Tess McCann is an urban designer and historian. She currently leads several design and research projects for public spaces in central London. Her diverse background encompasses graphic design, geospatial analysis, signage, and teaching.
Her extensive professional experience has enabled her to develop an accessible, research-based design practice that is attentive to client concerns and community needs.
Tess McCann worked as an urban planner at James Corner Field Operations, a New York-based architecture and landscape architecture firm, and as a strategist and project manager at Pentagram Design. She earned her master's degree in Urban Planning from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) and her bachelor's degree in History from Yale University, where she graduated with honors.
She frequently writes articles on urban history for the Leventhal Center for Maps and Education at the Boston Public Library and is a guest editor for the New York Review of Architecture. She currently works at Publica, an urban and public space design studio that contributes research and intelligence to the urban change process.
