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Michael Maltzan

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Michael Maltzan, FAIA
Principal
Michael Maltzan Architecture

Michael Maltzan’s projects cross a wide range of typologies, from cultural institutions to city infrastructure. His notable projects include the Moody Center for the Arts at Rice University, MoMA QNS, Star Apartments, the Pittman Dowell Residence, the new Sixth Street Viaduct, MIT Vassar Street Residential Hall, and the Winnipeg Art Gallery Inuit Art Centre. Michael received an M.Arch from the Graduate School of Design, Harvard University, and BFA and B.Arch degrees from the Rhode Island School of Design. He is a recipient of a 2016 AIA Los Angeles Gold Medal, the 2012 American Academy of Arts and Letters Architecture Award and was inducted as a member in 2023. He was elected to the National Academy of Design in 2020, and currently serves on the Deans leadership council at the Harvard Graduate School of Design and the Visiting Committee to the GSD. Michael’s work has gained international acclaim for innovation in both design and construction. The firm and its projects have been widely featured in national and international publications and have been exhibited in museums worldwide, including the Museum of Contemporary Art Los Angeles, Museum of Modern Art New York, the Heinz Architectural Center, the Canadian Center for Architecture, and the Carnegie Museum of Art. The firm’s work was selected for the 2006, 2018, and 2020 La Biennale di Venezia.