Mission: The goal of Archinect is to make architecture more connected and open-minded, and bring together designers from around the world to introduce new ideas from all disciplines.
Background: Archinect was initially developed in 1997 by Paul Petrunia. The site has since become a top online destination for progressive-design oriented students, architects, educators, and fans.
The Team: Archinect's direction is driven by the staff and contributors, as pictured below. Archinect's member-based community system allows anyone to participate by registering and contributing. Please contact us if you would like to contribute. We're always open to new perspectives.
Paul Petrunia
Founder & Creative Director
Paul Petrunia is the founder/publisher of Archinect.com (1997) & Bustler.net (2006); the president/creative director at Extra Medium, Inc., an LA-based web design/development studio; and also acts as a consultant for the design and production of web sites, specializing in those related to continue...
Alexander Walter
Editorial & Production Manager
Alexander Walter grew up in East Germany with plenty of Bratwurst. He studied Architecture and Media Design at Bauhaus-Universität Weimar, Germany, and participated in foreign exchange programs with Washington-Alexandria Architecture Consortium in Alexandria, Virginia and Waseda University continue...
Theo Liakopoulos
Technical Director
I build and manage the technology behind Archinect. I have worked as an independent web application developer, and a software engineer for the Construction and Banking industries. I have degrees in Biology and Bioinformatics, and have pursued a doctoral thesis in Biostatistics. I like travel continue...
Nicole Schiller
Communications & Advertising Sales Manager
Nicole manages the communications and advertising for Archinect. She handles national and international academic and architectural product campaigns. Before working at Archinect, Nicole worked as a Major Account Manager for a fortune 500 company. She has a degree in Child Development and worked continue...
Diana Hollis
Advertising Sales Account Executive
I sell digital advertising for Archinect and Bustler. My national accounts are architectural building products and A+D technology. I have a Bachelor of Science in Business Administration w/ emphasis in Marketing and 12+ years of sales experience. Please contact me to advertise your products.
Katie Gonzalez
Advertising Sales Account Executive
I am a member of the advertising sales team at Archinect and Bustler. I was born and raised in Laguna Beach California and studied Furniture Design and Woodworking at both CCA and SDSU. In 1998 I moved to Los Angeles and began working for several prominent LA artists installing art continue...
Namanand Henderson was raised in NYC, but after almost two decades of life in North Florida, considers himself a Southern Yankee. He has an undergraduate and graduate degree from University of Florida but still aspires to earn a PhD. When not working in his day job, Nam serves on various local continue...
I am an architect, writer and researcher. I write a lot, often for Dutch magazine Mark, and I recently edited Experimental Green Strategies - Redefining Ecological Design Research, John Wiley & Sons 2011. Born in Canada, I spent 8 years in London working as an continue...
I am an architect and I write about architecture, urbanism, people, politics, arts and culture. As an active member of Archinect's editorial team, I write feature articles, interviews and other content for the site and also work behind the scenes instigating material and activity by other continue...
Evan Chakroff is an architectural designer currently based in Shanghai, China. Evan has worked for Herzog & de Meuron (Basel), Massimiliano Fuksas (Rome), and NBBJ (Shanghai), and has been an invited critic at the Knowlton School of Architecture (Ohio State University) and Waterloo continue...
Sherin Wing, Ph.D., is a social historian who writes on architecture, urbanism, racism, the economy, and epistemology (how we know what we know by researching and examining the agendas inherent in our sources of information) to name a few issues and topics. She is dedicated to exploring issues in continue...
Anthony Carfello is an artist working in and out of Los Angeles. His projects – organized events, installations, writings, performances – highlight and utilize the assumptions present in a given scenario, to attempt to refocus attention and encourage critical conversation of continue...
I write THE CRIT, Archinect's new series on criticism. I also co-author CONTOURS, Archinect's featured column on the culture, politics, and business of architecture. I'm a frequent contributor to Metropolis Magazine, GOOD Magazine, Architectural Record, The Architect's Newspaper, and Architect continue...
Jason Ivaliotis is a founding partner of Versa and serves as the director of design for the New York office. He began his professional journey as a designer and educator at Miami University in 1999. Over the last decade he has gained a wealth of experience as a project designer and team leader continue...
John Cary is the editor of PublicInterestDesign.org and author of The Power of Pro Bono: 40 Stories about Design for the Public Good by Architects and Their Clients. He writes and speaks widely on architecture, design, public service, and social justice.
Painter, took a tangent that became a degree in philosophy, then ventured into architecture for its promise of wealth and a care-free lifestyle. formerly subtect
Trained architect and urban designer with diverse international experience including assignments in New York, Zurich, London, Mumbai, Istanbul, and Bangkok. Work affiliation has ranged from high-profile residential/commercial/cultural projects for Studio Daniel Libeskind, Foster + Partners, and continue...
I'm a qualified Architect (RIBA/RIAI) from Ireland, with 10 years experience. I have been Project Architect, in Dublin, Stockholm and Kigali on various projects ranging from large social housing projects, private dwellings, medium sized civic projects, installations and international continue...
Nick Axel is a graduate of Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute in Troy New York where he received a B.Arch degree with a minor in philosophy. Currently living and working in Madrid, Spain, he has previously worked in New York City and Santiago, Chile on projects ranging from urban planning and continue...
Bryan is a Strategic Design Lead at Sitra, The Finnish Innovation Fund, where his work includes the piloting of design-led approaches to social challenges such as ageing and climate change. He received his Master of Architecture degree from the Harvard Graduate School of Design, and has worked continue...
Unlicensed Architect, Amateur Urbanist, Uncredited Designer, Sometime Research and Writer
Ann is a designer and freelance writer. She has worked in architectural conservation, competition design, and experimental design in 3D fabrication. As a writer, she has contributed op-eds and news features to Architect's Newspaper, Metropolis Magazine POV, ArchNewsNow, and is a former editor of continue...
Aaron is some-what of a designer operating out of Ann Arbor, MI. His current investigations relate to the practical application of computational tools and their intersection with traditional interpretations of craft and technique. He's currently a member of the inaugural class of the continue...
Steven Song is the Director of Design and Business Development at INNO Hospitality. Prior to joining INNO Hospitality. Steven has practiced with VIUM, Skidmore, Owings & Merrill, Arquitectonica, MADA s.p.a.m., Urban Design Associates, and Venturi, Scott Brown & continue...
Alexander Maymind (b. Riga, Latvia) is an architect, educator and writer. He is currently full-time Visiting Faculty at Cornell University’s Department of Architecture teaching studio and elective courses at the graduate and undergraduate levels in Ithaca and New York City. His speculative continue...
I am a Senior Consultant with Woods Bagot, a global architecture firm with over 700 staff across 14 studios. I’m an architectural practitioner, journalist and teacher.I have over 6 years experience delivering highly successful client-centric strategies that are both human-based and continue...
John Jourden is an (a)rchitect, curator, interviewer, and pathological thinker living in New York.
I split my days between Keio University and work at frontoffice tokyo. My job at the university is to research sustainable architecture and planning, and to do some teaching now and then - this year I am sharing the honors as a studio course instructor for a small group of graduate continue...
Landscape architect based in London. Founded Wayward Plants, a collective of designers, artists, guerrilla gardeners and urban growers that create spaces of exchange for plants, collecting stories and bringing together communities. Commissioned by the Architecture Foundation to design and produce continue...
I recently returned to New York, where I worked prior to attending graduate school. I have completed IDP, and hope to complete the ARE in the coming year. This past May I completed the Master of Architecture program at Washington University in St. Louis, where I worked with Kathryn continue...
Jacob Slevin is both a designer and an entrepreneur. He was trained as an architect at Cornell University, where he additionally concentrated in real estate finance. Jacob worked at Frederic Schwartz Architects, where he helped develop the winning entry for the New Jersey 911 Memorial competition continue...
Architectural designer and artist residing in Brooklyn. Extensive experience in Retail Store Design, Residential / Mixed-Use Development, and Educational Facility projects. Personal work focuses on psychological and spiritual requirements and ramifications of spatial design, the extraction of continue...
Self-employed as an architect in Indianapolis doing mainly custom residential remodel plus some commercial, public art, and public housing interiors work. I'm also very involved in the local arts and design community, and currently hold positions on two local design-related groups continue...
http://dsgnagnc.blogspot.com/p/quilian-riano-bio.html MArch - Harvard University | Graduate School of Design BDes - University of Florida | School of Architecture Hi, my name is Quilian (pronounced killian). I am a designer, writer, and educator currently working out of Brooklyn, New York. I continue...
architechnophilia (noun) the unlikely obsession with all things architectural(noun) an individual willing to sacrifice life's basic neccessities for architecture(noun) to make a fetish of architecture David Cuthbert architect + urban planner 98 BAAS Caribbean School of Architecture01 MArch RIBA continue...
Enrique Ramirez is a critic and writer based in Princeton, New Jersey. He is currently a Ph.D candidate in History, Theory and Criticism of Architecture at Princeton University, where he is writing a dissertation concerning architectural strategies for the visualization of air in France between continue...
I research and write about architecture, space, and culture. My dissertation at Berkeley Geography (in progress) is on California's post-military landscapes and parks as mediums of remembering and policing national identity. I am a Lecturer at California College of the Arts in San Francisco continue...
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