JE-LE, LLC (\ˈje-lē\) is a design and research office led by Michael Jefferson and Suzanne Lettieri founded in 2014.
The practice has appeared in exhibitions in Detroit, New York City, Boston and Ithaca and has been published in Project, The Plan Journal, the Cornell Journal of Architecture, and the Association of Collegiate Schools of Architecture.
Contact: info@je-le.org
Michael Jefferson is a principal of Jefferson Lettieri Office. He is currently a Lecturer at Cornell University’s College of Architecture, Art, and Planning. He was previously the Innovation in Design Fellow at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee’s School of Architecture and Urban Planning and has held teaching appointments at The Cooper Union, Penn State University, The City College of New York, and the University of Michigan's Taubman College of Architecture and Urban Planning. Jefferson has worked at OMA, Adjaye Associates, Studio SUMO, and CODA. He holds a Master of Architecture from Cornell University and a Bachelor of Arts in Political Science and Film Studies from Indiana University.
Suzanne Lettieri is a principal of Jefferson Lettieri Office. She is an Assistant Professor at Cornell University’s College of Architecture, Art, and Planning. She was previously an Assistant Professor at the Fashion Institute of Technology and was the Michigan-Mellon Design Fellow in Egalitarianism and the Metropolis at the University of Michigan Taubman College of Architecture and Urban Planning. She has worked in the architecture offices of OMA, CODA, and Biber Architects. As project leader, she was involved with the design and construction of CODA’s Party Wall at MoMA PS1. Lettieri received a Master of Architecture from Cornell University.
Collaborators:
Joe Yuan
Kalven Owen
Cait McCarthy
Jordan Young
Hyun Jun Cho
Marlee Barnes
Edward Hsu Fang
Jessica Van Dyck
Kimball Kaiser
Megan Mohney
Jaleel Thomas
Craig Zehr
Frederick Foote
Ben vanSchaayk
John Vieweg
Jessica Jiang
Joshua Jow
Ashley Reed
Hana Svatos-Raznjevic
Andrew Fu