Martin Zogran is Assistant Professor of Urban Design at the Harvard University Graduate School of Design. He teaches in the urban design core studio, as well as in seminars and workshops. Recent courses include: Techniques of Physical Planning I, Configurations of Public Space—debate and design, and the core studio Elements of Urban Design and Planning.

Before joining the GSD faculty full-time in 2004, Zogran was an urban designer and architect with the Cambridge firm Chan Krieger & Associates, and a design critic at the GSD, teaching in the urban design core studio and offering seminars in urban theory. At Chan Krieger he managed urban design and planning projects for the cities of Louisville, Washington DC, Davenport, and New York, working on long-term development plans, streetscapes, and public space design. He received his Bachelor of Arts degree with majors in architecture and art history from Rice University, after which he worked in Barcelona, Spain for two years on large-scale urban projects in Europe and the U.S., before returning to Rice to receive his Bachelor of Architecture degree. Subsequently he worked in the offices of Rafael Vinoly, and Margaret Helfand in New York City. Zogran was head of his own architectural firm in New York before coming to the GSD to earn his MAUD, which he received with distinction in 1999. His work has been published in Domus, Interior Design, and Places magazines.