Harry Mark, FAIA

Principal, Executive Director, Director of New York Studio

While art directing project teams, Harry Mark, FAIA brings his international architectural background and graphic design sensibilities to each collaborative project. As the Executive Director of RSM Design, Harry works at the intersection of architecture and graphics to lead projects and teams in understanding the importance of and the symbiotic relationship between graphics within the built environment. His work has helped transform difficult user experiences by adding a layer of clarity and organization with unexpected graphic interventions.

As the recipient of numerous design awards, Harry’s designs and articles have been published in several national magazines and featured in exhibits throughout the United States. In 2015 Harry was elected to The College of Fellows of The American Institute of Architects. The Jury of Fellows cited Harry’s “notable contributions to the advancement of the profession of architecture.”

Harry earned his Bachelor of Architecture degree from the University of Texas at Austin and an advanced Master of Architecture degree from the Graduate School of Fine Arts at the University of Pennsylvania. Harry is the co-founder, publisher, and editor-in-chief for the design publication, Architype Review. As editor for a number of years of the regional architecture, art, and design magazine, Columns, he led the transformation and redesign of that publication which was recognized with a Texas Society of Architects award.

Additionally, since 1995 he has been the senior architect at the UNESCO world heritage site of Aphrodisias Archaeological Excavations in Turkey, collaborating with the University of Oxford and New York University, directing a team of students each summer in documenting and reconstructing antiquities.

Education

University of Texas, Bachelor of Architecture
Master of Architecture, University of Pennsylvania Graduate School of Design

Honors

AIA President’s Medal, 2017
Fellowship, American Institute of Architects, 2015

Speaking, publications & abstract topics

Society for Experiential Graphic Design, "Dallas Design: The Good, The Bad and the Very Very Ugly," 2024 Conference
University of Pennsylvania, “Aphrodisias: Representation,” 2017
The University of Texas at Arlington, “Alternative Careers,” 2017
Texas Society of Architects Annual Convention, “The Summit Bechtel Reserve,” 2017
Texas Society of Architects Annual Convention, “Current Trends in Graphics” / “Aphrodisias Archaeological Excavations,” 2013
Concordia University, “New Perspectives on Aphrodisias,” 2011
Urban Land Institute, “Architects on Archaeological Digs,” 2011
Concordia University, “Document, Draw, and Reconstruct,” 2010
Illinois Institute of Technology, Chicago, IL, “Aphrodisias,” 2006
University of Pennsylvania, “Archaeology and Architecture,” 2004
AIA Charlotte, “Architects at Aphrodisias,” 2002
AIA Billings Architectural Association, “Art in Architecture,” April 2001