Bill & Melinda Gates Hall was designed by Morphosis Architects. Morphosis is an interdisciplinary architectural practice involved in rigorous design and research that yields innovative, iconic buildings and urban environments. With founder Pritzker prize-winning architect Thom Mayne serving as design director, the firm is committed to the practice of architecture as a collaborative enterprise. In addition to Bill & Melinda Gates Hall, Morphosis was chosen to design the first academic building on Cornell Tech's New York City campus. Perhaps best known in New York for its sculptural and futuristic Cooper Union Arts and Sciences building, Morphosis' Cornell buildings are sure to become upstate-downstate high-tech icons.