•
Abraham H. Albertson (1895) – early 20th century architect in Seattle, Washington •
Max Abramovitz (1931) – 1961
Rome Prize; designed
Avery Fisher Hall at
Lincoln Center, the
United Nations complex, and the
Assembly Hall •
David Aldrich – artist and architect •
Grosvenor Atterbury (1884) – worked for Columbia campus architects
McKim, Mead & White; designed
Forest Hills Gardens •
Richard F. Bach (1909) – curator of industrial arts at the
Metropolitan Museum of Art •
Turpin Bannister (M.S. 1928) – one of the leading American architectural historians of his generation •
Donn Barber (post-graduate architectural courses) – architect •
William A. Boring – American architect; noted for, among other work, codesigning the Immigration Station at
Ellis Island in
New York Harbor •
Temple Hoyne Buell – designed over 300 buildings in Colorado; designed the first ever shopping mall •
Roger Bullard - architect who designed
America's Little House and
Salutation (estate) •
Paul Byard (M.S.) – lawyer and architect •
Rosario Candela (B.A. 1915) –
Italian American architect; known for apartment building designs in
New York City •
Eric Cantor (M.S. 1989) – Congressman from
Virginia and United States
House Majority Leader •
Minsuk Cho – Founder of Mass Studies •
Brad Cloepfil – architect, educator • Angela Co (MA, 2005) – 2011
Rome Prize •
Jonas Coersmeier – award-winning architect and designer; a finalist and first runner-up in the
World Trade Center Memorial Competition • Lonn Combs (MsAAD, 2001) – 2011
Rome Prize •
Rockwell Kent (1902) – painter •
Robert Kohn (1890) – designed
Congregation Emanu-El of the City of New York, the world's largest synagogue •
Joseph Kosinski (1999) – directed
Tron: Legacy; best known for his computer graphics and computer generated imagery work •
Sylvia Lavin – a leading figure in contemporary architectural history, theory, and criticism •
V. Everit Macy (1893) – industrialist and philanthropist; benefactor to
Teachers College, Columbia University •
Henry C. Pelton (1889) – co-designed
Riverside Church in
New York •
Geeta Mehta – Indian-American social entrepreneur, urban designer, architect and author •
Aaron Neubert (M.Arch 1997) – Los Angeles based architect and educator; founding principal of ANX and Fellow of the American Institute of Architecture •
Lewis F. Pilcher (1895) – State Architect of New York in the 1910s •
John Russell Pope (1894) –
Rome Prize; designed the
National Archives and the
Jefferson Memorial in
Washington, DC •
Antoine Predock (B. Arch.) – architect,
Rome Prize (1985);
AIA Gold Medal (2006),
National Design Award (2007) •
Wallace A. Rayfield (B. Arch. 1899) – was the second formally educated practicing
African American architect in the United States •
Charles Renfro (1994) – principal,
Diller Scofidio + Renfro; among the first architects to win a
MacArthur Prize "genius grant" •
Marcus T. Reynolds (1893) – architect who designed the
SUNY System Administration Building and
The Albany Academy •
James Rossant (1928–2009) – architect; best known for his master plan of
Reston, Virginia,
Lower Manhattan Plan, and UN-sponsored master plan for
Dodoma, Tanzania •
Friedrich St. Florian (M. Arch. 1961) –
Austrian–American architect;
Rome Prize;
National World War II Memorial,
Washington, D.C. •
Ashley Schafer (1998) – founding editor of PRAXIS journal and curator of the US Pavilion at the 2014
Venice Biennale •
Sy Schulman (1954) – civil engineer and urban planner, Mayor of
White Plains (1993–1997) •
Ricardo Scofidio (1960) – founder, principal of
Diller Scofidio + Renfro, first architects to win a
MacArthur Prize "genius grant";
Royal Institute of British Architects •
SHoP Architects (each of the six founding partners has a M.Arch. from GSAPP) – 2009 National Design Award for Architecture Design; firm's work in permanent collection,
Museum of Modern Art •
David Serero (M.S. Arch) –
French architect;
Rome Prize •
Lawrence L. Shenfield (B. Arch. 1914) –
advertising executive, instrumental in promoting
Radio broadcasting during the 1920s and 30s; prominent
philatelist,
collector of
Confederate postage stamps •
Norma Merrick Sklarek (M.Arch 1950) –
African American architect who accomplished many firsts for black women in architecture •
Galia Solomonoff (M.Arch 1994) – architect, founder of Solomonoff Architecture Studio •
Laurinda Hope Spear (M.S. Arch 1975) – architect and landscape architect;
Rome Prize; one of the founders of
Arquitectonica •
Gustave E. Steinback (B.S. 1900) – architect; particularly known as designer of Roman Catholic schools and churches •
Chauncey Stillman – American heir, grandson of
James Stillman •
Arthur Alexander Stoughton (Ph. B. 1888) – partner of
Stoughton and Stoughton; founded the architecture department at the
University of Manitoba •
Max Strang (M.Arch 1988) –
Miami based architect known for his
Regional Modernist design; founding principal of Strang Design and recipient of Medal of Honor from Florida AIA •
Sharon Sutton (M.Arch 1983) – professor, architecture and urban design; first
African American woman to become a full professor in an accredited architectural degree program •
John Almy Tompkins II - designed
Forest Hills Gardens •
Alexander Tzannes (M.S. Arch & Urban Design) – Australian architect; founder of multi-award-winning architectural practice
Tzannes Associates •
Samuel Breck Parkman Trowbridge (1883), partner of
Trowbridge & Livingston; designed the
St. Regis Hotel,
American Red Cross National Headquarters, and
23 Wall Street •
UrbanLab (both founders,
Martin Felsen and Sarah Dunn, graduated in 1994) – 2009 Latrobe Prize from the
American Institute of Architects College of Fellows •
Franklin B. Ware (B.S. Arch) – American architect best known for serving as the
State architect of
New York (1907–1912) •
Whitney Warren (attended 1883–1884) – founder of
Warren and Wetmore that designed New York City's
Grand Central Terminal •
Alexander McMillan Welch (1890) – American architect who designed the
Benjamin N. Duke House •
Jan V. White (1952) –
communication designer, educator and writer •
John Louis Wilson Jr., (B.Arch 1928; 1898–1989) – architect active in New York City; first Black graduate of the architecture program. ==Research centers==