Abraham Murrell, AIA, is an architect, educator, and researcher whose work focuses on equity, and sustainability. He cares deeply about community partnerships, collaboration, and craftsmanship. Abraham is the Director of Architecture Background Office, a Co-Founder of Another Studio, and an Adjunct Assistant Professor at Columbia University’s Graduate School of Architecture Planning and Preservation. Formerly, at Adjaye Associates, he was Project Lead for Jean-Michel Basquiat: King Pleasure, Sycamore & Oak and The Princeton University Art Museum. He also contributed to projects at Studio Goetz, Solomonoff Architecture Studio, Beyer Blinder Belle, and Sharon Davis Design where he collaborated on the Bayalpata Hospital. He has worked to fund and build homes with Habitat for Humanity chapters across America. Abraham received a Master of Architecture from Columbia GSAPP, where he was awarded the McKim Prize for Design Excellence, the CAA Bill Campbell Award for Exceptional Leadership, the Lucille Smyser Lowenfish Memorial Prize, the William Kinne Fellows Traveling Prize, and the Avery 6 Award for commitment to the student body. While at GSAPP he led the Dean’s Program Council, founded GSAPP FC, and co-led GSAPP’s Fair Labor Initiative.Abraham has taught studios at Columbia GSAPP, University of Maryland, and TU Delft, critiqued at Cooper Union, GSAPP, and Parsons, and participates on curriculum committees and admissions committees.