Mario Carpo

University College London (UK)

Generative AI and the making of images: style transfer, creativity, and the automation of visual imitation

2025–26: Fall and Spring 

Mario Carpo, Guggenheim Fellow in 2022–23, was the Head of the Study Centre at the Canadian Centre for Architecture in Montréal from 2002 to 2006 and the Vincent Scully Visiting Professor of Architectural History at the Yale School of Architecture from 2010 to 2014; he has held other roles including Senior Scholar in Residence at the Getty Research Institute (2000–2001) and Resident at the American Academy in Rome (2004).

Mr. Carpo's research and publications focus on the history of early modern architecture and on the theory and criticism of contemporary design and technology. His award-winning Architecture in the Age of Printing (MIT Press, 2001) has been translated into several languages. His most recent books are The Alphabet and the Algorithm (2011); The Second Digital Turn: Design Beyond Intelligence (2017); and Beyond Digital. Design and Automation at the End of Modernity (2023), all published by the MIT Press. 

More information: mariocarpo.com