Philip Beesley is a practicing visual artist, architect, and Professor in Architecture at the University of Waterloo and Professor of Digital Design and Architecture & Urbanism at the European Graduate School.

Beesley’s work is widely cited in contemporary art and architecture, focused in the rapidly expanding technology and culture of responsive and interactive systems.

He serves as the Director for the Living Architecture Systems Group, and as Director for Riverside Architectural Press.

His Toronto-based practice, Philip Beesley Studio Inc., works in numerous collaborations including longstanding exchanges with Iris van Herpen, Salvador Breed, Rob Gorbet, and Matt Gorbet. 

Philip Beesley leads the LASG Partnership and the Scaffolds research stream. As the leader of numerous collaborative projects, Beesley has senior level experience managing large, complex multidisciplinary teams and large-scale public architecture.

Work resulting from the previous SSHRC partnership were presented in several public venues including the 2012 Biennale of Sydney. As a Professor at the University of Waterloo, School of Architecture he has mentored +1500 architecture students. He has authored and edited 19 books and has been the chair for numerous symposia and conferences.

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