Claire Weisz is a founding partner of WXY, a New York firm globally recognized for its community-centered approach to architecture, urban design and planning. Her work around urban issues has been featured widely in national and international publications including the New York Times, Metropolis, AD, Architectural Record, and many others.
Weisz has received the Architectural League of New York’s Young Architects Award and the Emerging Voices Award. She was named one of Fast Company’s Most Creative People in Business in 2017, awarded the Medal of Honor from AIANY in 2018 and was honored with the Women in Architecture Award by Architectural Record in 2019. Her firm WXY won the 2016 AIA New York State Firm of the Year Award, and was listed as one of Fast Company’s World’s Most Innovative Companies 2019.
Weisz was the co-founding and co-executive director of The Design Trust for Public Space. She currently holds a seat on the Industry Advisory Group for the U.S. Department of State Bureau of Overseas Operations and serves on the board of the Regional Planning Association. She has served on design juries, both nationally and internationally, including the 2018 Mies Crown Hall Americas Prize, Azure Design Awards; Big Ideas for Small Lots NYC Housing Design Competition and Metals in Construction Design Challenge in 2019.
Claire is a Fellow of the AIA and the Urban Design Forum and has served on the NYSCA Architecture Design Panel, the New York AIA Board of Directors. She has received research grants from the New York State Council on the Arts, the Rockefeller Foundation, and the Graham Foundation. Weisz has taught and lectured widely, including at Yale University, MIT, and most recently, The City College of New York Bernard and Anne Spitzer School of Architecture.
Weisz has received the Architectural League of New York’s Young Architects Award and the Emerging Voices Award. She was named one of Fast Company’s Most Creative People in Business in 2017, awarded the Medal of Honor from AIANY in 2018 and was honored with the Women in Architecture Award by Architectural Record in 2019. Her firm WXY won the 2016 AIA New York State Firm of the Year Award, and was listed as one of Fast Company’s World’s Most Innovative Companies 2019.
Weisz was the co-founding and co-executive director of The Design Trust for Public Space. She currently holds a seat on the Industry Advisory Group for the U.S. Department of State Bureau of Overseas Operations and serves on the board of the Regional Planning Association. She has served on design juries, both nationally and internationally, including the 2018 Mies Crown Hall Americas Prize, Azure Design Awards; Big Ideas for Small Lots NYC Housing Design Competition and Metals in Construction Design Challenge in 2019.
Claire is a Fellow of the AIA and the Urban Design Forum and has served on the NYSCA Architecture Design Panel, the New York AIA Board of Directors. She has received research grants from the New York State Council on the Arts, the Rockefeller Foundation, and the Graham Foundation. Weisz has taught and lectured widely, including at Yale University, MIT, and most recently, The City College of New York Bernard and Anne Spitzer School of Architecture.
