Alissa Anderson

Alissa Anderson directs publications and helps lead special projects at Studio Gang. She works closely with Jeanne Gang and others to develop books, writing, exhibitions, and related initiatives that share the Studio’s work and ideas with a broad audience toward expanding architecture’s ability to make positive change.

Since joining Studio Gang in 2009, Alissa has led the Reveal, Reverse Effect, and Building book projects. She is a regular member of the Urbanism + Civic Impact team, contributing to the Studio’s ongoing urban design work in Memphis, Tennessee, among other projects. Most recently she co-led the Studio’s two exhibitions for the 16th International Venice Architecture Biennale.

Alissa holds a master’s degree in Critical, Curatorial, and Conceptual Practices in Architecture (CCCP) from the Columbia University Graduate School of Architecture, Planning and Preservation, where she won the CCCP Thesis Award. She also holds a Bachelor of Arts with honors in English and Creative Writing from Northwestern University. Outside the office, she pursues her own writing and research and is a contributing editor of the Avery Review.