Reed Kroloff
Reed Kroloff is dean of Illinois Institute of Technology College of Architecture and a nationally renowned leader in the fields of architecture, urbanism, and design. He has managed top design programs, edited the architectural profession’s leading publication, spoken at gatherings such as TED and the Aspen Design Conference, and advised architects and clients on some of the most significant projects of the last 20 years, leading the New York Times to describe him as “the man with the list at architecture’s party.”
Kroloff is also a founding principal of jones|kroloff, a unique advisory practice that develops strategy for clients in the architecture and design industry, and also guides architect selection processes and competitions. An edited list of the firm’s clients includes Friends of the High Line, Los Angeles County Museum of Natural History, Mexican Ministry of Culture, University of Chicago, Yale University, Aspen Art Museum, Whitney Museum of American Art, National Aids Memorial Grove, Pentagon 9/11 Memorial Commission, American Institute of Architects, American Society of Interior Designers, Chicago Architecture Center, Motown, and the History Channel.
Kroloff previously served as director of Cranbrook Academy of Art and Art Museum, and dean of Tulane University School of Architecture (which he led through Hurricane Katrina and its recovery). While in New Orleans, he co-directed the mayor’s urban design recovery planning process. Kroloff served as Editor-in-Chief of Architecture magazine, which under his direction, received more awards for editorial and design excellence than any magazine of its type, quickly becoming the nation’s leading design publication. Kroloff is a recipient of the American Academy in Rome’s 2003 Rome Prize Fellowship.
Kroloff writes and lectures widely, has appeared in a number of television programs, and is a regular critic at professional organizations, and architecture schools, across the country. He holds degrees from the University of Texas at Austin and Yale University, and has practiced architecture in Texas and Arizona. Kroloff has served on numerous boards and advisory councils, ranging from the Public Architecture Foundation to the Register of Peer Professionals of the United States General Services Administration.
