Craig Benton Nealy

Craig  Nealy teaches studio courses in the Undergraduate and Graduate Architecture programs at CAPLA.

Craig was a graduate teaching Fellow at Cornell University. He served on the faculty of Yale University’s College of Architecture. He was a Fulbright Scholar in Rome and a visiting artist at the American Academy in Rome.  He is represented in the Museum of Modern Art, New York

Craig was a Senior Associate Partner at Kohn Pedersen Fox, New York. He served as the Lead Designer for seven large projects: 101 Federal Street, a 33-story office tower in Boston; Peterborough Court, a 400,000 square foot office building in London; the 2.1 million square foot World Bank Main Complex in Washington, two 45-story office towers in Manila, and Roppongi Tower, a 60-story office building in Tokyo.

The World Bank Main Complex received design excellence citations from New York City, New York State, and National Chapters of the American Institute of Architects. At Peter Marino Architect, Craig led design teams for LVMH store design and construction for Louis Vuitton and Guerlain.

Craig Nealy Architects has created homes in the classic American style in Tucson, New York City and in Cochin and Mumbai, India. The firm has created bespoke retail spaces for Nieman Marcus, Saks Fifth Avenue, S T Dupont, Louis Vuitton, Anne Klein, Tag Heuer, Vera Wang, Bailey, Banks and Biddle and Luxottica.

Its hospitality projects include a retail arcade for the Grand Hyatt Mumbai and design for 39 Stanhope Street, Boston, the Dreamport Hotel in Newburyport, Massachusetts, Sanctuary Hotels India, and a new restaurant, “Bid”, for Sotheby’s New York.

In Tucson, Craig Nealy Architects created four projects working as design consultants for G L H N Architects and Engineers: a proposal for the renovation of Shantz Hall at the University of Arizona,  a study for the refurbishment of an office building and the creation of an urban pedestrian space in Phoenix,  a scheme for a new Fire Ops building in Craig, Colorado, and the Modular Zero Carbon School, a case study created as a teaching tool to bring the principles of sustainable building design and maintenance to primary school students in Tucson and the surrounding communities.

Craig Nealy Architects has been featured in Elle Decor, Interior Design, the New York Times; Details, Wallpaper, AD France, Monsieur, the Times of India, Esquire Japan, Men’s Ex Japan, Boston Magazine, Improper Bostonian, Hamptons Magazine and Hamptons Cottages and Gardens and Tucson Lifestyle Magazine.

Craig has made community service an integral part of his life since his graduation from university. He worked as a friendly visitor to older New Yorkers through Project Dorot for fifteen years and was active in AIDS advocacy groups through the 1980s and 90s.