Mario Carpo
Mario Carpo is an architectural historian and critic, and is currently the inaugural Reyner Banham Professor of Architectural History and Theory at University College, London.
Areas of specialization: history of architectural theory and history of cultural technologies, with focus on the classical tradition and on contemporary digital design theory.
Education: Dr.Arch. ; Ph.D. ; HDR.
Teaching and other positions: Assistant Professor ; Associate Professor with tenure ; Head of the Study Centre, Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal, Canada ; Professor, Georgia Institute of Technology ; Vincent Scully Visiting Professor of Architectural History, Yale School of Architecture ; Professor, the Bartlett, UCL. Also a visiting professor in several universities in Europe and in the United States, including the University of Geneva, the University of Florence, the University of Copenhagen, Cornell University, the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Williams College, and Yale University. Resident, American Academy in Rome, 2004; scholar in residence, Getty Research Institute, 2000-2001, Senior Fellow in Residence, National Gallery of Art, Washington, etc.
Main publications: The Digital Turn in Architecture, 1992-2012 ; The Alphabet and the Algorithm, Perspective, Projections and Design ; Leon Battista Alberti's Description of the City of Rome ; Architecture in the Age of Printing ; La maschera e il modello ; Metodo e ordini nella teoria architettonica dei primi moderni. Recent essays and articles in Journal of the Society of Architectural Historians, Log, Grey Room, Perspecta, Harvard Design Magazine, Domus, L’Architecture d'aujourd’hui, Arquitectura Viva, Arch+, AD/Architectural Design, Lotus International, Abitare, Artforum, etc.
