Name: Architect Talk: Michael Murphy
Start: 2026-04-29T23:00:00.000Z
End: 2026-04-30T00:15:00.000Z
Location: Chicago Architecture Center

Michael Murphy, founder of AMMA and MASS Design Group, will draw from his book to share stories, lessons from architectural history, and examples of his own impactful built work, including Butaro Hospital in Rwanda and the National Memorial for Peace and Justice in Montgomery, Alabama. "Our World in Ten Buildings" explores how the choices we make in our built environment shape the way we think, connect, and live — from homes, schools and offices to prisons, memorials, waiting rooms and hospital spaces.

Following the presentation, Murphy will be joined in conversation by Reed Kroloff, Dean and Rowe Family College of Architecture Endowed Chair at IIT College of Architecture.

Keynote speaker

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Meet the speakers

Michael P. Murphy is an architect, educator, and writer, and is the founder and president of AMMA, a design and development collaborative focused on the ways in which space shapes our minds, bodies, and communities. In 2007, he founded the architectural non-profit firm, MASS Design Group, and was CEO until 2022, leading the design of their projects including the Butaro Hospital and The National Memorial for Peace and Justice to name a few. He is currently the Thomas Ventulett Distinguished Chair of Architectural Design at The Georgia Institute of Technology. Originally from Poughkeepsie, New York, he lives in Los Angeles with his wife and children.
Reed Kroloff is dean of Illinois Institute of Technology’s College of Architecture. In a career spanning more than 25 years, he has also been: editor-in-chief of Architect, which under his direction became the nation's leading architectural magazine; dean of the Tulane University School of Architecture, which he led through Hurricane Katrina and the following recovery; and director of the famed Cranbrook Academy of Art and Art Museum. A regular national commentator on architecture and design, Kroloff has authored writing that has appeared in such publications as the New York Times, Esquire, and Metropolis. He has also appeared in a number of television programs for such networks as PBS and the Sundance Channel. He is a partner of jones|kroloff, with clients who have included the High Line in New York City, the Whitney Museum of American Art, the Natural History Museum of Los Angeles, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Yale University, the federal government of Mexico, and dozens more. He is a Rome Prize recipient, and his work has been exhibited at the Venice Biennale. He has degrees from Yale University and the University of Texas at Austin.