Luis Miguel Pizano (he/him) is a Brooklyn-based architect-developer. His professional interests include affordable housing design and finance, community-driven development and capital structuring.
At Monadnock Development, he manages the rehabilitation of forty-one NYCHA buildings and 1,700+ units across New York City. He also supports development analysis and new business initiatives across the Monadnock portfolio. Furthermore, as Co-Director of Community Equity Investigators (CEI), he develops equity-building initiatives that serve BIPOC folks in Harlem and the Bronx — a project that was recently awarded the GSAPP Incubator Prize. Luis Miguel is also Co-Founder and Editor-at-large of Patio Magazine, a student publication which has been recognized by the Center for Architecture’s Douglas Haskell Award for Student Journals.
He holds a Bachelor of Arts, Master of Architecture and Master of Science in Real Estate Development from Columbia University, where he was appointed Associate in Architecture, Planning and Preservation.
Monadnock Development, Brooklyn, NY, Assistant Project Developer
Columbia University, New York, NY, US, Masters, Master of Science in Real Estate Development
Columbia University, New York, NY, US, Bachelors, Architecture, Latin American History
Year, Award
2022 - 2030 Fund Award
2021 - 2021 GSAPP Incubator Prize
2021 - 2021 Douglas Haskell Award for Student Journals
2021 - Douglas Haskell Award for Student Journals Issued by American Institute of 2021 - William Kinne Fellows Traveling Prize
2020 - Warming Design Competition Honorable Mention Award
2019 - Google Conference and Travel Scholarship
2018 - GSAPP M.Arch Avery Scholarship
2015 - AIA Connecticut Drawing Award
2012 - Columbia University Dean's List
2012 - Shepard L. Alexander Scholarship
2012 - Charles F. Hoelzer Jr., Memorial Scholarship
2011 - Columbia University Dean's List
2008 - National Hispanic 2008-2009 Scholar