Canty in his studio in Boston, a short drive from the Harvard Graduate School of Design in nearby Cambridge, MA. Sean Canty’s architectural practice goes beyond designing buildings. Through both his work as a professor at the Harvard Graduate School of Design and his eponymous architecture studio, Canty challenges the limited role architecture has traditionally played in wider society.1 “In the past, the architect was a singular genius, obsessed with the sculptural form, ” he says. “Now we are coming to terms with the climate and issues of equality, and we’re having a newfound appreciation for our existing building stock. Post-pandemic, post–George Floyd, folks in the discipline opened up to the fact that architecture can’t be allowed to isolate itself from the issues of the world.” This story is from Kinfolk Issue Fifty-One Buy Now Related Stories Design Issue 51 John Pawson From the king of minimalism: “I find the essential and get the design down to a point where you can’t add or subtract from it.” Design Interiors Issue 51 Axel Vervoordt Inside the world of Axel Vervoordt. Design Issue 51 Inga Sempé “Minimalism is boring as hell, and on top of that, it’s preachy.” Design Issue 51 Halleroed Meet the giants of Swedish retail design. Design Issue 51 Andrew Trotter The architect and designer on renewing traditional architecture. Design Issue 51 Kim Lenschow The architect who wants to show you how your house works.
Design Issue 51 John Pawson From the king of minimalism: “I find the essential and get the design down to a point where you can’t add or subtract from it.”
