Before I was an architect, I was an engineer, then a sculptor, then a builder.

Math competitions and early engineering coursework led me to the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, where I studied civil engineering for two years. But it was sculpture that pulled me away from it — I transferred to Columbus College of Art and Design, and by my early twenties I was being juried into shows alongside artists decades into their careers. In New York, I moved from the studio to the shop floor, working in fabrication while earning a construction management certificate at NYU, then spent two years managing construction projects at Richter+Ratner before I ever set foot in architecture school.

By the time I became an architect, I'd already spent a decade thinking about buildings as an engineer, an artist, and a builder. That's still how I work today.

select Experience

  • Founder, ALPNA GUPTA architects, Los Angeles\\2026—present

  • Architect, Walker Workshop, Los Angeles\\2022—2025

  • Architect, Marmol Radziner, Los Angeles\\2019—2022

  • Architect, Leroy Street Studio, New York\\2015—2019

  • Construction Project Manager, Richter + Ratner, New York\\2006—2008

  • Fabrication Project Manager, MSD Visual, New York\\2005—2006

  • Artist & Fabricator, Columbus, Ohio\\2003—2005

Recognition

Solo Exhibitions

  • Roy G. Biv Gallery, Columbus, OH — 2005

  • Mahan Gallery, Columbus, OH — 2004

Juried Group Exhibitions

  • Carnegie Center for the Visual Arts, Cincinnati, OH — 2004

  • Ohio Art League Annual Fall Juried Exhibition, Shot Tower Gallery, Columbus, OH — 2004

  • All-Ohio Juried Exhibition, Pearl Conrad Gallery, Mansfield, OH — 2004

  • Ohio Art League Annual Spring Juried Exhibition, The Acock Building, Columbus, OH — 2003

  • Ohio Art League Annual Spring Juried Exhibition, Fort Hayes Shot Tower Gallery, Columbus, OH — 2002

Grants & Awards

  • Puffin Foundation Grant — 2005

  • Mary Lou Chess Memorial Award — 2003

Education

  • Pratt Institute — Master of Architecture, 1st Professional, 2008–2011

  • New York University — Certificate, Construction Management, 2006–2008

  • Columbus College of Art and Design — BFA, Sculpture (minor: Writing and Art History), cum laude, 2000–2003

  • University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign — Civil Engineering, 1998–2000

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