Principal, Magnusson Architecture
Brian Loughlin is a Principal at Magnusson Architecture and Planning where he brings expertise in public housing, master planning, community engagement, special needs housing, trauma informed design, and sustainability, building on the firm’s long history of community-based planning and human-centered affordable housing design.
His career in community development and affordable housing also includes over fifteen years in Public Housing and the non-profit housing sector. As the Co-Chair of the Housing Committee for the AIANY, Brian has organized symposia including: NYC’s Housing Crisis; Public Housing, Practice, and Design: New York + London; Housing Opportunity: Office to Residential Conversion in New York City; and the annual Ratensky Lecture. He is a former Chair of the Housing & Community Development Division of the American Planning Association, a frequent author and panelist on current issues in housing, and an Adjunct Associate Professor in Architecture and Real Estate Development at Columbia GSAPP.
