Liz Ranieri

Liz Ranieri, FAIA, is a LEED-accredited architect and the Managing Principal of Kuth Ranieri Architects. She co-founded the bicoastal firm with her partner, Byron Kuth, FAIA, in 1990. The award-winning firm has earned a national reputation for expressive, site-specific, sustainable architecture, planning, and design. Her collaborative team works across scales and on various project types, from public park pavilions to community museums and airports. Liz has led the firm’s research & design on climate change impacts, mitigation, and resiliency. She has taught at California College of the Arts and the Harvard Graduate School of Design, served as a Friedman Professor and an Esherick Visiting Professor at UC Berkeley’s College of Environmental Design, and as a Capstone Advisor at UC’s Fung Institute for Engineering. Liz serves on RISD’s Department of Architecture’s Advisory Council and was the Presidential Nominee on the MIT Corporation Visiting Committee for the Department of Architecture (2012-2020). Her firm’s work has been recognized with numerous accolades, including AIA awards at local, regional, and national levels, as well as the Architectural League’s Young Architects and Emerging Voices awards. Elizabeth is a member of the American Institute of Architects College of Fellows. Her firm’s monograph, Kuth Ranieri Architects, was published by The Graham Foundation & Princeton Architectural Press.