Lecturer Gregory Marinic


Lecturer, Architectural Technology
Master of Architecture, University of Maryland
B.S. Geography/Urban Planning, Ohio University
Certificate of Latin American Studies


Gregory Marinic joins the faculty with professional experience ranging in size and scope from complex university and transportation buildings to thoughtfully detailed custom residences. He has lived and studied in North America, Italy, France, and the United Kingdom, including substantial work experience in the New York and London studios of Rafael Vinoly Architects.

Professor Marinic’s design portfolio includes multiple winning competition entries for affordable housing in Manhattan, a competition finalist entry for a high-rise residential tower in Dubai, and a competition finalist proposal for a skyscraper in Chicago. Additional large-scale projects include a campus master plan and residence hall for George Washington University, a terminal expansion for Manchester International Airport, a proposal for the jetBlue Airways Terminal at JFK Airport, and a residential tower and boutique hotel in Las Vegas.

Professor Marinic has travelled extensively, and his portfolio reflects an interest in perception of space across cultures. Notable international work includes a civic beaches master plan and luxury resort in Abu Dhabi, an athletics facility for the Universidad de Madrid, a villa on the Island of Nevis, a spa at Cliveden Manor in Buckinghamshire, England; a performing arts center in Leicester, England; and a custom residence in Holland Park, London.

Parallel to his architectural explorations is an affinity for collage art, which he uses as a means to develop spatial composition, while investigating the dual consequences of materiality and transparency. Abstract collage has informed independent designs for high-end residential projects in New York City, Los Angeles, and Vancouver. Marinic brings a studied and understated modernist architectural vocabulary to his clients, as well as the notion of sculpting a functional, yet symbolic spatial sequence incorporating the three dimensions of space, with those of time and memory.

Professor Marinic received his Master of Architecture degree from the University of Maryland, where he graduated with honors and was awarded the School of Architecture Thesis Citation. His thesis proposed a new international airport for Ljubljana, Slovenia through exploration of regional and modernist themes in aviation architecture. He was a recipient of both the Leonard Dressel Scholarship and Jack Kerxton Internship & Scholarship.

Professor Marinic has taught graduate-level design studio and coordinated thesis at Pratt Institute. He participates as a guest jury critic at Pratt Institute and Fordham University.