Mark Gesen Carroll

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. From 1992 as partner, 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 Academy Museum of Motion Pictures in Los Angeles. He is currently Project Director for three hospital projects under construction in Greece and the Sarasota Performing Arts Center. He has been a visiting critic at many universities.

In 2013 he received the Architecture Alumni Achievement Award from his alma mater.