Daniel Jacobs is an Instructional Assistant Professor in Architecture at the Gerald D. Hines College of Architecture and Design at the University of Houston and co-founder of the research and design collaborative HOME-OFFICE. His work focuses on environmental representation and mediation in architecture and the changing role of labor production in professional practice.
He is the editor of the book Architecture as Environmental Media: Rendering the Planetary (Routledge, 2026), and his writing has been published in Log, AA Files, The Architectural Review, The Avery Review, MIT Thresholds, JAE, and San Rocco. He previously served as the secretary of the National Organizing Committee of the Architecture Lobby and co-organized the first Architecture Beyond Capitalism (ABC) School in 2021.
Before joining the University of Houston, he taught as a Lecturer at Taubman College of Architecture and Urban Planning at the University of Michigan.
He holds a Master of Architecture from Yale University School of Architecture and a Bachelor of Science in Architecture from Washington University in St. Louis. Daniel is a registered architect in Texas and New York, and prior to co-founding HOME-OFFICE, he practiced as an Associate at SHoP Architects in New York.
