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Renzo Piano Building Workshop (RPBW)

Born in Hartford, Connecticut, in 1956, Mark Carroll received both his Bachelor of Sciences in Architecture and his Master of Architecture from the Clemson University, South Carolina. He received his Laurea in Architettura from the University of Genoa in 1983. He joined the Genoa office in 1981 working initially on the Menil Collection in Houston. As a project director, he was subsequently involved in many projects including the Aquarium in Genoa and the Fiat Lingotto factory conversion in Turin.

Since becoming a partner in 1992, he has overseen a broad range of projects including the Cy Twombly Pavilion in Houston, Aurora Place in Sydney, the High Museum expansion in Atlanta, the new California Academy of Sciences in San Francisco, the Harvard Arts Museums in Cambridge, the expansion of the Kimbell Art Museum in Fort Worth, the new Whitney Museum of American Art in New York, and the Centro Botín in Santander. He has also contributed to the design of several significant masterplanning projects including the Woodruff Arts Center in Atlanta and the ex-Falk areas in Milan.

He is currently working on the new headquarters for JNBY in Hangzhou, China, the Academy Museum of Motion Pictures in Los Angeles, the Whittle School projects in China and the USA, as well as hospital projects in Greece. He has been a visiting critic at many universities in Italy, Switzerland as well as in the USA. He also lectures widely. In 2013 he received the Architecture Alumni Achievement Award from his alma mater.
Mark was appointed member of the board in 2007.