James Carpenter

James Carpenter has worked at the intersection of environment, architecture, fine art, and engineering for nearly 50 years, advancing a distinctive vision based on the use of natural light as the foundational element of the built environment. Carpenter founded the cross-disciplinary design firm Studio James Carpenter / JCDA in 1979 to support the application of these aesthetic principles to large-scale building projects.

Carpenter has been recognized with numerous national and international awards, including an Academy Award in Architecture from the American Academy of Arts and Letters and a MacArthur Foundation Fellowship. James is a graduate of the Rhode Island School of Design in sculpture and a Loeb Fellow of Harvard University’s Graduate School of Design. He is an Associate Member of the AIA, Honorary Fellow of the Royal Institute of British Architects and Honorary Royal Designer for Industry of the Royal Society of Arts