Leopoldo Villardi
Managing Editor
Architectural Record

Leopoldo Villardi is Managing Editor at Architectural Record, where he oversees the magazine’s residential features (including the annual issue of Record Houses) and the Design Vanguard award program, which is given to ten leading young practices each year. Leo joined Record in 2022 after a decade of work as an editor, writer, and researcher—he has contributed to several architecture books and is a New York State Council on the Arts grant recipient. Trained as an architect, Leo holds a master’s degree from Columbia University’s Graduate School of Architecture, Planning & Preservation and a bachelor of architecture from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute’s School of Architecture.