Laurie Hawkinson is a Professor of Architecture at the Graduate School of Architecture, Planning and Preservation at Columbia University, where she teaches Advanced Studio. She is co-author of Designing New York: Prefabrication in the Public Realm, a publication produced by Columbia GSAPP and the NYC Public Design Commission. Publications on her work include Between Spaces: Smith-Miller + Hawkinson Architecture (Princeton Architectural Press, 2000) and Smith-Miller + Hawkinson (Editorial Gustavo Gili S.A.). She is Architect and co-founder of Smith-Miller + Hawkinson Architects (SM+H), a New York City-based design studio in architecture, urban design, installations, and exhibitions. Across the United States and abroad, SM+H has designed public and private projects including museums, parks, transportation terminals, performing arts spaces, private residences, university and government facilities, a series of museum exhibitions and installations, as well as furniture and objects.
SM+H work has been exhibited internationally at the Biennale Architettura di Venezia, The I’UQAM Montreal, Musee du Theatre Forain, France, along with the Museum of Modern Art and The Museum of Contemporary Art Los Angeles. SM+H work is in the permanent collections of the San Francisco Museum of Art and the FRAC, France. SM+H work has been published widely, including articles in The New York Times, GA, Casabella, Architectural Review, Future 10 Arquitecturas, Domus, and The Washington Post.
Hawkinson led the design for the Ohio State University Energy Advancement and Innovation Center (EAIC), Corning Museum of Glass, North Carolina Museum of Art Amphitheater and Master Plan, the Wall Street Ferry Terminal, the Land Port of Entry at Richford, VT and Massena NY for the US General Services Administration, and the Zerega Avenue Emergency Medical Services Station for the City of New York.
SM+H work has received the Medal of Honor Award AIA New York, Best New Infrastructure Award from MAS/NY, The Chicago Atheneum Architecture, among many other awards and recognitions.