Dante is a PhD student studying the History and Theory of Architecture at Princeton University. He is a licensed architect in New York State.
Private Interests and the Public Good: Could an Office of Public Space Management Fix New York’s Chaotic and Unfriendly Public Realm?, Thu, Aug 12 '21
Cities express the tension between private interests and the common good, between buildings and public space. New York, the most populous city in the US, enjoys an abundance of impressive, exclusive structures (and quite a few impressive public ones, most of them built in the mid-20th century) ...
Going All-In at Bard Architecture; The Opportunities and Challenges of Architectural Education in a Time of Transformation, Tue, Jul 27 '21
This spring, the first year of classes came to a close at a new undergraduate program in architecture at Bard College, a 2,000-student liberal arts school in rural Annandale, New York. According to the co-directors, Professors Ivonne Santoyo-Orozco and Ross Exo Adams, designing Bard ...
Beyond the Street: ODA Proposes a Zoning Regulation To Expand the Public Space in New York, Sat, Jul 24 '21
ODA has released a new video advertising Beyond the Street, which promises to hack New York’s infamously rigid gridiron to unlock hidden courtyards New Yorkers never knew they were missing. The proposal, which has no official client, aims to create new privately owned public space by opening the ...
In late October 2012, Superstorm Sandy crashed into the East Coast. Causing more than $70 billion in damage, the storm ripped buildings from their foundations and flooded streets. In New York City, the hard concrete edge that separates Lower Manhattan from the East River was breached, filling the ...
The AIA Praised Trump and Biden's Infrastructure Plans But Lacks Political Vision to Draw Connections to Structural Racism, Tue, Jun 8 '21
In November 2016, the Executive Vice President and CEO, of the American Institute of Architects (AIA), Robert Ivy, issued a statement congratulating President-elect Trump and the new Congress. Speaking for the organization’s 95,000 members, Ivy said they were “ready to work” with Trump to ...
Learning to Relate: Politically Engaged Architecture Must Begin With People, Wed, May 12 '21
On Wednesday, May 5, I attended The Community Engagement and Social Justice in Architectural History Roundtable hosted by the Society of Architectural Historians (SAH) on Zoom. The event allowed me to reflect on the importance of interpersonal dynamics for architectural historians and ...
Present Realities: Teaching Design Studio Online, Wed, May 5 '21
Since my university moved all of its coursework online in March of 2020, like most professors, I have taught my class on Zoom. Forced to adopt new tools and methods, teaching design studio online has allowed the (relatively) seamless flow between different media in a way that would never be ...
People Over Cars: What does it mean to pedestrianize a quarter of NYC streets?, Tue, Mar 23 '21
Over the past year, since the beginning of the Covid-19 pandemic, urban life has been transformed. This seems especially true in New York where the pressure of the lockdown was released in a burst with last summer’s uprising against racialized police violence in May and June. With people anxious ...
Furioso Studio, New York, NY, Founder
Dante is the founder of Furioso Studio, an independent design practice based in New York, NY.
Kean University, Union, NJ, US, Adjunct Professor
Dante Furioso taught Design Studio for undergraduate architecture majors at the Michael Graves College of Public Architecture.
Selldorf Architects, New York, NY, US, Architectural Designer
Dante worked as a designer on projects at a range of scales including public infrastructure, residential, and exhibition design.
Princeton University, Princeton, NJ, US, PhD, History and Theory of Architecture
Labor history in Latin American architecture and urbanization, Lassen Fellow at the Program for Latin American Studies.
Yale University, New Haven, CT, US, MArch, MArch I
Dante completed his studies at the Yale School of Architecture where he participated in an Advanced Studio with Pier Vittorio Aureli. He was an editor of Perspecta 51: Medium and a frequent contributor and editor of Paprika!.
Wesleyan University, Middletown, CT, US, Bachelors, History
Latin American History, Labor History, and Studio Art. Study abroad at the University of Buenos Aires in Buenos Aires, Argentina (fall 2005 and spring 2006).
Carroll L.V. Meeks, Scholarship
Dante was awarded this memorial scholarship in history at the Yale School of Architecture.
Perspecta 51, Nomination
Dante was nominated with Shayari De Silva and Samantha Jaff to edit the Yale Architectural Journal, the oldest student-edited journal of its kind.
