Sean Canty is an American architect, cultural activist and academic. He is currently an Assistant Professor at the Harvard University Graduate School of Design, in Cambridge. Canty is co-Director of Office III, an experimental architectural collective, and founder of Studio Sean Canty based in Boston.[1]

Early life and education

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Sean Canty received a Master of Architecture degree from Harvard University’s Graduate School of Design and a Bachelor of Architecture degree from the California College of the Arts.[2] During his academic tenure, he taught at the Cooper Union[3] in New York City, University of California Berkeley,[4] and California College of the Arts.[5] Before establishing his own firm, he was a Project Designer at Iwamoto Scott Architecture in San Francisco.

Career

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In 2020, Canty created a widely published list of 200 black creatives practicing in the United States as a response to Black Lives Matter.[6] The list was a compilation of designers, artists and architects including Thelma Golden, Germane Barnes, Olalekan Joyifous, V.Mitch McEwen and many others.[7] In 2017, as part of Office III, Canty designed and constructed an all timber visitors' center for Governors Island in New York City.[8]

Canty's current design focus is on residential work which he has presented during several academic lectures across the United States including public talks at the University of Pennsylvania,[9] AIA New York Center for Architecture,[10] Ohio State University,[11] Le Laboratory,[12] CU Denver,[13] California College of the Arts,[14] Cal Poly Pomona[15] and Cornell University[16] to name a few. His work has been exhibited in several institutions and museums including the Storefront for Art and Architecture in New York.[17] In June 2021, his work titled “Drawing Doubles” was exhibited at the SoHo’s a83 gallery as part of the “Architectural Drawing: Not for Construction” exhibition.[18]

Public talks

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Sean Canty has been a frequent speaker and lecturer at several academic institutions across the U.S. and globally including University of Pennsylvania,[19] California College of the Arts,[20] Ohio State,[21] Center for Architecture,[22] Wentworth Institute of Technology,[23] CU Denver,[24] CalPoly Pomona,[25] Woodbury University,[26] Cornell University,[27] University of Johannesburg,[5] Harvard University,[28] and SoCal NOMAS.[29]

Awards

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In 2020, Sean Canty was awarded the Richard Rogers Fellowship established by Harvard University alongside fellow architect Michelle Chang.[30]

The MoMA Young Architects Program shortlisted Canty in 2017 as one of four designers to envision a pavilion for the P.S.1 Museum courtyard.[31]

As part of the annual Times Square Valentines Heart program, Canty was shortlisted to create a design proposal for the 2020 competition.[32]

He was also finalist in the Civitella Ranieri Architecture Prize competition with the focus to invite one emerging architect each year to the Civitella Ranieri Center in Italy.[33] Pin-Up Magazine featured Canty as one of eight emerging firms.[34]

References

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  1. ^ "Sean Canty". Harvard Graduate School of Design. Retrieved 12 April 2021.
  2. ^ "Sean Canty". portal.cca.edu. Retrieved 12 April 2021.
  3. ^ "Sean Canty and Stephanie Lin Shortlisted for MoMA YAP | The Cooper Union". cooper.edu. Retrieved 12 April 2021.
  4. ^ "Sean-Canty". ced.berkeley.edu. Retrieved 12 April 2021.
  5. ^ a b Swart, Fred (23 October 2020). "Transformative Practices 1.4: Sean Canty". Graduate School of Architecture. University of Johannesburg. Archived from the original on 2 December 2020. Retrieved 17 June 2023.
  6. ^ "10 Black Architects Making History Today - Architizer Journal". Journal. 22 February 2021. Retrieved 29 April 2021.
  7. ^ Budds, Diana (22 June 2020). "An Architectural Designer Made a List of 200 Black Creatives You Should Follow". Curbed. Retrieved 12 April 2021.
  8. ^ "Office III builds simple open-air welcome centre on Governors Island". Dezeen. 17 August 2017. Retrieved 12 April 2021.
  9. ^ "Graduate Architecture | Weitzman School". www.design.upenn.edu. Retrieved 12 April 2021.
  10. ^ "Going Somewhere In-Between - 08.14.2019". Center for Architecture. Retrieved 12 April 2021.
  11. ^ Baumer Conversations: Sean Canty with Ashley Bigham, retrieved 12 April 2021
  12. ^ Le Laboratoire Cambridge on Facebook Watch, retrieved 12 April 2021
  13. ^ Sean Canty, Sean Canty Studio, retrieved 12 April 2021
  14. ^ Sean Canty, retrieved 12 April 2021
  15. ^ "BERNARD ZIMMERMAN LECTURE SERIES: Sean Canty | Studio Sean Canty - Boston, USA | Department of Architecture | College of Environmental Design - Cal Poly Pomona". env.cpp.edu. Retrieved 12 April 2021.
  16. ^ "Sean Canty: Spin-Offs | Cornell AAP". aap.cornell.edu. Retrieved 12 April 2021.
  17. ^ "Storefront for Art and Architecture holds first in-person exhibition since pandemic began". The Architect’s Newspaper. 28 January 2021. Retrieved 12 April 2021.
  18. ^ Kemper, Nicolas (7 June 2021). "S K Y L I N E | 22 | We have to see architecture as one component in a larger fight". newyork.substack.com. Retrieved 9 June 2021.
  19. ^ The Weitzman School of Design Presents Sean Canty, retrieved 14 June 2021
  20. ^ Sean Canty, retrieved 14 June 2021
  21. ^ Baumer Conversations: Sean Canty with Ashley Bigham, retrieved 14 June 2021
  22. ^ "Going Somewhere In-Between - 08.14.2019". Center for Architecture. Retrieved 14 June 2021.
  23. ^ Architecture at Wentworth Institute of Technology on Facebook Watch, retrieved 14 June 2021
  24. ^ "CAP's Lecture Series". architectureandplanning.ucdenver.edu. Retrieved 14 June 2021.
  25. ^ "CPP/ARC Public Lecture Series: Spring 2021 Program". www.cpp.edu. Retrieved 14 June 2021.
  26. ^ "Lectures — Wedge Gallery 2021". wedgegallery.woodbury.edu. Retrieved 14 June 2021.
  27. ^ "Sean Canty: Spin-Offs | Cornell AAP". aap.cornell.edu. Retrieved 14 June 2021.
  28. ^ ""Five on Five" / "Books and Looks"". Harvard Graduate School of Design. Retrieved 14 June 2021.
  29. ^ "NOMAS LECTURE THIS WEEK 3/10 Sean Canty – SoCal NOMA". Retrieved 14 June 2021.
  30. ^ "Harvard GSD Announces 2020 Richard Rogers Fellows". www.architectmagazine.com. Retrieved 12 April 2021.
  31. ^ "Jenny Sabin wins 2017 MoMA Young Architects Program". The Architect’s Newspaper. 17 February 2017. Retrieved 12 April 2021.
  32. ^ "Times Square Arts: Heart Squared". arts.timessquarenyc.org. Retrieved 12 April 2021.
  33. ^ "Awardees announced for Italy's WOJR/Civitella Ranieri Architecture Prize". The Architect’s Newspaper. 19 March 2019. Retrieved 12 April 2021.
  34. ^ Entertainment, The only biannual Magazine for Architectural. "PIN–UP 30 – LEGACY". pinupmagazine.org. Retrieved 9 June 2021.