Curtis Perrin

Curtis Maxwell Perrin AIA, PhD works through existing buildings to allow unrecognized capacities to emerge from subtle adjustments to what already exists. Rather than tear down simply to build new shapes of the unaddressed problems, his work seeks transformation and change through arriving at the essence of what the users of a building require to maximize their freedom and enjoyment to pursue their own choices within the spaces they inhabit. These are skills learned from years of association and collaboration with Lacaton & Vassal, who won the Pritzker Prize in 2021 and imbued in him his sense for sustainability, working with what exists, and working with optimism. He graduated with distinction from Harvard’s Graduate School of Design and holds a Ph.D. from Yale University. He is on the board of the Roxbury Historical Society and is an established resident of Highland Park in Roxbury. He teaches at Wentworth Institute and has been an invited juror on reviews at the AA in London, WIT, Northeastern, BAC, UVa Architecture, and Harvard GSD.

Companies

• 2012-present Collaborate at Lacaton & Vassal on selected projects, Boston, MA + Paris, France
• 2015-present Adjunct Professor at Wentworth Institute of Technology. Boston, MA
• 2018-present Principal at Open|Line, Boston, MA
• 2018-2021 Architect & Project Manager at SSV Architects, Boston, MA
• 2013-2019 Adjunct Professor at Boston Architectural College, Boston, MA
• 2014-2018 Architectural designer at Elkus-Manfredi Architects, Boston, MA
• 2013-2014 Architectural designer at Cesar Pelli Architects, New Haven, CT

Education

• 2013 M.Arch, with distinction at the Harvard Graduate School of Design
• 2005 Ph.D at Yale University Graduate School of Arts and Sciences
• 1992 B.A. at Bowdoin College, magna cum laude