Faculty Profile

Mark Morris teaches architectural design, history, and theory. Winner of an AIA Medal for Excellence in the Study of Architecture, he trained at Ohio State University (B.S. in architecture, magna cum laude; M.Arch. with honors) and took his Ph.D. at the London Consortium, University of London, supported by a Royal Institute of British Architects grant. He previously taught at the Bartlett, Architectural Association, and the University of North Carolina at Charlotte. As a research fellow, Morris cofounded a summer school program at Tate Modern examining aspects of urban decay and infrastructure. His studios focus on tactile and digital sketch modeling techniques, three-dimensional diagrams, reflexive composition and notions of craft. Morris is an enthusiastic and demanding thesis advisor; most recently his advisee, Reilly Hogan (B.Arch. ‘08), took the Sands Memorial bronze medal and received a Velux International prize for his thesis research. Morris’s essays have featured in several art and architecture periodicals including Frieze, Contemporary, Cabinet, AD, and Domus. He is author of Models: Architecture and the Miniature (Wiley, 2006), Automatic Architecture: Designs from the Fourth Dimension (Globally Boundless, 2006), and hosts the iTunes podcast series, “Architecture on Air.” He has organized two symposia: “Research as Architecture” and “Architecture of Disbelief.” His research focuses on architectural models, scale, and questions of representation. Other research interests include edible architecture, narrative, music as heuristic device, and cycloramas. He is currently coauthoring a book on models as contemporary art with curator Kathy Battista and working on an essay, “Scale to Fit,” which examines the scalar limitations of fabrication.

• Architecture On Air: Podcast
• Cabinet Magazine
• The London Consortium
• Society of Architectural Historians