Catherine Wilmes is an architectural designer and educator whose work examines the intersection of architecture, art, and photography through the lens of education. Her research focuses on pedagogical methods in architectural design studios, asking foundational questions about how architecture is taught, what students are expected to learn, and how those expectations are shaped. 

She has worked in architecture offices in New York City, where her practice focused on educational projects and the broader relationship between space and learning. She is currently a faculty member at Cornell University and has previously taught in the Graduate Architecture and Urban Design program at Pratt Institute and in the School of Architecture at Syracuse University. 

Catherine holds a Master of Architecture from Pratt Institute’s Graduate Architecture & Urban Design program and a Bachelor of Science in Architecture from Ball State University’s College of Architecture and Planning.