Grant F. Marani, AIA, FRAIA

Grant Marani, Partner, joined Robert A.M. Stern Architects in 1984 and has been a Partner with the firm since 2000. His responsibilities have included the design and management of a broad range of projects: federal courthouses, institutional buildings, mixed use and residential developments, resort hotels, golf clubhouses, a concert hall, a university recreational facility, and private residences in New York, Connecticut, Massachusetts, Michigan, California, New Jersey, Ohio, Maine, Rhode Island, West Virginia, Virginia, Hawaii, Canada, the Czech Republic, the Netherlands, Kazakhstan, Japan, Hong Kong, Singapore, and Australia. Currently, Mr. Marani is the Project Partner for a new chapel at Virginia Theological Seminary and a master plan and design of a residential community in Xiamen, China.

Mr. Marani, a graduate of the University of Melbourne (B.Arch., 1979) and Cornell University (M.Arch., 1984), is a member of the American Institute of Architects, the Architectural League of New York, the Skyscraper Museum, and the Storefront for Art and Architecture.  He has lectured on courthouse design for the Academy of Architecture for Justice.

From 1989 to 2001, Mr. Marani served as an Adjunct Associate Professor of Design on the faculty at the Graduate School of Architecture, Planning and Preservation at Columbia University, where he directed the second-year housing studio. He has also served as a guest critic at the Harvard Graduate School of Design and the Yale School of Architecture. In 2002 Mr. Marani served as a peer reviewer for the New York City Department of Design and Construction. Mr. Marani currently serves on the Education Committee of the Cooper-Hewitt National Design Museum in New York City. Mr. Marani also served as a trustee for the Grace Church School in New York.

Mr. Marani's work has been published in Architecture Australia, A+U, Progressive Architecture, Oculus, Architecture, Architectural Digest, Builder, Metropolis, and Newsweek.

Prior to joining Robert A.M. Stern Architects, Mr. Marani worked for Edward Durell Stone, Architects, New York, and with Edmond & Corrigan, Architects and Urban Designers, Melbourne, Australia.  He is a Fellow of the Royal Australian Institute of Architects.  Mr. Marani is a registered architect in the State of New York and other jurisdictions, and NCARB certified.