Will Miranda

About

Will Miranda is the Senior Research Manager for the CTBUH Headquarters office in Chicago. Previously a research assistant for CTBUH Research Office at the IUAV University of Venice, Italy, he has been involved with a number of CTBUH research activities, including ""Creating Industry-Accepted Criteria for Measuring Tall Building Floor Area"" sponsored by ArcelorMittal, ""Study on the Properties of Composite Megacolumns"" sponsored by ArcelorMittal, “A Study on Tall Building Damping Technologies” sponsored by Bouygues Construction, ""Cyclone-Glazing and Façade Resilience for the Asia-Pacific Region"" sponsored by Trosifol, and ""Green Living Technologies: What is Missing in the International Standards?"" sponsored by Underwriters Laboratories.

Will joined CTBUH in May of 2013, primarily involved in the development of the CTBUH website and database, before moving to Italy in 2016 to provide editorial services and research assistance for the CTBUH Research Office in Venice. In 2019, Will returned the CTBUH headquarters, to spearhead internal research studies and analyses on tall buildings and the urban environment surrounding them. In addition to his analysis work, he also coordinates and manages videos and building drawings produced for the council.

Originally from upstate New York, Will moved to Chicago and received his Bachelor’s in Architecture from the Illinois Institute of Technology in May of 2014. During his time at IIT, he became particularly interested in using data analysis to solve design problems from the human to urban scale.