Education Harvard University Graduate School of Design, MAUD with Distinction University of Virginia, M.Arch University of Minnesota, B.S.
Anthony Averbeck is an architectural and urban designer, researcher, educator, and author. His work lies at the intersection of housing, infrastructure, and society, with a focus on advancing architectural education and design discourse around future forms of collective living. He is the 2025-26 Design Research Fellow and Visiting Associate Professor of Architecture at the Northeastern University College of Arts, Media, and Design, where he teaches in both the undergraduate and graduate architecture programs and is coordinator of the Urban Housing core studio. He earned his Master of Architecture in Urban Design (MAUD) with Distinction from the Harvard Graduate School of Design, where he was a Dean’s Scholar and served as a Research Associate and Design Critic in the Design Discovery program. He also holds degrees from the University of Virginia and the University of Minnesota.
Previously, Averbeck was a full-time Lecturer in Architecture at the University of Virginia School of Architecture, where he co-coordinated the Elements of Housing studio, taught seminars on architectural visualization and workflows, and co-led the Summer Design Institute—a multidisciplinary introduction to design for incoming graduate students in the M.Arch and MLA programs. Averbeck has collaborated with leading design and research practices, including Somatic Collaborative, Arctic Design Group, Leers Weinzapfel, and Bjarke Ingels Group. He is a recipient of numerous scholarships and research grants, including awards from the Edelstein Family Foundation, Paul and Winifred Stary Family Foundation, the Harvard GSD Dean's Merit Scholarship Fund, the University of Minnesota College of Design Dean’s Scholarship Fund, and the Center for Global Inquiry and Innovation.
Averbeck’s forthcoming book, Collective Living and the Architectural Imaginary, co-authored with Felipe Correa and Devin Dobrowolski (AR+D 2026) examines over sixty multi-unit residential projects to explore the architect’s role in shaping domesticity and urban life in the 20th and 21st centuries. His research and writings have appeared in leading publications such as the Harvard Urban Review, Urban Design in Dialogue (UD:ID), and LUNCH Journal, and have been featured by institutions and platforms including Harvard, Yale, Northeastern, the University of Virginia, the University of Massachusetts, the Venice Architecture Biennale, AZURE, and e-flux.
