Eric Höweler

In 2004, Höweler founded Höweler+Yoon Architecture with partner Meejin Yoon.

Eric Höweler studied at Cornell University. The recorded working language is English. The field of work recorded is architecture, architectural design and urbanism. Places of work recorded in the authority are Massachusetts. Distinctions recorded are Fellow of the American Institute of Architects.

Höweler was born in Cali, Colombia, and studied architecture at Cornell University, where he received both his Bachelor of Architecture and Master of Architecture. From 1996 to 2003 Höweler worked at Kohn Pedersen Fox, and Diller+Scofidio (now Diller Scofidio + Renfro).

Höweler established Höweler+Yoon Architecture in 2004 with partner Meejin Yoon. The firm is an international interdisciplinary design practice working across the domains of architecture, urban design, public space, immersive experience, and design strategy. Höweler + Yoon Architecture is based out of Boston, Massachusetts. Notable works include the MIT Museum at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Cambridge, Massachusetts), the Memorial to Enslaved Laborers at the University of Virginia (Charlottesville, Virginia), the Living Village residence hall at the Yale Divinity School (New Haven, Connecticut), Sky Courts Exhibition Hall (Chengdu, China), the MIT Collier Memorial (Cambridge, Massachusetts) and the Boston Society of Architects Headquarters (Boston).

Höweler is Professor of Architecture at the Harvard Graduate School of Design. Höweler is the author of Design for Construction: Tectonic Imagination in Contemporary Architecture (Routledge, 2025); Verify in Field (with Meejin Yoon, Park Books 2022); Expanded Practice (with Meejin Yoon, Princeton Architectural Press, 2009); Skyscraper: Vertical Now (Rizzoli/Universe Publishers, 2003), Public Works, Unsolicited Small Projects for the Big Dig (with Meejin Yoon and Meredith Miller, MAP Book Publishers, 2009) and 1001 Skyscrapers (with Meejin Yoon, Princeton Architectural Press, 2000). Höweler has published essays and articles in Perspecta, Archis, Thresholds, Log, Architectural Record, The Architect’s Newspaper, Architectural Lighting, and Praxis.