About
Gavin Laughland is a multidisciplinary designer exploring the intersection of architecture, installation art, and spatial theory. Beginning his career in architecture—a traditionally
static medium—he recognized the limitations of space-making alone in eliciting profound emotional engagement.
His work focuses on transcending conventional boundaries to craft immersive environments that evoke movement and sensory depth.
With patience, he’s learning to listen, understanding that creativity is merely the act of capturing magic.
Every moment is a muse,
if only we open ourselves enough to let it.
Contact
Instagram I @amiarchitecturethough
E-mail I laughland.gavin@gmail.com
Awards + Publications
International Guidance and Toolkit I 2024 Publication Collaboration
And Then I 2024 installation via Stephen Glassman Studio + SOM
Melody in Motion I 2024 Unbuilt Washington Award Winner
Architecture Yearbook I 2023 Publication
Cosmo Couture I 2022 Show Stopper Award
Reuse the Nymphaeum I 2022 Award for Innovative Approach
Blue Oceans Award I 2022 grant to research forced labor in the AEC Industry
Undergraduate Thesis I 2016 2nd Place Award
In the Works
Prison Labor in the AEC Industry I White Paper via Design For Freedom
Paranoic Intervals I Forthcoming Installation
In The Aftermath (LA) I Installation via Stephen Glassman Studio