Phillip Denny

Phillip completed his PhD in architectural history at Harvard University in May 2025. He holds a Master’s degree in architectural history from Harvard, as well as a Master’s in Architecture from Princeton University, where he received the School of Architecture History and Theory Prize as well as the Certificate in Media + Modernity. He also holds a Bachelor’s degree in architecture from Carnegie Mellon University, where he received the Pittsburgh History and Landmarks Foundation Prize, the Louis F Valentour Fellowship, and the Henry Adams AIA Medal. In 2019, he was awarded a Graham Foundation grant to support his work on Nicolas Schöffer’s urban manifesto, La ville cybernétique.

Phillip has taught courses in architectural design, history, and publishing at Pratt Institute, Boston Architectural College, Harvard University, Princeton University, and Syracuse University in NYC. He has given lectures and hosted workshops at ETH Zürich, Catholic University of America, Virginia Tech, Dessau Bauhaus Foundation, Harvard University, Princeton University, and Columbia University.

In 2020, Phillip co-founded a83 architecture gallery in Manhattan; and was an editor of New York Review of Architecture from 2019–23. Phillip joined the board of the Architecture Exchange in 2022.