Mark Gardner

Mark Gardner is a principal at Jaklitsch/Gardner Architects (J/GA), an award-winning NYC-based design practice and studio that works at scales ranging from product design to interiors to buildings. Mark has led many of J/GA’s design initiatives and works to understand the role of design as a social practice. The firm has won an AIA National Honor Award and numerous AIANY design awards. The practice recently worked with a nonprofit partner on a Honey Bee Study Center in Dodoma, Tanzania.

Mark is an assistant professor of architectural practice and society. Earlier he taught part-time at Parsons, specifically courses in construction technology and professional practice at the School of Constructed Environments. He taught professional practice at PennDesign from 2007 to 2012. He serves on the Advisory Board of MathMinds, 21st Century Schools Partnership, an after-school program created to expose high school students of color to college coursework in engineering, computer science, and tech entrepreneurship. Mark is also the advocacy chair for nycobaNOMA, the New York chapter of the National Organization of Minority Architects, and a past co-chair of the AIANY Diversity & Inclusion Committee. He is a co-chair of the Van Alen Institute Program Leadership Council and a member of the institute's Board of Trustees and a fellow of the Urban Design Forum. Mark also serves on the Board of Overseers at the University of Pennsylvania's School of Design. He has an MArch from the University of Pennsylvania and a Bachelor of Science in Architecture from Georgia Institute of Technology.