Craig Mutter

Associate

Biography

Born and raised in Huntington, New York, Mr. Mutter received a Bachelor of Science Degree in Architecture from the University of Virginia in 1988 and a Master of Architecture Degree from the Harvard University Graduate School of Design in 1992. He joined Machado and Silvetti Associates in 2009, bringing extensive design and management experience to the office, for museums, university and cultural institutions, as well as secondary school and residential projects. Currently, he is project director for the NYU Center for Academic and Spiritual Life in New York City.

Prior to joining Machado and Silvetti Associates, Craig Mutter was an Associate with Ann Beha Architects in Boston, and Polshek Partnership Architects in New York. Projects included: the new Entrance Pavilion and Plaza at the Brooklyn Museum; a Master Plan and Conceptual Design for renovations and an expansion to the Yale University Art Galleries (including the 1953 Art Gallery by Louis Kahn), and restoration of the Garvan Galleries for the reinstallation of Yale’s American Arts Collection. He also led the design effort for the Newhouse School of Public Communications at Syracuse University, which includes a 75,000 SF addition to I.M. Pei’s mini-campus, redefining the existing campus and repositioning the identity and mission of one of the nation’s most prestigious communications schools. Most recently, Mr. Mutter led a Master Program Planning project for the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston and multiple renovation and addition projects at Boston’s Symphony Hall and the Tanglewood Music Center, both for the Boston Symphony Orchestra.

Mr. Mutter has been a Visiting Lecturer in Architecture at the University of Virginia, was the 1994 winner of the Arthur Rotch Traveling Scholarship, and has served on design juries at numerous universities throughout the United States. He has been a speaker in the New York City Center for Architecture’s Technology Lecture Series, and has contributed to several architectural publications, including Architecture Boston, in addition to co-editing the book, Provisional – Emerging Modes of Architectural Practice USA, recently released by Princeton Architectural Press.