Gordon Kipping is a native of Toronto (n. 1966), Canada, living and working in New York City since 1995. Upon completing a Bachelor of Applied Science Degree in engineering in 1989 at the University of Toronto, Kipping worked as a mechanical engineer in building services, eventually attaining licensure as a Professional Engineer in 1993.
In 1991, he returned to school to study architecture at the Southern California Institute of Architecture where he received a Master of Architecture degree in 1995. Kipping has worked for the offices of Philip Johnson, Greg Lynn, I. M. Pei and Davis Brody Bond.
Currently, he is an Instructor at the Southern California Institute of Architecture and an Adjunct Associate Professor at the Graduate School of Architecture, Planning and Preservation at Columbia University, a position he has held since 2000.
Since 1999, Kipping has been the principal of Gordon Kipping Architects, focusing on research and projects for several institutions, corporations, government agencies, and private individuals.
