Ali C. Höcek

AC Höcek Architecture LLC

Ali C. Höcek, FAIA, NCARB, principal of AC Höcek Architecture (ACHA), has been practicing architecture independently for over thirty years. Höcek received a B Arch from the Rhode Island School of Design, his M Arch from Syracuse University, and his RIBA Part I from the Architectural Association where he studied with Rem Koolhaas and Zaha Hadid. Höcek later collaborated with Hadid as in-house architectural consultant to the Guggenheim Museum. He is a member of the AIA and NCARB and holds architectural licenses from five states. His firm has received numerous professional awards and recognitions for its design work, including from the AIA and the New York Landmarks Preservation Commission, and for prefabricated informal housing in Nicaragua, and community facilities in disenfranchised neighborhoods of NYC.

He is an Adjunct Professor at the City College of New York Spitzer School of Architecture, where he teaches design to graduate and undergraduate students. Höcek continues to research, write, and speak about the theories and practices influencing architecture. He is drawn to the complexities of arguments made by post-war European avant-garde groups, particularly the Situationists International, and migration and the geo-political disruption of territories.