Don O'Keefe

Don O'Keefe was born and raised in Southside Richmond. He has worked in design firms in the US and Japan, and has contributed to the Architectural Review, the Japan Times, the Richmond Times-Dispatch, and other publications. O'Keefe holds a Master in Architecture degree from the Harvard University Graduate School of Design and a bachelor's from the Department of Urban and Regional Studies and Planning at Virginia Commonwealth University. He is an Assistant Professor of Architecture at Keio University in Tokyo, a Research Associate at Harvard University, and a member of the American Planning Association and the National Books Critics Circle.

Companies

• Project Assistant Professor Keio University (2021)
• Teaching and Research Associate at Harvard University Harvard University Graduate School of Design (2021)
• Freelance Writer and Book Critic The Japan Times (2015)
• Research Assistant Harvard University, Office for Urbanization (2019 — 2020)
• Architectural Intern Fumihiko Maki and Associates (2018 — 2018)
• Designer Kobayashi Maki Design Workshop / SOM Japan (2014 — 2017)
• Fabrication Assistant yeager design/fabrication, LLC (2011 — 2013)
• Architectural Intern SMBW, PLLC (2012 — 2012)
• Architectural Intern Brett Webber Architects PC (2011 — 2011)

Education

• Master of Architecture - MArch Harvard University Graduate School of Design (2017 — 2020)
• Bachelor of Science - BS Virginia Commonwealth University (2010 — 2014)