"Throughout his career, Jamie Carpenter—a light artist, designer, and architect—has shown us how to think in new ways in glass," said Tina Oldknow, senior curator of modern and contemporary glass at The Corning Museum of Glass. "From his studio projects with Dale Chihuly in the early 1970s to the completion, in 2006, of 7 World Trade Center in New York City, Carpenter's artistic exploration has been deeply focused on material, on discovering its many possibilities, on redefining transparency, and on creating new relationships between glass and light. Carpenter's many projects, which chart his always open and innovative approach to glass, are as dynamic, versatile, and elegant as the material itself."

James Carpenter has worked at the intersection of architecture, art, and engineering for nearly 50 years, advancing a distinctive vision based on the use of natural light as the foundational elements of the built environment. Originally trained as a studio artist, Carpenter founded the cross-disciplinary design firm James Carpenter Design Associates in 1979, deploying these aesthetic principles on large-scale architectural projects. Applying a profound knowledge of materiality and craft, Carpenter has striven to integrate a collective experience of nature within the built environment.
Carpenter has been recognized with numerous national and international awards, including an Academy Award in Architecture from the American Academy of Arts and Letters and a MacArthur Foundation Fellowship. He holds a degree in architecture and sculpture from the Rhode Island School of Design and was a Loeb Fellow of Harvard University's Graduate School of Design.