Sam Naylor is a housing architect in Boston.
Currently he is an associate at Utile, is the lead designer for Equitable by Design: a zoning research project at Northeastern University, is a Harvard Druker Traveling Fellow researching cooperative housing design around the world, & is trying to decarbonize and renovate a cooperatively owned triple decker in Jamaica Plain.
He believes everyone has a right to a dignified, affordable, & delightful dwelling; & is in pursuit of more expansive & imaginative designs for housing—from the block to the bedroom. He is the co-editor of The State of Housing Design 2023, a book about national design trends — published by The Harvard Joint Center for Housing. Previously he has worked on passive house envelopes, affordable multi-family housing, mixed-use urban developments, new models of education, street furniture, airport urbanism, the future of baseball, hyper dense workplaces, custom woodworking, & community centered landscapes at various firms in Boston, Los Angeles, & New Orleans. He holds a professional architecture degree from Tulane University with honors & a post-professional design degree from Harvard University’s Graduate School of Design with distinction. He recently co-founded a venture at MIT Design X pursuing the potential for collective property maintenance. In addition to practice, Sam has taught design studios on housing at Wentworth Institute of Technology, Harvard’s Design Discovery program, & Boston Architectural College. He was an editor at Open Letters & The Charrette, & has been published in Paprika! & Pidgin.
Currently he is an associate at Utile, is the lead designer for Equitable by Design: a zoning research project at Northeastern University, is a Harvard Druker Traveling Fellow researching cooperative housing design around the world, & is trying to decarbonize and renovate a cooperatively owned triple decker in Jamaica Plain.
He believes everyone has a right to a dignified, affordable, & delightful dwelling; & is in pursuit of more expansive & imaginative designs for housing—from the block to the bedroom. He is the co-editor of The State of Housing Design 2023, a book about national design trends — published by The Harvard Joint Center for Housing. Previously he has worked on passive house envelopes, affordable multi-family housing, mixed-use urban developments, new models of education, street furniture, airport urbanism, the future of baseball, hyper dense workplaces, custom woodworking, & community centered landscapes at various firms in Boston, Los Angeles, & New Orleans. He holds a professional architecture degree from Tulane University with honors & a post-professional design degree from Harvard University’s Graduate School of Design with distinction. He recently co-founded a venture at MIT Design X pursuing the potential for collective property maintenance. In addition to practice, Sam has taught design studios on housing at Wentworth Institute of Technology, Harvard’s Design Discovery program, & Boston Architectural College. He was an editor at Open Letters & The Charrette, & has been published in Paprika! & Pidgin.
