Mark Foster Gage

Mark Foster Gage (born November 22, 1973) is an American architect and founder of Mark Foster Gage Architects in New York City. He is a tenured associate professor and former assistant dean, from 2010-2019, at the Yale University School of Architecture where he has been on the faculty since 2001.

Gage holds a B.Arch. with a second major in Art History from the University of Notre Dame and a M.Arch. fromYale University.

Gage has been referred to by "The Spectator" magazine (London), as "..the most decoratively radical architect at work today." His most recognized projects include his 2015 proposal for 41 West 57th Street, a 102-story skyscraper that a developer requested, which drew wide attention; however, the developer never built the structure..

Gage proposed and designed the original Times Square Valentine's Day heart in 2009; a design competition for the Times Square heart has since become an annual event.

He has designed a series of retail stores for fashion designer Nicola Formichetti in New York City, Hong Kong, and Beijing, which showcased selected outfits from Lady Gaga.This series of projects led to his later collaboration with Formichetti on both an outfit for Lady Gaga and a line of cosmetic products for MAC Cosmetics which were sold internationally.

Gage's work has been exhibited in numerous museums internationally including the MoMA, The Museum of the Art Institute of Chicago, The High Museum of Art in Atlanta, The National Gallery of Art in Japan, The Hiroshima Museum of Contemporary Art, The Frac Center in France,The Franz Mayer Museum in Mexico City, and the Venice, Beijing, and Prague Biennales. His work has been featured in most major architectural publications as well as Vogue, Newsweek, Fast Company, Wired, USA Today, The New York Times, New York Magazine, Harper's Bazaar, Surface, and a recent twenty-five page feature in A+U. Television coverage of his work has aired on PBS, Fox, and MTV, and he was recently the subject of a documentary segment on the Travel Channel China's program 'Go as Far as You Can' which focuses on international innovators in creative fields.

Gage also writes about architecture and design in both academic and popular formats- including books, magazines, and journal articles.

• Mark Foster Gage: Projects and Provocations (monograph). Rizzoli Press, 2018
• Designing Social Equality: Architecture, Aesthetics, and the Perception of Democracy. Routledge, 2018
• Aesthetics Equals Politics: New Discourses Across Art, Architecture and Philosophy. MIT Press, 2019
• Aesthetic Theory: Essential Texts for Architecture and Design. W. W. Norton & Company, 2011
• Composites, Surfaces and Software: High Performance Architecture, with Greg Lynn. Yale School of Architecture, 2010