Tessa Kelly

Tessa Kelly is a licensed architect and co-founder of the multidisciplinary design practice ARCADE as well as the public humanities projects, The Mastheads.

Tessa’s work has been supported by grants from the National Endowment for the Arts, National Endowment for the Humanities, and the US Department of Transportation’s Reconnecting Communities program. Her research and built projects focus on engagement of local communities around themes of urban history, ecology, and cultural and literary heritage. 

Tessa has taught Architectural Design studios since 2015 at the Yale School of Architecture, Williams College, and the Princeton School of Architecture.