David Gissen

David Gissen is a historian, theorist, and designer whose research operates at the intersection of architectural and geographical theory. Recent work specifically focuses on developing a novel concept of nature in architectural thought – considering what nature might become in architecture, or what architecture might be "after-nature."

David is the author of the forthcoming book Minor Nature: Architecture and its Immanent Environments (Princeton Architectural Press); editor of a forthcoming issue of AD Magazine "Territory"; and editor of the book Big and Green (Princeton Architectural Press, 2003). His essays are included in journals and books such as Log (Anycorp), Cabinet Magazine, Constructs (Yale), The Journal of Architecture (UK), The Journal of Architectural Education, Grey Room (forthcoming), Models and Drawings (Routledge) and Writing Urbanism (Routledge). His curatorial work has been staged at galleries including the National Building Museum, Yale Architecture Gallery, Maryland Institute College of Art and The Museum of the City of New York. Design work includes installations, architectural/technical experiments and speculations for institutional and municipal organizations.

He is the recipient of two Graham Foundation grants, the Richard J. Carroll Lectureship from Johns Hopkins University, and the Chalsty Award at CCA.