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Mission Statement
To create compelling, practical and original architecture for informed clients who care deeply about the spaces where they live, work, learn and play.
Philosophy
Murdock Young practices an architecture of pragmatic response. Creative exploration and thorough investigation of the essential facts and distinctive possibilities of each site and client's needs lead to organic, apt, and inevitable solutions that are true to their time and place. Whether architecture, interior, furniture, object, or landscape, the firm guides every project from conception to completion with passion and commitment. Each design decision integrates aesthetic and contextual imperatives with those of budget, program, materials, technology, and construction techniques.
Firm Profile
Principals Shea Murdock, AIA, and Robert Young, AIA, established their full-service practice in 1999. They now lead a team of 10 architects in offices in Manhattan and Montauk.
Shea Murdock founded Murdock Young Architects with Robert Young in 1999. Each project Murdock Young accepts is guaranteed the leadership and involvement of one of the partners with the continued support of the other. Shea is responsible for the design, documents, construction and client relations for each of his projects, with Robert for as a contributing member of the project team. Prior to forming Murdock Young with Robert Young, Shea Murdock worked in offices in Germany and New York managing the design of a high-rise office building, a sports arena and high-end residences. He has been a visiting architectural critic at the Bauhaus in Dessau, Germany, the Art Institute in Berlin, Germany, and the University of Miami’s program in Venice, Italy. Shea Murdock is a registered architect in the states of New York, New Jersey, and Connecticut, and he is a member of the American Institute of Architects.
Robert Young founded Robert Young Architect in 1997 and Murdock Young Architects with Shea
Murdock in 1999. Each project Murdock Young accepts is guaranteed the leadership and involvement of one of the partners with the continued support of the other. Robert is responsible for the design, documents, construction and client relations for each of his projects, with Shea as a contributing
member of the project team. He takes primary responsibility for the MYA office in Montauk, where MYA has designed several projects, including his own house. Robert Young apprenticed in architectural firms in Barcelona, Boston and New York. Working in the
offices of Mathias Thoerner and Keenen/Riley in New York, he designed projects for retail, high-end residential and commercial clients. Robert Young is a registered architect in the states of New York, Maryland, Virginia and Maine. He is certified by the National Council of Architectural Registration Boards and a member of the American Institute of Architects.

