Tei Carpenter is founder and director of Agency—Agency, a New York City–based architecture and design practice. Trained in philosophy and architecture, she specializes in cultural, residential, and public installation projects. Tei Carpenter / Agency—Agency has been honored as a winner of the League Prize by the Architectural League of New York and the 2018 New Practices New York competition by the American Institute of Architects, and inclusion in Domus magazine’s list of the Best 100 Architecture Firms. The studio’s work has been featured in publications such as PIN-UP, Cultured, and Fast Company. Carpenter is a critic at the Yale School of Architecture.