For others with the same name see Kent Larson (disambiguation)

Kent Larson is Director of the House_n Research Consortium and the Open Source Building Alliance in the Department of Architecture at the
Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Massachusetts Institute of Technology

The Massachusetts Institute of Technology is a private research university located in Cambridge, Massachusetts. MIT has five schools and one college, containing a total of 32 academic departments, with a strong emphasis on scientific and technological education and research.Founded in 1861 in...

. He also runs the Changing Places research group at the MIT Media Lab

MIT Media Lab

The MIT Media Lab is a laboratory of MIT School of Architecture and Planning. Devoted to research projects at the convergence of design, multimedia and technology, the Media Lab has been widely popularized since the 1990s by business and technology publications such as Wired and Red Herring for a...

 . Current research focuses on
strategies for creating responsive places of living through
mass-customization strategies and ubiquitous technology.

Larson practiced architecture

Architecture

Architecture is both the process and product of planning, designing and construction. Architectural works, in the material form of buildings, are often perceived as cultural and political symbols and as works of art...

 for 15 years in New York City

New York City

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, with work
published in Architectural Record

Architectural Record

Architectural Record is an American monthly magazine dedicated to architecture and interior design, published by McGraw-Hill Construction in New York City. It is over 110 years old...

, Progressive Architecture, Global
Architecture, the New York Times, A+U, and Architectural Digest

Architectural Digest

Architectural Digest is an American monthly magazine. Its principal subject is interior design, not — as the name of the magazine might suggest — architecture more generally. The magazine is published by Condé Nast Publications and was founded in 1920, by the Knapp family, who sold it in 1993...

. His
book, Louis I. Kahn: Unbuilt Masterworks was selected as one of the Ten
Best Books in Architecture, 2000 by the New York Times Review of Books.