Alastair’s experience covers a wide range of project types, including cultural, education, religious, and residential. He enjoys the variety of scale and complexity. He also oversees the quality management system for projects in the buildings sector. 

Alastair is an Instructor at the Yale School of Architecture. He has also taught a Cornell University College of Architecture, Art and Planning and at the Columbia University Graduate School of Architecture Planning and Preservation. 

Professional affiliations:

• Design Trust for Public Space, Treasurer 
• Structural Engineers Association of New York, Member, Past President 
• American Society of Civil Engineers, Member 
• American Institute of Steel Construction, Member 

Areas of expertise:

• New Construction 
• Adaptive Reuse 
• Renovations 
• Historic Preservation  

Publications and presentations:

• The Resilience of Buildings and People, Design Intelligence Quarterly, March 2023 
• Eytan Solomon, Alastair Elliott, “Reinforcement of Nineteenth-Century Wide-Span Trusses in Two New York Landmarks,” APT Bulletin The Journal of Preservation Technology Vol. XLV No. 4 2014 
• Debra Laefer, Alastair Elliott, and Laurence Weller, “The Temporary Use of Drilled Shafts in the Renovation of Carnegie Hall,”. Proceedings of the International Deep Foundations Congress 2002 
• Adjunct Assistant Professor of Architecture, Columbia University Graduate School of Architecture, Planning and Preservation, 2004-2006 
• Visiting Lecturer, Cornell University College of Architecture Art and Planning, 2017 

• Instructor, Yale University School of Architecture, 2017-present