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Education

M.S. Advanced Architectural Design, Columbia University
B.Arch, University of Minnesota

Biography

Ms. Ishida is a Registered Architect, a LEED Accredited Professional, and the founder of Aki Ishida Architect PLLC, a research-based design practice based in New York. Prior to founding her firm, she was an associate for over four years at James Carpenter Design Associates, a studio focused on artistic and technical use of glass. She also worked at Rafael Vinoly Architects and at I.M. Pei Architect.

Ms. Ishida currently teaches design studios at Rhode Island School of Design and at The Pratt Institute, and has taught as a critic at Parsons School of Design and as a visiting foreign professor at Konkuk University in Seoul, Korea. Through these schools, she has successfully run collaborative design projects in partnership with corporations and non-profit organizations. These partners include Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, 93 Nevins Street, Starwood Hotels, and The 4th Bin.

Her research has been supported by the Graduate Kinne Travelling Fellowship from Columbia University, Stewardson Keefe LeBrun Travel Grant from the American Institute of Architects New York Chapter, and a fellowship from The MacDowell Colony.