Reto Geiser is a designer and scholar of modern architecture who focuses on the intersections between architecture, pedagogy, and media. He is the author of Giedion and America: Repositioning the History of Modern Architecture, the editor and co-translator of Sigfried Giedion: Befreites Wohnen/Liberated Dwelling. He coauthored Projectile and Reading Revolutionaries; he is the editor of award-winning Archetypes,  House is a House is a House is a House is a House: Architecture and Collaborations of Johnston Marklee, and Explorations in Architecture: Teaching, Design, Research. His most recent book, Futures of the Architectural Exhibition, investigates the ways in which contemporary curators have approached questions of display in exhibitions and in their stewardship of diverse institutional platforms for the representation of architecture and design.

A founding partner in the award-winning design practice MG&Co., he is developing spatial strategies in a range of scales—from the book to the house—and exploring the boundaries of design and research with a focus on the intersections and overlaps between architecture, installation, and typography. Recent projects include environmental graphics for the Menil Collection, the Houston Endowment, and the Margo Leavin Graduate Art Studios at UCLA. Geiser has curated and designed Switzerland’s official contribution to the 11th Venice Architecture Biennale, and the installation Rooms for Books at the 2017 Chicago Architecture Biennial.

In his role as Director of Undergraduate Studies in the School of Architecture from 2018 to 2024, Geiser oversaw a comprehensive curricular revision. He is the founding director of the Rice Architecture Summer Immersion program for Houston-area high school students from underserved communities. In connection with this initiative, he is also a co-PI on a study to assess the impact of architectural pedagogy on spatial reasoning skills. He is the recipient of the George R. Brown Award for Superior Teaching (2021) and the Charles Duncan Award for Outstanding Academic Achievement (2020). In 2020 he was elected a member of the Scientia Institute at Rice University. His work has been recognized by the Swiss Federal Office of Culture, the Stiftung Buchkunst, the German Architecture Museum, and the American Institute of Graphic Arts, among others.