Esti Shapiro is a multidisciplinary designer, writer, and researcher based between Chicago and Denver.

Practice

Design and Research Associate | Outwith Studio 2023-

Marketing and Outreach Coordinator | Canopy / architecture + design | Chicago, IL 2022-2023

Designer | saam architecture | Boston, MA 2019-2020

Design Intern | Architectural Workshop | Denver, CO 2017-2018

Teaching

Adjunct Professor | Columbia College Chicago 2022-

Digital Media for Interior Architecture

Teaching Assistant | School of the Art Institute of Chicago 2020-2021

Undergraduate Thesis I, Visual and Critical Studies Department

Teaching Assistant | Wentworth Institute of Technology 2018

Second Year Undergraduate Architecture Studio

Education

Master of Arts in Visual and Critical Studies | School of the Art Institute of Chicago

Master of Architecture | Wentworth Institute of Technology

Bachelor of Science in Architecture | Wentworth Institute of Technology

Publications

Graduate Editor of “Intercollegiate Art History Symposium” | Artists Need Art Historians 2022

Editor-in-Chief of “Volume 9: Movement” | Wentworth Architecture review 2019

Editor-in-Chief of “Volume 8: Color” | Wentworth Architecture review 2018

Managing Editor of “Volume 7: Impact” | Wentworth Architecture review 2017

Editor of “Volume 6: Make” | Wentworth Architecture review 2016

Recognition

MAVCS Graduate Fellowship Award | School of the Art Institute of Chicago

Graduating Student Leadership Award | School of the Art Institute of Chicago

Third Place, Affordable Housing Development Competition | FHL Bank of Boston 

Alpha Rho Chi Medal | Wentworth Institute of Technology 

Tau Sigma Delta Honor Society in Architecture and Allied Arts

President’s Award in Architecture | Wentworth Institute of Technology 

Paragon Award for Student Leadership | Wentworth Institute of Technology 

shapiroesti@gmail.com
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