John Gidding Biography

Fast Facts

• In 1999, Rumpus Magazine named him one of "Yale's 50 Most Beautiful People․"
• Graduated from Yale University with a degree in Architecture and earned his Master's in the same subject from the Harvard Graduate School of Design
• Worked for Michael Van Valkenburgh Associates for two years as a landscape architect
• Began working as a model while he was a graduate student in 2000 in runway shows for Gucci, Armani, and Hugo Boss
• Quote: "The great thing about architecture is that it lends itself to any kind of design you want to do․"
• Best known as architect and designer on HGTV's "Curb Appeal: The Block․"
• Has his own architecture company, John Gidding Design Inc
• Worked on the design for a pavilion for the 2008 Beijing Olympics
• Sang with the Harvard-Radcliffe Collegium Musicum