Eric Hoffman

Adjunct Lecturer - Architecture

Eric Hoffman is a licensed architect and the founder of Hoffworks, a strategic architecture and design studio based in New Orleans. The studio connects people, purpose, and place through responsive environments that elevate the human experience. 

Previously, Eric was a Project Director at SHoP Architects, where he led some of the firm’s most high-profile and influential projects. His portfolio includes the global headquarters for both Uber and YouTube in the San Francisco Bay Area, large-scale master planning efforts in India and California, and SHoP’s first built work in Los Angeles. He also contributed to the South Street Seaport redevelopment and Domino 325 Kent in New York City. During his tenure, he helped expand the firm’s reach to the West Coast, served on SHoP’s Employee Ownership Advisory Board, and co-founded the office's internal technical development group.

Eric holds a Master of Architecture from the University of Illinois at Chicago, where he received the Douglas Haskell Award and served as senior editor of the journal Fresh Meat. He earned his Bachelor of Environmental Design from the University of Colorado, Boulder, and has worked with nonprofit housing efforts, including Habitat for Humanity and AmeriCorps, in both Colorado and New Orleans. His academic experience includes graduate teaching assistantships, invited lectures, and guest design critic roles at the University of Illinois at Chicago, the University of California, Berkeley, the California College of the Arts, the New Jersey Institute of Technology, and Tulane University.

Eric is NCARB certified and maintains licensure in New York and Louisiana.