Robert Garneau is an Adjunct Assistant Professor at Columbia GSAPP where he is
also a frequent guest critic. Robert has been an invited critic at Yale, Pratt, Parsons,
NYU, City College and NYIT.
Garneau is a Founding Partner of Architecture Workshop PC. He is responsible for the
firm’s most notable projects such as Transformer and Pivot. Robert has over twenty
years’ of experience practicing architecture in a broad range of project types with a
focus on sustainability.
His work has been published in The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, New
York Magazine and Dwell. Projects have also been featured on HGTV, NBC, A+E, and a million viewers on YouTube.
Projects have been recognized with numerous national and international awards
including: AIA National Honor Award, two AIA NYS Awards, AIA NY Design Award, two
Architizer A+ Awards, A’ Design Award, three International Design Awards, Residential
Architect Design Award, as well as American Architecture Prize.
Prior to launching his own practice Robert was an Associate and Director of
Sustainability with the international firm of Grimshaw, leading award-winning projects
including the Via Verde housing development in the Bronx and Fulton Center in
Manhattan. He was the Project Architect for the Coney Island Terminal in Brooklyn with
Kiss + Cathcart. Robert has also worked with Diamond Schmitt in Toronto, Jean
Nouvel in Paris and Richard Rogers in Tokyo.
Robert holds degrees in Fine Arts, Environmental Studies and Architecture. He is an
AIA member, USGBC member, NCARB certificate holder, and Fellow of the Forum for
Urban Design. He is a registered architect in New York State and a LEED accredited
professional.
