Norwegian-born, Casper Mork-Ulnes was raised in Italy, Scotland, and the United States, which has shaped the cultural and geographic perspective evident in the work of his eponymous practice. The firm explores the relationship between architecture, context, and material, developing work that responds to the specific cultural, environmental, and physical conditions of place. In 2015, Mork-Ulnes was named one of “California’s finest emerging talent” by the American Institute of Architects California Council. He was selected by the Norwegian National Museum as one of “the most noteworthy young architects in Norway” with the exhibit Under 40. Young Norwegian Architecture 2013, and in 2019 was nominated for the European Union Prize for Contemporary Architecture – Mies van der Rohe Award. In 2020, he was awarded the Emerging Voices award by the Architectural League of New York.
He has been invited to speak about the firm’s work internationally. Mork-Ulnes holds an MS in Advanced Architectural Design from Columbia University, where he received the Lucille Smyser Lowenfish Memorial Prize, and graduated with distinction with a BA in Architecture from the California College of the Arts.
Mork-Ulnes is also the co-author of The Craft of Place by Mork-Ulnes Architects, a book that explores the intersection of architecture, context, and materiality.
