Malcolm McCullough

Professor of Architecture
Teaching Areas
Architectural Design, Media Arts
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Office: 3318

Malcolm McCullough is a professor of architecture at the University of Michigan’s Taubman College of Architecture and Urban Planning, where he teaches architecture and urban technology. He is the author of four widely read books on digital design: Ambient Commons (MIT Press, 2013), Digital Ground (MIT Press, 2004), Abstracting Craft (MIT Press, 1996), and Digital Design Media (Van Nostrand Reinhold, 1991, with William Mitchell). Prior to joining Taubman College in 2001, McCullough taught at Carnegie Mellon University and for 10 years at the Harvard University Graduate School of Design. His writings have often been used in design teaching, and he has given invited lectures in more than 15 countries. In 2022, McCullough was the inaugural teacher in the Urban Technology program in Taubman College. In recent work, his latest book of philosophical groundwork for spatial intelligence has the working title The Texture of Context–A Walk in Urban Technology.

Courses

ARCH 432, Section 1
Fall 2026
Instructors: Thomas Moran, Dawn Gilpin, Jonathan Rule, Malcolm McCullough, Michael Kennedy, Kit McCullough, Gina Reichert
Architectural Design III (UG3)
UT 202, Section 1
Fall 2026
Instructors: Malcolm McCullough
Technology in Context
ARCH 531, Section 1
Winter 2026
Instructors: Malcolm McCullough
District and Network
ARCH 509, Section 6
Winter 2026
Instructors: Malcolm McCullough
Urban Technology for Architects
ARCH 551, Section 1
Fall 2025
Instructors: Malcolm McCullough
Revealing Data
ARCH 432, Section 1
Fall 2025
Instructors: Thomas Moran, Michael Kennedy, Malcolm McCullough, Jonathan Rule, Claudia Wigger
Architectural Design III (UG3)
UT 101, Section 1
Winter 2025
Instructors: Malcolm McCullough
Why Cities?
ARCH 531, Section 1
Winter 2025
Instructors: Malcolm McCullough
American Space
ARCH 551, Section 1
Fall 2024
Instructors: Malcolm McCullough
Revealing Data
ARCH 432, Section 1
Fall 2024
Instructors: Jacob Comerci, Craig Borum, Olaia Chivite Amigo, Dawn Gilpin, Malcolm McCullough, Keith Mitnick, Cyrus Peñarroyo, Angela Cho, Francesca Mavaracchio
Architectural Design III (UG3)