Lindsey May, AIA
Architect, educator, and researcher
Washington, DC
Appointments
University of Maryland, School of Architecture, Planning & Preservation
Associate Dean of Academic Affairs & Strategic Initiatives, 2022–present
Director, Kibel Gallery, 2022–present
Clinical Associate Professor, Architecture Program, 2023–present
Clinical Assistant Professor, Architecture Program, 2020–2023
Lecturer, Architecture Program, 2016–2020
Assistant Director, Architecture Program, 2020–2022; interim 2019–2020
Director, Construction Project Management Minor, 2019–2022
Practice
Studio Mayd Architecture & Design, Washington, DC
Founder and Principal, 2017–present
Diller Scofidio + Renfro, New York, NY
Architectural Designer, 2014–2016
Lewis.Tsurumaki.Lewis, New York, NY
Research Assistant, 2013
SOFTlab, New York, NY
Architectural Designer, 2012
Rafael Viñoly Architects, New York, NY
Architectural Designer, 2010–2011
Education
Princeton University, School of Architecture
Master of Architecture, 2014
Admitted with Advanced Standing
University of Michigan
Bachelor of Science in Architecture, 2010
Selected Honors & Awards
Architectural League Prize, The Architectural League of New York, 2021
Architect + Educator Award, AIA|DC, 2021
Dean's Award, University of Maryland School of Architecture, Planning & Preservation, 2020
Outstanding Educator Award, University of Maryland School of Architecture, Planning & Preservation, 2020
Finalist, Pitching the City, Ideas City Festival / Architizer / Municipal Art Society of New York, 2015
Raoul Wallenberg Studio Award, University of Michigan, 2010
Wallenberg Travel Grant, University of Michigan, 2010
Research Support
Brunner Research Grant, AIA New York, 2025
$15,000, Principal Investigator with Brittany Williams and Michael Ezban
Teaching & Learning Transformation Center Grant, University of Maryland, 2024
Design Thinking with AI: Advancing Architectural Education Through Artificial Intelligence
$50,000, Principal Investigator with Brittany Williams and Michael Ezban
Healthy Places Writing Grant, University of Maryland, 2023
$2,500
Teaching Innovation Grant, University of Maryland, 2020
Graham Grant, See/Saw Magazine, University of Maryland, 2019
Selected Publications & Research
May, Lindsey, Michael Ezban, and Brittany Williams. “Training Architect-Curators: Rethinking Iteration and Environmental Ethics in the Age of AI.” ACSA International Conference, Boston, 2025.
Ezban, Michael, Lindsey May, and Brittany Williams. “AI + Design Thinking: Expanding Architecture Pedagogies with Artificial Intelligence.” ARCC International Conference, Washington, DC, 2025. Lindsey May_CV_University of Ma…
Editorial, Research, and Design Team, The High Line, Diller Scofidio + Renfro, Phaidon, 2016.
Research Assistant, The Section Book, Lewis.Tsurumaki.Lewis, 2013. Lindsey May_CV_University of Ma…
Curatorial Writing Fellow, Architizer, 2015–2016. Lindsey May_CV_University of Ma…
Editor, Pidgin, Princeton University School of Architecture, 2012–2014.
Selected Exhibitions & Curatorial Work
Molding et al.
Research and exhibition, Kibel Gallery, University of Maryland, 2026
150 Physical Models: Labor, History, and Model Making through 150 Physical Models of Le Corbusier Buildings
Exhibition design and curation, Kibel Gallery, University of Maryland, 2024
Embracing Differences: Pursuing a More Inclusive Architecture Through the 2022 Aga Khan Award for Architecture
Exhibition design and curation, Kibel Gallery, University of Maryland, 2023
Dupont Underground: Layered Histories & Possible Futures
Curation and exhibition design, Kibel Gallery, University of Maryland, 2023
You Don't Love Me Yet
Furniture installation, Embassy of Sweden and Dupont Underground, Washington, DC, 2023
Housekeeping: Architecture League Prize Exhibition
The Architectural League of New York, 2021
Pierre Chareau: Modern Architecture and Design
Exhibition design with Diller Scofidio + Renfro, The Jewish Museum, New York, 2016
Selected Lectures, Conferences & Juries
Panelist, Women in STEM: Women in Architecture, U.S. House Bipartisan Women in STEM Caucus, 2026 Lindsey May_CV_University of Ma…
Paper Presenter, ACSA International Conference, Boston, 2025
Moderator, Plenary Panel, ARCC International Conference, Washington, DC, 2025
Paper Presenter, ARCC International Conference, Washington, DC, 2025
Session Presenter, Teaching the Arts in AI Symposium, University of Maryland, 2025
Organizer, AI and Design Thinking Symposium, University of Maryland, 2024
Juror, Global Future Design Awards, 2023
Juror, AIA Triangle Design Awards, North Carolina, 2022
Lecture & Panel Participant, Architectural League Prize Lecture, The Architectural League of New York, 2021
Finalist Presenter, Pitching the City, Ideas City Festival, New York, 2015
Invited Juror, Maryland Institute of College of Art (MICA), Pratt Institute
Selected Teaching
University of Maryland
Graduate and undergraduate architecture design studios, 2016–present
Master's thesis advising and thesis research, 2018–present
Design Thinking in Architecture, 2017–present
Writing Architecture in Practice, 2018–2019
Recent teaching and curriculum development includes Design Thinking with AI, a collaborative research and teaching initiative integrating artificial intelligence into undergraduate architecture design studios, and design studios focused on adaptive reuse and existing buildings. The AI curriculum was supported by a $50,000 Teaching & Learning Transformation Center grant.
Professional Registration
Registered Architect
Washington, DC, 2017
Maryland, 2018
Selected Service & Public Engagement
Board Member, Dupont Underground, Washington, DC, 2020–present
Co-Chair, Strategic Plan Steering Committee, University of Maryland School of Architecture, Planning & Preservation, 2025–2026
Council Member, Do Good Strategic Leadership Council, University of Maryland, 2023–present