Jimmy
Stamp

Hi, I’m Jimmy. I’m an Eisner-nominated writer, former architect, and the founder of ADVSCOPY, a brand language studio focused on the built environment. I help architects find the words that define their practice, real estate professionals give properties a voice, and major brands create immersive storytelling.

My books include Pedagogy & Place, co-authored with Robert A.M. Stern, and A Grid and a Conversation on the work of Morris Adjmi Architects. I’ve been writing about architecture and design for more than 20 years, with bylines in Smithsonian, The Guardian, and The Architect’s Newspaper. And I’d be remiss not to mention I started one of the web’s first architecture blogs, Life Without Buildings — a late-great site on architecture & culture that helped launch my career.

When I’m not helping architects tell their stories, I’m usually telling my own. My short story, “The Beekeeper’s Due,” received a nomination for the Eisner Award, the comic industry’s highest honor. I’ve also published “Craftsman,” an homage to mail-order houses and the works of H.P. Lovecraft, and “Voda’s Atlas,” a short story about a rogue cartographer. Currently, I’m working on a series loosely inspired by the early life of the Victorian-era architect Augustus W.N. Pugin.