Michael Morris

Biography
In 1985, he obtained a bachelor's degree in environmental design from Parsons School of Design and in 1989 a bachelor's degree in architecture from Cooper Union. In 1991, he received a Fulbright scholarship to stay in Ireland and the Paris Prize for Architecture for urban design proposals for Dublin and New York. Since 1996, he has been running a joint practice, Morris Sato Studio, in New York with Yoshiko Sato. In 2000, Morris and Sato received an honorable mention for their competition entry for Architecture for Humanity, providing housing for Kosovo refugees. In 1995 and 1999, Morris was the curator for the exhibitions: Sarajevo: Sarajevo: Dream Reality and Renaissance and Reconstruction in the Balkans. He has taught and lectured at Cooper Union, Parsons School of Design, Cornell University, Harvard University, Columbia University, Hochschule der Künste in Berlin, International Design Institute in Kanazawa, Japan, and Gerrit Rietveld Academie in Amsterdam. Since 1993, Morris has been teaching at Parsons School of Design. He lectures at symposiums related to environmental sustainability in connection with the work and research of Morris Sato Studio.