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Sarosh Anklesaria is an Associate Teaching Professor and Track Chair of the Master of Architecture (M.Arch) program at Carnegie Mellon University. He engages with the expansive notion of architectural agency, synthesizing formal tectonic capacities with socio-ecological relevance. His research encompasses various scales and geographies, exploring the entanglements of justice and ecology in worldmaking architecture. Sarosh has been recognized for his contributions, including the Richard Rogers Fellowship at Harvard Graduate School of Design and the Taliesin Fellowship. His work has been featured at the Venice Biennale and in various publications, including Architectural Review and Domus. He has previously collaborated with renowned firms such as Diller Scofidio + Renfro and Herzog & de Meuron, and co-founded Anthill Design, a collaborative architecture firm in India. Holding a diploma in architecture from CEPT University and a post-professional Master of Architecture from Cornell University, Sarosh has taught at several prestigious institutions, including Yale and Pratt Institute. He was recently awarded the 2025 Henry Hornbostel Award for Excellence in Teaching, the highest honor recognizing teaching achievements within Carnegie Mellon’s College of Fine Arts.
Carnegie Mellon University • Pittsburgh, PA
Track Chair of the Master of Architecture program, teaching various architecture courses.
Yale School of Architecture • New Haven, CT
Provided academic critique and guidance in architectural studies.
Admission is extremely competitive with no strict GPA cut-offs; holistic review is used.