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Alexandra Barker, FAIA, LEED AP is an American architect and educator based in New York. She is the founder and principal of Barker Architecture Office (BAAO), and serves as Associate Professor in the Masters in Architecture program and Academic Coordinator of the Master of Science in Architecture program at the Pratt Institute School of Architecture, where she has taught since 2001.^[1] She is known for bringing together architectural practice, pedagogy, and community-oriented design including sustainable and material experimentation.

Barker received her M.Arch from Harvard Graduate School of Design, where she received the Templeton Kelly Prize^[2] and the Clifford Wong Housing Prize^[3] for her thesis work. Her undergraduate work in Visual and Environmental Studies was completed at Harvard College, where she graduated magna cum laude.^[4]

Barker founded her practice, Barker Architecture Office (BAAO), in 2006.^[5] The Brooklyn-based firm works across residential, educational, cultural, and speculative design, often emphasizing adaptability, sustainability, and social engagement. BAAO’s projects have received recognition from organizations including AIA New York, Architizer, SARA National, and NYCxDESIGN, and have been featured in national and international exhibitions and publications.^[6] A monograph of the firm’s work, BAAO,^[7] was published in 2019 by ORO Editions.

Since 2001, Barker has taught core and Directed Research architecture studios and history/theory seminars at Pratt Institute, where she has served as Assistant Chair and subsequently as Interim Chair of the Graduate Architecture/Landscape Architecture/Urban Design department.^[8] She has been the recipient of several national, regional, and institutional grants, from institutions such as NCARB and FIPSE/CSDS, to develop architectural pedagogy that strengthens connections between practice and the academy, creates integrative course structures that combine building technology and design, and brings innovative approaches to design education to beginning designers in underserved communities. She also directed the Pratt Young Scholars Program from 2018 to 2022.^[9]

In 2025, Barker received the Arnold W. Brunner Grant from the AIA New York Center for Architecture for her research “Climate-Adaptive Vernacular Building Practices of Mexico City and Oaxaca.”^[10]

Barker is a Fellow of the American Institute of Architects (FAIA)^[11] and a LEED Accredited Professional. She also serves in the Leadership Group of Design Advocates^[12] and Trustee of the Hart Island Project.^[13]

• 2025 – Center for Architecture, Arnold W. Brunner Grant, Recipient^[14]
• 2024 – Luso-American Development Foundation (FLAD) Grant, À(Derive)A Arts Festival, Penacova, Portugal^[15]
• 2023 – NYCxDESIGN Award, Boerum Hill Townhouse^[16]
• 2022 – AIA New York State Honor Award, City Kids Educational Center^[17]
• 2022 – Architizer A+ Award, Educational Interiors, City Kids Educational Center^[18]
• 2022 – Architizer A+ Award, Architecture + Learning, City Kids Educational Center^[19]
• 2022 – NYCxDESIGN Award, City Kids Educational Center^[20]
• 2021 – SARA National Award of Excellence, City Kids Educational Center^[21]
• 2021 – The Architect's Newspaper, Honorable Mention, City Kids Educational Center^[22]
• 2021 – Pratt Center for Community Development, Taconic Research Fellowship, Concourse House All-Weather Pavilion^[23]
• 2021 – Pratt Center for Community Development, Taconic Research Fellowship, Green Stitch^[24]
• 2020 – AIANY Honor Award, Mi Casita Preschool And Cultural Center^[25]
• 2020 – Bid20 Interior/Space Design Award, Mi Casita Preschool And Cultural Center
• 2020 – Pratt Institute, Faculty Research Fellowship, Curriculum Development in Architecture for Pratt Young Scholars^[26]
• 2019 – SARA National Award of Honor, Mi Casita Preschool And Cultural Center^[27]
• 2019 – Jewish Community Project Downtown (JCP) Tribeca Sukkah Design / Build Project (Faculty Advisor)^[28]
• 2019 – Pratt Institute, SEED Grant Award
• 2018 – SARA National Award, House For Booklovers And Cats^[29]
• 2018 – SARA National Award, Maple Street School^[30]
• 2018 – AIA Brooklyn Queens Design Awards, Award of Merit, House For Booklovers And Cats^[31]
• 2018 – AIA Brooklyn Queens Design Awards, Award of Merit, Surfboard House^[32]
• 2018 – NYCxDESIGN Award Honoree, House For Booklovers And Cats^[33]
• 2018 – Pratt Institute, Faculty Research Fellowship
• 2017 – The Architect's Newspaper, Best Of Design Awards, Honorable Mention, Body Factory^[34]
• 2017 – AIANY Merit Award, Maple Street School^[35]
• 2017 – AIABQDA Merit Award, Maple Street School^[36]
• 2013 – Architizer A+ Award Honorable Mention, Chromatic Energy Landscape
• 2012 – Pratt Institute, Faculty Development Grant
• 2010 – Land Art Generator Initiative, Finalist, Chromatic Energy Landscape
• 2008 – Pratt Institute, FIPSE Grant To Integrate Sustainable Practices In Education
• 2008 – NCARB Grant To Integrate Practice And Education

• Barker Architecture Office (official website)