George Knight
Senior Critic
George Knight is the founding principal of Knight Architecture, an award-winning, full-service architectural design firm specializing in residential, institutional, and urban redevelopment projects. Prior to this, he was a senior associate with Cesar Pelli & Associates in New Haven, where he worked for ten years designing international and domestic projects and competitions. In 2015 Knight was selected by the graduating students to be awarded the Professor King-lui Wu Teaching Award. He received a B.A. from Princeton University and an M.Arch. from Yale University.
MArch Yale University
Education
BA Princeton UniversityMArch Yale University
Practice
Knight Architecture
Courses
5027
Spring 2026
Advanced Design Studio
Elizabeth Graziolo, George Knight
1291
Summer 2025
Rome: Continuity and Change
Bryan Fuermann, Joyce Hsiang, George Knight, Bimal Mendis
1118
Spring 2025
Advanced Design Studio: Back on Track
Julia Treese, George Knight
1291
Summer 2024
Rome: Continuity and Change
Bryan Fuermann, Bimal Mendis, George Knight, Joyce Hsiang
1118
Spring 2024
Advanced Design Studio: Castle Howard
George Knight, Bryan Fuermann
1291
Summer 2023
Rome: Continuity and Change
Joyce Hsiang, George Knight, Bimal Mendis, Bryan Fuermann
1119
Spring 2023
Advanced Design Studio: Arts and the City—Legacy Meets Possibility
Ann M. Beha, George Knight
1291
Summer 2022
Rome: Continuity and Change
Bryan Fuermann, Joyce Hsiang, Bimal Mendis, George Knight
1118
Spring 2022
Advanced Design Studio: Architecture of a Land between Borders
Michael Imber, George Knight
1118
Spring 2021
Advanced Design Studio: Intersectional Theater
Sara Caples, Everardo Jefferson, George Knight
1117
Spring 2020
Advanced Design Studio: The Opera House of the Future
Francine Houben, Isaäc Kalisvaart, Ruth Mackenzie, George Knight
1291
Summer 2019
Rome: Continuity and Change
Bimal Mendis, Joyce Hsiang, George Knight, Elisa Iturbe
1116
Spring 2019
Advanced Design Studio
Paul Florian, George Knight
1291
Summer 2018
The Robert A.M. Stern Summer Rome Program
George Knight, Miroslava Brooks, Kyle Dugdale, Stephen Harby
1117
Spring 2018
Advanced Design Studio: Moule
Elizabeth Moule, George Knight
1291
Summer 2017
Rome: Continuity and Change
Bimal Mendis, Miroslava Brooks, Joyce Hsiang, George Knight, Tessa Kelly
1116
Spring 2017
Advanced Design Studio: The Architecture of Community
Elizabeth Plater-Zyberk, George Knight
1291
Summer 2016
Rome: Continuity and Change
Bimal Mendis, Joyce Hsiang, George Knight, Miroslava Brooks, Brennan Buck
1104
Fall 2015
Advanced Design Studio: Art Gallery and the City
Demetri Porphyrios, George Knight
1001c
Summer 2015
Visualization I: Observation and Representation
George Knight, Trattie Davies, Kyle Dugdale
1116
Spring 2015
Advanced Design Studio: A New New Haven Shorefront
Leon Krier, George Knight
