Don O’Keefe is the principal architect of O’Keefe & Associates, a design practice in New York City, Tokyo, and Richmond. Current projects include a hotel in northern Japan, a home renovation in Tokyo, and an urban redevelopment in Virginia. Projects completed by the office include an art gallery in Brooklyn, a renovation of a unit in the Nakagin Capsule Tower, a cabin in Virginia, a flat-pack plywood furniture set, and various interior projects in Japan and the US. As a consultant, O’Keefe has advised corporations and government agencies including CoStar Group, Mitsubishi Estate, and the City of Yokohama.

O’Keefe is currently a Lecturer in Architecture at the Harvard Graduate School of Design, and previously held appointments at The Cooper Union School of Architecture and Keio University in Tokyo, where he helped to launch the Fumihiko Maki Archive. His writing has been published in venues including the Architectural Review, the Japan Times, and the recent book Sharing Tokyo (Actar Press, 2023).

He has served as a guest critic and lecturer at institutions including the Accademia di Architettura di Mendrisio, Bahá’í Institute of Higher Education, Harvard University, Hosei University, Meiji University, Rhode Island School of Design (RISD), Tokyo Women’s Christian University, University of North Carolina, University of Melbourne, Kyoto Institute of Technology, and the Branch Museum of Design.

O’Keefe is a registered architect in New York and Virginia, and a member of the American Institute of Architects, the Architectural Institute of Japan, the City Planning Institute of Japan, and the U.S. National Book Critics Circle. O’Keefe holds a Master in Architecture with distinction from Harvard University and a bachelor’s in urban studies and planning from the Virginia Commonwealth University.