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 B. 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...
Trained first as a fine arts/art history major and English minor at the George Washington University in DC and later as a Master’s in Architecture from Syracuse University in both New York and London, I am passionate about creating architectural design that bridges art, urbanism continue...
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...
Orhan Ayyüce is a senior editor for Archinect and writes about architecture, urbanism, people, politics, arts and culture. As an active member of Archinect's editorial team, his feature articles, interviews and other content is frequently published here. Orhan also works 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...
Ir. Jaakko Erik van ´t Spijker, MSc. Jaakko van ´t Spijker is an architect and urban planner who lives in and operates from The Netherlands. After graduating from Delft Technical University in 1996, in over 15 years of professional experience, Jaakko van ´t Spijker has been continue...
Currently he is the 2012- 2013 Walter B. Sanders Fellow at University of Michigan Taubman College of Architecture and Urban Planning. Previously he taught at Cornell University's Department of Architecture in both Ithaca and New York City. His speculative design, research, criticism, and continue...
John Southern is an architect and cultural critic based out of Los Angeles. His office, Urban Operations, specializes in design/build projects, installations, and research endeavors which seek to expand critical discourse within the design profession. The firm’s work has appeared in continue...
Elif Erdine is a PhD in Architectural Design Candidate at the AA, researching on ‘Generative Processes in Tower Design: Algorithms for the Integration of Tower Subsystems’, under the advisory of George Jeronimidis, Patrik Schumacher, and Mike Weinstock. She has been working at Zaha continue...
Nicholas Waissbluth M.Arch, MAA. Authorized Rhino Trainer Nicholas is an artist, architectural designer and cofounder of uAbureau, an international collective based in Spain, Canada and Colombia. He has studied and worked throughout North America and Europe and in 2010 completed his 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...
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), Waterloo University 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 and writer working in and out of Los Angeles. Additionally, he manages the event, exhibition, and residency programs at the MAK Center for Art and Architecture at the Schindler House.
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...
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
I am currently a Teaching Fellow at the Bartlett's Development Planning Unit at the University College London where I run studios in Urban Practice and Critical Urbanism, the former focusing on application of methodologies for alternative ways of practice and the latter entails the focus on 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
Aaron is a designer and technologist in 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 pursuing a Masters of Science in Architecture at continue...
Steven Song is the principal of Steven Song Design Lab (SSDL). Prior to founding SSDL. Steven has practiced with Skidmore, Owings & Merrill, Arquitectonica, MADA s.p.a.m., Urban Design Associates, and Venturi, Scott Brown & Associates in New York, Philadelphia, and Los 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...
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...
Founder and Creative director of Wayward Plants, a London-based landscape practice - a collective of designers, artists and urban growers that create spaces of exchange for plants, collecting stories and bringing together communities. Senior Editor of Archinect since 2005.
I currently work as a designer in SOM's Education Lab, primarily on academic projects. I've practiced architecture since 2005, working in Florida, St. Louis, and New York. My project experience ranges in size from small art galleries and academic suites to large institutional buildings and 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...
Ana María León is an architect, a teacher, and a PhD candidate in the History, Theory, and Criticism of Architecture and Art group at MIT Architecture. Her current research deals with other modernities: alternative histories, paths not taken, unrealized plans, thwarted efforts; and continue...
Campus Architect at the Indianapolis Museum of Art. For the previous 8 years I was 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 continue...
http://dsgnagnc.com/quilian-bio/ DSGN AGNC Founder and Principal MArch - Harvard University | Graduate School of Design BDes - University of Florida | School of Architecture Quilian (pronounced Killian) is a designer, writer, and educator working out of Brooklyn and Queens, New York. Quilian 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...
Writer :: Adjunct Faculty Woodbury School of Arch. (San Diego) :: Co-founder of collective DEMILIT (@demilit) ----------------------- Writing Samples: Inhabitat | "Migrant Housing" (2006) Occupied London | “Urbanization of Panic” / (Quarterly Journal), Issue Two, Autumn 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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