Academic Work
maya shamir


Professional Work






Bedstuy Brownstone


Civilian Projects
Brooklyn, NY






Civilian Projects
Brooklyn, NY



Kagan Studio

Peterson Rich Office
East Hampton, NY




Peterson Rich Office
New York City





















Writing





Texas Architect Magazine
Contributing writer, 2023-present
Author page linked here

Next City
Contributor, 2025
Op-ed about ICE’s Electronic Monitoring

Skyline (New York Review of Architecture)
Event dispatch writer, 2023
Tempting Tools of the Trade


Resume






mayaloosh@gmail.com

Maya Shamir is a Master of Design Studies candidate at the Harvard Graduate School of Design. She holds a Bachelor of Architecture with a minor in history from the University of Texas at Austin. Previously she worked at Civilian Projects in Brooklyn, Murray Legge Architecture in Austin and Peterson Rich Office in Brooklyn. She does the crossword (almost) every morning. Exhibitions
Micropolitan America
Exhibit at Mebane Gallery
Featured work, spring 2025

Envisioning Cluny
Exhibition  Assistant
Fall 2024

Education
 Harvard Graduate School of Design
Master of Design Studies, anticipated May 2026

University of Texas School of Architecture
Bachelor of Architecture with Honors, May 2023
Minor in History
Employment  Civilian Projects
Intern, June - August 2025 

Murray Legge Architecture
Project Designer, August 2023- June 2024
Austin, TX

Peterson Rich Office
Intern, January - July 2022
Brooklyn, NY

Academic Employment Joint center for Housing Studies
Harvard University
Research Assistant for upcoming book, September 2025 - present
Cambridge, MA

Essaying Architecture
Harvard Graduate School of Design
Teaching Assistant, August 2024 - present
Cambridge, MA

Druker Gallery 
Harvard Graduate School of Design
Student Exhibiton Planner, August 2024 - present
Cambridge, MA 

ISSUE 17 
University of Texas School of Architecture) 
Copy Editor, 2020 - 2022
Austin, TX

Awards
 1st place, Kengo Kuma + Higashikawa Competition, 2025
GSD Design Studies Research Grant, 2025
UTSOA Design Excellence Nomination, 2023
UT College Scholar/University Honors, 2019 - 2023

Skills


Adobe: Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesign, Premiere
3D Modeling: Rhino, SketchUp
BIM: ArchiCad
Rendering: Enscape, Vray
Fabrication: Laser cutting, Woodworking
Misc: ArcGIS, Bluebeam

Press













Instructor: Kyriakos Kyriakou
Collaborator: Julia Szeto
University of Texas at Austin
Carthage, TX            





Corporal Burns Shelter

 Instructor: David Fixler
Harvard Graduate School of Design
Cambridge, MA




Notch Table

Instructor: Mark Macek
University of Texas at Austin



 Instructor: Roselea Monacella
Harvard Graduate School of Design





Furniture Competition
Higashikawa, Japan







Curtain Call

 Collaborators:  Matthew Powell + Tristan Whalen
Harvard  Arts Festival Proposal