A.R.T. works with Modulartists from a broad range of creative disciplines to develop original works of art for its catalogue.

drattner@studio (aka Donald Rattner) received a Bachelor’s degree in art history cum laude from Columbia University in 1979 and a Masters of Architecture from Princeton in 1985. Three years later he joined a start-up archite tural firm as a staff intern, and eventually rose to partnership there before founding Studio for Civil Architecture with Andrew Friedman in 2002. The firm launched an art studio in 2009 and now operates as Studio for A.R.T. and Architecture (www.s4aa.com). Studio’s architectural practice comprises a range of services and building types. For private clients the firm has designed custom single-family residences and refurbished existing homes in urban, rural and suburban settings. For resort developers it has designed amenity buildings, planned neighborhoods, produced residential prototypes, created architectural pattern books, formulated design guidelines, and generated renderings and authored printed materials for marketing purposes.

In addition to advancing his practice, drattner@studio has sought to share his knowledge and experience with the profession and public through teaching, writing and lecturing at such venues as New York University, New York Academy of Art, University of Illinois at Chicago and Parsons School of Design. Published writings have appeared in Architectural Record; The Inte national Dictionary of Architects and Architecture; Design Professionals and the Built Environment; and Residential Architect. And if that weren’t enough, his professional and academic activities have been featured on CNN and in The New York Times, Town & Country, House & Garden, Robb Report, Res dential Architect, Builder, Progressive Architecture and other media. Not to mention that Studio’s work has been recognized by over a dozen design awards from peer professionals. drattner@studio was a winner in the 2009 artist’s book competition held by the Philadelphia Athenaeum, and serves on the Advisory Council of the Queens Museum of Art in New York.