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Jack Becker

Lecturer

Jack Becker is a principal and founder of BLDUS, a DC-based architecture and development practice that operates throughout the Mid-Atlantic region, making architecture that connects past with future, modernity with tradition, and humanity with nature. Jack is a fourth-generation licensed architect, with a B.Arch from Cornell University and a Master of Architecture in Urban Design from Harvard GSD. He has been honored with a 2023 AR Vanguard Award, a 2021 AIA Young Architect Award, and a 2019 Young Architect Award from The Architect's Newspaper.

Natural materials, regional architecture

ARCH 4004 Architecture IV - Option Lab (Bachelor's Students)
ARCH 4014 Architecture IV - Integrative (Bachelor's Students)

ARCH 5715 Architecture and Urbanism Lab (Master's Students)
ARCH 5716 Architecture and Urbanism Lab (Master's Students)

2022 AIA Long Island Design Excellence Award
2021 AIA Young Architects Award, 2019 AIA DC Design Excellence Award
2019 Architect's Newspaper's Best Young Architect

Education

MAUD, Masters of Architecture in Urban Design , Harvard University

BArch, Cornell University

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Jack-Becker-CV.pdf