Jacu and his team are behind the redesign and launch of One Hundred Shoreditch, as well as the award-winning Dutch hotel Pulitzer Amsterdam, and boutique hotel Riggs Washington DC. In addition, as former senior designer at Tom Dixon's Research Studio, Strauss designed Sea Containers, including Lyaness bar. Strauss began his architectural training in New Zealand and studied at the Bartlett School of Architecture and Westminster University in London before joining Tom Dixon's design studio. He is now London based, and splits his time between Amsterdam and Washington.