John Gwin

John Gwin Bio:

John started with URBN in 2008 as an Architectural Coordinator on the Anthropologie store design team and holds a BA in Architecture from Philadelphia University. In his early years, he worked in a series of varying scale commercial architecture firms before leaving to form MINUS studios with colleagues in 2005. MINUS was primarily a design/build collaborative with contributors from various backgrounds. The focus of their work in Philadelphia was single family residential/multifamily residential. John landed at URBN after the 2008 market crash after a chance run in with the Anthropologie director of store design at a dinner party. He came to the Navy Yard for his interview and was immediately inspired by the campus and the brands. Across his time with URBN he has worked on all brands, food and beverage, campus infrastructure, & larger lifestyle projects such as our newest endeavors at Devon Yard & Delaware Valley University.