a+nyc was founded in 2008 by Bettina Johae and Matthias Neumann, both actively doing work in and about New York City.

Bettina Johae is an artist with an architectural background whose work engages with the changes and perceptions of the city. Many of her projects focus on New York City and have been exhibited nationally and internationally, including at the New York Public Library, the Bronx Museum of the Arts, the International Center of Photography, the Goethe Institute New York, the Aljira Center for Contemporary Art / Newark and the NUS Museum in Singapore. Her recent project, borough edges, nyc, is in the collection of the New York Public Library and includes an interactive online version that can be viewed here. She received her Diploma in Architecture from the Technical University Berlin and her Masters in Studio Art from New York University. Born in Berlin, Germany, she now lives in Brooklyn and teaches at New York University.

Matthias Neumann studied architecture in Italy, Canada and Germany, where he received his Diploma in 1999 from the University in Dresden. He relocated to New York City in 2000 and established his multidisciplinary design firm normaldesign in 2004. He has taught at New York University's Metropolitan Studies Program and at the New York Institute of Technology. He is actively involved in the architecture scene of New York and his work has been recognized in competitions and publications, most notably for the winning competition entry for the Africa Centre in South Africa and his finalist entry for the World Trade Center Memorial in New York. He is currently working with the Municipal Art Society on the publication of a comprehensive map of contemporary architecture in Manhattan.