Mitesh Dixit

Mitesh Dixit is an architect, political geographer, and the founder of DOMAIN Office, an architecture and landscape practice based in Turin, Italy, and London, England. His work bridges architectural practice and critical research, focusing on territorial transformations, extractive industries, and the geopolitics of the built environment. He is currently a PhD candidate in the Department of Architecture and Design (DAD) at the Politecnico di Torino, where his research critically examines the mining city of Bor, Serbia. This investigation explores the complex interplay between extractive economies, mining-induced urbanization, and engineering practices—what he terms the “architecture of landscape”—and their political, economic, and social ramifications. His previous research has analyzed ideological shifts and border conditions in the Balkans, the American Midwest, Vietnam, India, China, and the US-Mexico border, tracing their impact on urban and territorial development.

Dixit is a visiting professor of Architecture & Urbanism at the Faculty of Architecture in Belgrade and the Pratt School of Architecture. He has previously taught at institutions including Delft University of Technology, Columbia University’s Graduate School of Architecture, Planning, & Preservation, the Politecnico di Torino, the Faculty of Architecture in Skopje, Graz University of Technology, and both the Maxwell School of Citizenship & Public Affairs and the School of Architecture at Syracuse University. His academic contributions extend beyond the classroom, with his work presented at venues such as the Venice Architecture Biennale, the Chicago Architecture Biennale, the Franc Centre Museum, the National University of Singapore, and Bioskop Balkan in Belgrade. His research and critical writings have been published in Domus, Metropolis, Prostor, the Serbian Architectural Journal, the TAD Journal, and Wallpaper. His forthcoming edited volume, Collective Pedagogies for an Anti–Disciplinary Design Education, is scheduled for publication with Routledge London in 2026.

Dixit holds a Master of Architecture from Washington University in St. Louis, following undergraduate and graduate studies in politics and philosophy. He began his career at Skidmore, Owings & Merrill (SOM) in San Francisco before serving as Senior Project Leader at the Office for Metropolitan Architecture (OMA), where he directed major international projects across Bangkok, London, Cairo, and Kuala Lumpur. His career reflects a commitment to research-driven practice and critical pedagogy, integrating architectural design with political and territorial analysis to interrogate the forces shaping contemporary landscapes.