About

Since 2013 Jonathan Plass has been working playfully in architecture, design, photography, and English. Plass is an architect, artist, designer, and student who aspires to combine the acts of architecture, design, and photography into a creative practice. Plass seeks to design spaces, books, and produce photographs that reveal his perspective, inspire others, and change the world.

jonathansplass@gmail.com
To find out more read "Why I Design"

Education

Cornell University
Aug. 18, 2017 - May 29, 2022
Bachelor of Architecture degree,
Comparative Literature Minor.

Cornell in Rome
Aug. 9, 2019 - Dec. 20, 2019
Cornell in Rome architecture program.

Pratt Institute
Jul. 5,2015 - Jul. 28, 2015
PreCollege Summer Architecture program.

Germantown Friends School
Sept. 5 2013 - June. 9, 2017
High School Education.

Work

Gensler
Aug. 2, 2022 - Present

Consulting Design Analyst
(D.C. Office)

Cornell Dining Admin Assistant III
January 6, 2022 - May 31, 2022

Graphic Designer
(Ithaca / Remote)

Skidmore, Owings & Merrill
June 7, 2021 - July 31, 2021

Architectural Internship
(Chicago Office)

Pick & Eat / Pocion Lounge
Sept. 9, 2020 - Sept. 9, 2021

Web Design & Social Media
(Remote)

Cornell Journal of Architecture
January 26, 2020 - May 20, 2022

Staff Editor & Graphic Designer
(Ithaca / Remote)

Atkin Olshin Schade
Dec. 21, 2020 - Jan. 29th, 2021
June 22, 2020 - Aug. 7th, 2020
Dec. 23, 2019 - Jan. 3, 2020
May 28, 2019 - Aug. 12, 2019
Dec. 13, 2018 - Jan. 2, 2019
June 8, 2018 - Aug. 17, 2018
Dec. 18, 2017 - Jan. 1, 2018
June 12, 2017 - Aug. 11, 2017

Architectural Internship
(Philadelphia Office)

Bohlin Cywinski Jackson
Jan. 4, 2016 - Jan. 29, 2016

Architectural Internship
(Philadelphia Office)

Publications

Signifyin(g) Spatial Narrative
in Composite: Translation and Transformation
Book
December, 2021

Portfolio Volume 05 - Buy it!
Portfolio
November, 2021

Sample, Layer, Repeat: Explorations
in Visual Representation
Book
December, 2020

Portfolio Volume 04 - Buy it!
Portfolio
August, 2020

Portfolio Volume 03 - Buy it!
Portfolio
August, 2019

Portfolio Volume 02 - Buy it!
Portfolio
August, 2018

For Love, For Necessity - Buy it!
Book
May, 2017

The Two One Five
Magazine
May, 2017

Portfolio Volume 01 - Buy it!
Portfolio
April, 2017

Earthquake
Magazine
March, 2017 | (Winter Issue)
November, 2016 | (Fall Issue)
June, 2016 | (Spring Issue)

Awards

Mellon Collaborative Studies
Design Justice Fellowship
Black Memory Workers and their Spatial Practices: Explorations on African American Heritage Spaces in NYC
Fall, 2021

Ivy League Indoor Track & Field
4x800m Champion
First-Team All-Ivy League
March 1, 2020

Cornell University Dean’s List
Spring 2021
Fall, 2020
Spring, 2019

Columbia Scholastic Press Association
3rd Place - Photo Story





  • Aug. 18, 2017 - May 29, 2022
    Bachelor of Architecture degree,
    Comparative Literature Minor.

  • Aug. 9, 2019 - Dec. 20, 2019
    Cornell in Rome architecture program.

  • Jul. 5,2015 - Jul. 28, 2015
    PreCollege Summer Architecture program.

  • Sept. 5 2013 - June. 9, 2017
    High School Education.

Education

Work

Publications

Awards

  • Aug. 2, 2022 - Present

    Consulting Design Analyst
    (D.C. Office)

  • January 6, 2022 - May 31, 2022

    Graphic Designer
    (Ithaca / Remote)

  • June 7, 2021 - July 31, 2021

    Architectural Internship
    (Chicago Office)

  • Sept. 9, 2020 - Sept. 9, 2021

    Web Design & Social Media
    (Remote)

  • January 26, 2020 - May 20, 2022

    Staff Editor & Graphic Designer (Ithaca / Remote)

  • Dec. 21, 2020 - Jan. 29th, 2021
    June 22, 2020 - Aug. 7th, 2020
    Dec. 23, 2019 - Jan. 3, 2020
    May 28, 2019 - Aug. 12, 2019
    Dec. 13, 2018 - Jan. 2, 2019
    June 8, 2018 - Aug. 17, 2018
    Dec. 18, 2017 - Jan. 1, 2018
    June 12, 2017 - Aug. 11, 2017

    Architectural Internship (Philadelphia Office)

  • Jan. 4, 2016 - Jan. 29, 2016

    Architectural Internship
    (Philadelphia Office)