John Stuart is a Distinguished University Professor of Architecture and Associate Dean for Strategic Communication and Alliances at Florida International University’s College of Communication, Architecture + The Arts. His career is defined by crossing boundaries—between disciplines, communities, and technologies—to find creative solutions to complex problems.
Early work with Zaha Hadid, I. M. Pei, and Gaetano Pesce sparked a form of inquiry rooted in curiosity, innovation, and context, which continues to shape his leadership and research today. At FIU, he drives strategic partnerships, communication initiatives, and collaborative negotiations as a long-serving member of the administration’s Bargaining Team with the FIU-UFF, drawing on his service as Ombuds for department chairs while in the Office of the Provost.
His current research explores the intersection of AI and ethics, including his co-authored EDUCAUSE paper “Ethics is the Edge,” which positions technology as both a challenge and an opportunity for more responsible futures.
Beyond the university, John brings this same commitment to civic life as Chair of the Board of the Ocean First Institute and member of the Executive Board of the Miami Beach Chamber of Commerce, bridging cultural stewardship, environmental conservation, and community collaboration into a shared vision of impact.
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John Stuart Architecture is an experimental, multidisciplinary research environment for the exploration of architecture.
John Stuart is a registered architect, educator, author, public speaker, researcher, leader, and video artist, residing in Miami Beach, Florida.
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Leadership Florida
Cornerstone Class 39, 2020-22. Very proud to be joined by so many illustrious local colleagues, including my former FIU Architecture student, the enormously talented Gus Read More
Miami Beach Chamber of Commerce
2020-21 Vice Chair Chamber Board of Governors. The Miami Beach Chamber of Commerce was formed in 1921 to promote the economic well-being of Miami Beach’s Read More
Resilient305
Co-lead of the Integrated Research to Action Group for Capacity Building and Workforce Development. Cities face a growing range of adversities and challenges in the Read More
Miami Today, 2020
Best of Miami in Times of Crisis Award. While I may have provided a face for this award, it really goes to my many, many Read More
Una marea creciente, 2018
A non-narrative opera about sea level rise. Una Marea Creciente was composed by Orlando Garcia, with vocals and chamber ensembles under his direction, an experimental Read More
SAH Archipedia of Florida, University of Virginia Press 2012
Society of Architectural Historians. Created and wrote the Florida entries with Dr. David Rifkind. SAH Archipedia is an authoritative online encyclopedia of the U.S. built Read More
The New Deal in South Florida, University Press of Florida 2008
Design, Policy and Community Building, 1933-1940. With John F. Stack Jr. The New Deal sought to restore national economic strength in part by reallocating resources Read More
Ely Jacques Kahn, Architect, W. W. Norton Press 2006
Beaux-arts to Modernism in New York. Co-authored with Jewel Stern. Ely Jacques Kahn was a 20th century architect of commercial buildings: you’ll most readily recognize Read More
The Gray Cloth, MIT Press 2001
A Novel by Paul Scheerbart, translated, illustrated and with critical introduction by John Stuart. The German architectural visionary, author, inventor, and artist Paul Scheerbart (1863-1915) Read More
TimeZone, 2008
A Van Alen Institute Fellowship Project. This project was developed as a means to connect people living along a single time zone through an open Read More
Hinge House, 2003
With Claudia Busch. This project was designed (unbuilt) as house for a collector of 20C design, his wife and two young daughters. The house was Read More