Robert Hutchison

Robert Hutchison is a practitioner, researcher, and educator whose interests and practice overlap the fields of architecture, art, and photography. Hutchison is principal of the Seattle-based architecture studio Robert Hutchison Architecture, and an Affiliate Professor in the Department of Architecture at the University of Washington, where he teaches architectural design studios at the undergraduate and graduate levels. He is the recipient of the 2017 Rome Prize from the American Academy in Rome, the 2010 and 2021 Japan/US Friendship Creative Artists Fellowship, the 2009 Emerging Voices award from The Architectural League of NY, and has been awarded residencies at Bogliasco, Loghaven, and MacDowell. Hutchison received an M.Arch. from the University of Washington in 1996, and B.S. degrees in Structural Engineering and Architectural Engineering from Drexel University in 1990. Hutchison is the 2025 Cornell AAP Gensler Visiting Critic.

Related Links

• Architectural League Project: South Beach, Washington

Related News

• Robert Hutchison: [Un]Built | [Sub]Conscious
• Advancing the Mission: New Faculty Continue Expanding Expertise Across Disciplines

Classes (Selected)

• ARCH 4101/4102 Cornell AAP Gensler Visiting Critic Studio
• ARCH 5101 Speculative Proposals for Amphibious Infrastructures

Awards, Grants, and Fellowships (Selected)

• Rome Prize for Architecture, American Academy in Rome, 2017
• Japan/US Creative Artist Fellowship, Japan/US Friendship Commission, 2010 and 2023
• Emerging Voices, Architectural League of New York, 2009
• Loghaven Residency, 2024
• MacDowell Residency, 2022

Exhibitions and Presentations (Selected)

• Memory Landscapes, Solo Exhibition, Mini Mart City Park, Seattle, WA, 2024.
• Casas de la Memoria (Memory Houses), Solo Exhibition, Casa Luis Barragan, Mexico City, Mexico, 2019.
• Memory Houses, Solo Exhibition, Gallery 4Culture, Seattle, WA, 2018.

Publications (Selected)

• Hutchison, Robert. Memory Houses (Casas de la Memoria). Mexico City: Arquine, 2019.