Greg Castillo

Greg Castillo is a Professor of Architecture at the University of California, Berkeley, specializing in architectural history and design discourses. He holds a Ph.D. and M.Arch from UC Berkeley, an M.A. in Communications Management from the University of Southern California, and a B.F.A. in Photography from the Rochester Institute of Technology.

• Broad research areas include Cold War architecture, urban reconstruction, modernist design, and transatlantic design exchanges
• Teaching includes seminars on spaces of consumption, countercultural design, transatlantic architectural practices, and modernist architecture surveys
• Recipient of prestigious awards like Fulbright Fellowship, Getty Research Institute grant, and Ford Foundation Doctoral Fellowship

His publications analyze Cold War-era domestic and public environments, focusing on divided Germany, Marshall Plan influences, and ideological implications in architectural practices. Current research examines postwar subjectivity formation through urban reconstruction and design labor practices.

Notable awards include:

• Fulbright Fellowship (2004)
• Getty Research Institute Postdoctoral Grant (2002/2003)
• Ford Foundation Doctoral Fellowship (1997/1998)