Overview
Andi Laska is a Ph.D. student in Art History at Duke University specializing in Cold War architecture, geopolitics, and cultural memory. His research examines architecture and the built environment in socialist and postwar contexts, with particular attention to how state power, ideology, and international relations are expressed spatially.
He earned a Master of Architectural History from the University of Virginia, where his thesis, Hotel Turizmi: Geopolitics, Tourism, and Modern Architecture in Socialist Albania, examined Cold War hotel architecture as a site of diplomatic negotiation and cultural production. He also received his professional degree in architecture from California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo, and previously worked as an architectural designer on public-facing projects including museum exhibitions, cultural institutions, and large-scale commercial headquarters.
Andi has taught architecture and design as an adjunct faculty at Wake Technical College and has served as an architectural design critic at North Carolina State University and the University of Virginia.