Sarah Whiting
Biographical interview
SUMMARY
This interview traces Sarah Whiting’s early life in an academic, middle-class family with strong ties to literature and culture. At Yale, she created a self-directed major combining art history, history, philosophy, and architecture. After initially struggling to establish herself in architectural criticism, Whiting worked for Peter Eisenman, who shaped her understanding of architecture and encouraged her to pursue practice. She later joined Rem Koolhaas’s OMA in Rotterdam, deepening her attention to architectural materiality. Whiting then moved into academia, teaching at Harvard and Princeton while balancing her roles as a theorist, historian, and practitioner. She also discusses her editorial work and interdisciplinary contributions to architectural discourse, emphasizing the importance of close reading and patience in architectural education.
BIOGRAPHY
Sarah M. Whiting, Dean and Josep Lluís Sert Professor of Architecture, joined the GSD as Dean in July 2019. She is a design principal and co-founder of WW Architecture, and served as the Dean of Rice University’s School of Architecture from 2010 to 2019. Her work has been published in leading journals and collections, and she is the founding editor of Point, a book series aimed at shaping contemporary discussions in architecture and urbanism. She edited Differences, a collection of essays by Ignasi de Solà-Morales and also served as reviews editor for the journal Assemblage from 1996 to 2001. She currently serves on the editorial boards of the journals LOG, The Plan, and Thresholds.
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