Associates in Boston and as Director of Design at Danny Forster & Architecture in New York, where he directed high-profile projects including the American Bible Society Tower and facilities at the World Trade Center site.

Looper's trajectory reflects a deliberate expansion of architectural thinking into institutional and pedagogical frameworks. His current role as Adjunct Faculty at Kent State University and his international lectures at institutions from Kuwait University to Tsinghua demonstrate his commitment to architecture as both spatial practice and intellectual methodology. Through editorial collaborations with Damdi Publications and cross-cultural work spanning English, Korean, and Chinese contexts, he has consistently positioned design thinking as a tool for broader cultural inquiry.

Looper Works represents the synthesis of this experience—a practice that treats architectural intelligence as a framework for institutional innovation and professional development. Looper brings a global perspective to questions of how systematic design thinking can address complex challenges beyond traditional architectural boundaries, advancing the discipline's role as a medium for cultural discourse and organizational transformation.

Yunshu Huang
Designer | Research Associate

Yunshu Huang brings a transcultural perspective to architectural practice, with experience spanning China and the United States. She holds a Master of Architecture from the University of Michigan's Taubman College of Architecture and Urban Planning and a Bachelor of Architecture from Hunan University in Changsha, China.

Huang's professional experience includes work at LS3P in Savannah, Georgia, contributing to projects ranging from large-scale institutional facilities to affordable housing initiatives. Her earlier experience at Land-based Rationalism D.R.C in Beijing focused on cultural and ecological projects, including the Main Exhibition Pavilion for the 10th Jiangsu Horticultural Exposition, transforming industrial sites into ecological hubs.

Her recent research at the University of Michigan investigated climate-responsive design through "MiCE Architecture: Design Strategies to Mitigate Michigan Coastal Erosion," developing innovative housing solutions with adjustable foundations. Her thesis project, "Sensibility for Aesthetic Explorations," received an Honorary Nomination Award from Taubman College for exceptional creativity in aesthetic design research.

Through her bilingual capabilities and cross-cultural experience, Huang contributes to Looper Works' investigation of how architectural methodologies can address complex environmental and social challenges across different cultural contexts.