NAVA is an integrated practice working across architecture, real estate development, construction, and investment. Our name reflects both innovation and beauty, principles that guide how we shape the built environment. We invest in projects where design can unlock lasting value. In collaboration with aligned partners, we bring opportunities to life through a careful balance of vision, feasibility, and place making. Our work spans the full development process, from early feasibility through delivery. Whether ground up or adaptive reuse, we approach each project as an opportunity for thoughtful transformation, engaging complexity with clarity and intent. Architecture sits at the center of our practice. Across scales, from spatial strategy to material detail, we design buildings defined by clarity, craft, and precision. Building is the culmination of this approach. Through close collaboration between design and construction, we translate intent into the built environment while maintaining alignment between ambition, value, and quality. We believe architecture shapes more than buildings. It supports communities, frames relationships, and endures through careful execution.

Alex Loyer Hughes, AIA is a co-founder of Kurv Architecture. Over his 25-year career he has made success in New York City, including high-rise, international hospitality, commercial retail, high-end residential, conversions, interior and industrial design. He led client and investor relationships, overseeing project execution, and was experienced in NYC ULURP, NYC Board of Standards and Appeals, NYC Department of Buildings, NYC Landmarks and Preservation Commission procedure. Prior to founding Kurv Architecture with partner Karim Rashid, Alex was Director of Karim Interior Design Studio, Retail Architect at Ralph Lauren and Peter Marino Architect. He also served as a visiting critic at the University of Pennsylvania, Parsons New School for Design, as student mentor at Columbia GSAPP, and teaches architecture studio at New York Polytechnic Institute. He received a Bachelor of Architecture from Universidad Finis Terra in Santiago, Chile, a Diploma in Digital Design from Pontificia Universidad Catolica de Chile, and a Master of Science in Advanced Architectural Design from Columbia University in the City of New York.

DXA Studio, founded in 2011 by Jordan Rogove and Wayne Norbeck, is a New York City–based architecture firm whose work engages the city as a laboratory for design, bridging past and future through thoughtful, context-driven architecture. The studio’s ethos is shaped by a commitment to history and innovation, to the health, well-being, and dignity of those who occupy its spaces, and to advancing sustainable and affordable building solutions. DXA operates as a collaborative practice where open dialogue and mentorship are embedded in project organization, fostering design excellence through research, academic engagement, and civic advocacy. Its work spans historically sensitive interventions in landmarked contexts, community-focused development, and global health and disaster-response housing, while its founders also established Liv-Connected, a modular housing company focused on rapidly deployable homes.

Celebrity-driven and results-focused, The Eklund|Gomes Team at Douglas Elliman is the only nationwide super team, with a powerful presence across New York, California, Texas, and Florida. Founded by Fredrik Eklund and John Gomes—stars of Bravo’s Emmy-nominated Million Dollar Listing—the team has spent over two decades at the forefront of luxury real estate, consistently ranking #1 in their markets and transacting over $4 billion annually. With more than $28 billion in total sales and 100+ new developments sold, Eklund|Gomes has redefined the industry with high-impact marketing, innovative digital campaigns, and unmatched media visibility. The team’s success is driven by a unique leadership trio—Fredrik, John, and CEO Julia Spillman—whose combined expertise in sales, strategy, and creative direction powers a bold, digital-first approach. With 90 agents across 13 offices and more than 3 million followers on social media, Eklund|Gomes leads the industry in reach, influence, and celebrity-driven sales. Recently named the #1 mega-team at Douglas Elliman over the past decade, they continue to set the standard for modern real estate.

Douglas Elliman Development Marketing, a division of Douglas Elliman Real Estate, offers unmatched expertise in sales, leasing, and marketing for new developments throughout New York City, Long Island, Westchester, New Jersey, Florida, California, Massachusetts, and Texas. The company’s new development hybrid platform matches highly experienced new development experts with skilled brokerage professionals who provide unparalleled expertise and real time market intelligence to its clients. The firm is heralded for its achievements in record-breaking sales throughout each of its regions. Drawing upon decades of experience and market-specific knowledge, Douglas Elliman Development Marketing offers a multidisciplinary approach that includes comprehensive in-house research, planning and design, marketing, and sales. Through a strategic global alliance with Knight Frank Residential, the world’s largest privately-owned property consultancy, the company markets properties to audiences in 58 countries, representing an over $87 billion global new development portfolio.