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Vishaan Chakrabarti

ArchitectUrban Design & PlanningAdaptive Reuse

Founder & Creative Director at Practice for Architecture and Urbanism (PAU)

Vishaan Chakrabarti is an architect at Practice for Architecture and Urbanism (PAU). Founder of Practice for Architecture and Urbanism (PAU) and author of 'A Country of Cities.' Former SHoP partner and director of the Manhattan office at NYC's Department of City Planning; led the Domino Refinery's transformation.

Experience

  1. Founder & Creative Director

    Practice for Architecture and Urbanism (PAU)

    2015 – present

    Current

  2. Founder and Creative Director

    Practice for Architecture and Urbanism

    Current

  3. Partner

    SHoP Architects

    2012 – 2015

  4. Director, Manhattan Office

    NYC Department of City Planning

    2002 – 2005

Past projects

  1. Domino Sugar Refinery conversion

    2023

    Adaptive Reuse · Williamsburg, Brooklyn, NY

    Conversion of the historic 19th-century Domino Refinery into contemporary mixed-use office space, led by PAU.

Awards & press

  • Edmund N. Bacon Honoree

    2025 · For visionary contributions to urban design and education

Education

  • University of California, Berkeley

    M.Arch

  • MIT

    Master of City Planning

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