Morris Adjmi loves cities. He’s dedicated to understanding the history and complex forces that shape them. As the founder and principal of Morris Adjmi Architects, Morris leads an office that specializes in interpreting those forces to create buildings that are contextual but unmistakably contemporary - buildings that may not feel like they’ve always been there, but feel like they should have always been there. The resulting work, which has become a favorite of both forward-thinking developers and history-minded preservationists, has put Adjmi at the vanguard of revitalizing post- industrial neighborhoods and historic districts with an architecture that bridges the past and the present without reverting to historicism or relying on nostalgia.
Adjmi is a fellow of the American Institute of Architects and sits on the Board of the Tulane University School of Architecture. He has taught at the University of Houston and Columbia University and has lectured on historic and contemporary topics in architecture, including his own work and the work of Aldo Rossi. He is the author and editor of several books on Rossi including Aldo Rossi: The Complete Buildings and Projects, 1981-1991 (1991), Aldo Rossi: Drawings and Paintings (1997), and Aldo Rossi: Collector’s Edition (1997), all published by Princeton Architectural Press, as well as his own forthcoming monograph, A Grid and a Conversation: Morris Adjmi Architects (2019, Images Publishing).