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Jeffry Burchard
Jeffry Burchard in 2026
Alma materUniversity of Idaho
Harvard Graduate School of Design
OccupationArchitect
AwardsAIA Young Architects Award (2020)
PracticeMachado Silvetti
Websitehttps://www.machado-silvetti.com/jeffry-burchard

Jeffry Burchard is an architect and educator. He is the managing partner at Machado Silvetti, an architecture and urban design firm based in Boston, Massachusetts. He is also an Associate Professor in Practice of Architecture at the Harvard Graduate School of Design.[1]

Early life and education

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Burchard studied architecture at the University of Idaho, receiving a Bachelor of Science in Architecture in 2005 and a Master of Architecture with honors in 2006. He later attended the Harvard Graduate School of Design, where he received a post-professional Master of Architecture II degree with distinction in 2008.[1]

Career

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Before joining Machado Silvetti, Burchard worked as a designer at several architecture firms in Boston. In 2006, he worked at Koetter Kim & Associates, where his projects included the Wishcamper Center at the University of Southern Maine and an urban redevelopment project in Columbus, Indiana. In 2007, he worked at Kyu Sung Woo Architects on projects including the Asian Cultural Complex in South Korea and a student residence project at Northeastern University. He also worked with Hashim Sarkis Architecture, Landscape, Urban Design on international design competitions in Doha and Istanbul.[2]

Burchard joined Machado Silvetti in 2008 after completing his studies at the Harvard Graduate School of Design. His first role at the firm was as senior designer for the New York University Global Center for Academic and Spiritual Life in New York City. He subsequently worked on architectural and urban design projects in the United States and internationally, including the Tun Razak Exchange master plan in Kuala Lumpur, the Vietnamese-German University campus in Binh Duong Province[3], and the Asian Art Study Center at the John and Mable Ringling Museum of Art in Sarasota, Florida.[4]

NYU Global Center for Academic and Spiritual Life in New York City, where Burchard served as senior designer

In 2015, Burchard was promoted to partner and design principal at Machado Silvetti.[5] His later work at the firm has included the Denver Art Museum[6], the Benton Museum of Art at Pomona College, Downtown Cary Park[7], renovations to Link Hall at Syracuse University, and projects for United States embassies internationally.[4]

Burchard later became managing partner of Machado Silvetti, with responsibility for the management of the practice as well as the design and implementation of architectural and urban design projects.[1] Following the retirement of founders Rodolfo Machado and Jorge Silvetti from the firm's day-to-day leadership, Burchard and Stephanie Randazzo Dwyer became the firm's principal leaders.[8]

Academia

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Burchard began teaching at the Harvard Graduate School of Design in 2012 as a Design Critic in Architecture. He was appointed Assistant Professor in Practice of Architecture in 2017 and was promoted to Associate Professor in Practice of Architecture in 2023.[9]

At Harvard, Burchard has taught core architecture studios, independent thesis courses, and professional practice. He has also served as an invited critic at architecture schools including Columbia University, Cornell University, the Rhode Island School of Design, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Northeastern University, and the Architectural Association School of Architecture.[2]

Before joining the Harvard faculty, Burchard taught architecture at the Boston Architectural College during the 2008–2009 academic year.[2] Burchard regularly participates in architectural reviews and professional juries and has served as an invited critic at architecture schools in the United States and internationally.[9]

Professional service

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Burchard has been active in the Boston Society for Architecture, where he has served as the Harvard Graduate School of Design's representative and as a member of the organization's Board of Directors and Schools Committee. He co-created and hosted the Now Practice Now workshop series, which examined issues affecting contemporary architectural practice, and later created and hosted the OPENINGS online lecture series.[9][10]

Burchard has also served on professional design juries. In 2018, he was a juror for the AIA San Francisco Design Awards.[11] He later served on the jury for the 2024 AIA East Tennessee Design Awards.[12]

Notable projects

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Notable projects with which Burchard has been involved include:

Downtown Cary Park in Cary, North Carolina
  • Downtown Cary Park, Cary, North Carolina[7]
  • Syracuse University Allyn Innovation Center and Link Hall, Syracuse, New York[4]

Publications

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Burchard's writings have appeared in architectural publications including CLOG, IntAR, Architect, Architectural Record, and StudioWorks.[2]

Selected publications include:

  • "The Shape of Our Existing Buildings." Common Edge, 2021.[14]
  • "More of Something Else, Conjecture One-Thirty (TU)." IntAR: Interventions and Adaptive Reuse, 2015.
  • "Just Architecture." CLOG: Prisons, 2014.
  • Architecture EV: A Disciplinary Discursive Framework for Exposing, Critiquing and Disseminating the Production of Architecture within Institutions of Higher Education. Edited by Jeffry Burchard, 2009.
  • "Brasilia One Inch Above the Ground." StudioWorks 08, Harvard University, 2008.
  • "Detroit Music Center." StudioWorks 07, Harvard University, 2007.

Recognition and awards

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Burchard received the American Institute of Architects Young Architects Award in 2020.[15] Projects on which Burchard has held design roles have also received architectural recognition, including:

  • 2026 – AIA Regional and Urban Design Award, Downtown Cary Park[16]
  • 2025 – Fast Company Innovation by Design Award, Urban Design, Downtown Cary Park[17]
  • 2019 – Innovative Use of Concrete in Construction, Benton Museum of Art[18]
  • 2017 – Honor Award, AIA New England, Asian Art Study Center at the Ringling Museum of Art[4]
  • 2015 – Honor Award for Campus Planning, Boston Society of Architects, Vietnamese-German University[19]

References

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  1. 1 2 3 "Jeffry Burchard". Harvard Graduate School of Design. Retrieved October 5, 2026.
  2. 1 2 3 4 "Jeffry Burchard CV" (PDF). Harvard Graduate School of Design. Retrieved October 5, 2026.
  3. 1 2 Krichels, Jennifer. "Outside of Ho Chi Minh City, Machado Silvetti Designs a Ground-Up University Campus Focused on STEM". Architectural Record. Retrieved October 5, 2026.
  4. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 "Jeffry Burchard". Machado Silvetti. Retrieved October 5, 2026.
  5. ↑ "History". Machado Silvetti. Retrieved October 5, 2026.
  6. 1 2 Nick, Stacy (December 16, 2016). "Denver Art Museum Looks To Renovate A Work Of Art: Itself". KUNC. Retrieved October 5, 2026.
  7. 1 2 Schuler, Timothy (July 10, 2026). "In North Carolina, an Iconic Park Completes a Community". Metropolis. Retrieved October 5, 2026.
  8. ↑ Elengical, Jerry (June 4, 2026). "How are architecture firms using succession planning to build their futures?". The Architect's Newspaper. Retrieved October 5, 2026.
  9. 1 2 3 "Announcing GSD Faculty Appointments and Promotions for the 2023-2024 Academic Year". Harvard Graduate School of Design. June 2023. Retrieved October 5, 2026.
  10. ↑ "OPENINGS: Merge Architects, Oudens Ello Architecture". Boston Society for Architecture. June 10, 2020. Retrieved October 5, 2026.
  11. ↑ "AIA San Francisco Announces the Winners of Its 2018 Design Awards". Architect. 2018. Retrieved October 5, 2026.
  12. ↑ "2024 Design Awards Submissions". AIA East Tennessee. Retrieved October 5, 2026.
  13. ↑ "Center for Asian Art at the John and Mable Ringling Museum of Art". Architect. Retrieved October 5, 2026.
  14. ↑ Burchard, Jeffry (July 20, 2021). "The Shape of Our Existing Buildings". Common Edge. Retrieved October 5, 2026.
  15. ↑ D'Angelo, Madeleine (February 14, 2020). "AIA Announces Winners of the 2020 Young Architects Award". Architect. Retrieved October 5, 2026.
  16. ↑ "Regional & Urban Design Award 2026". American Institute of Architects. June 10, 2026. Retrieved October 5, 2026.
  17. ↑ Berg, Nate (September 15, 2025). "How a small North Carolina city transformed its downtown into one of the country's best parks". Fast Company. Retrieved October 5, 2026.
  18. ↑ "Pankow & Concrete Awards". American Concrete Institute Southern California Chapter. Retrieved October 5, 2026.
  19. ↑ "Boston Society for Architects Announce 2015 Design Award Winners". ArchDaily. Retrieved October 5, 2026.
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