William Porter William L. Porter is Professor of Architecture and Planning at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology School of Architecture and Planning. He is Co-Director of the Space Planning and Organization Research Group (SPORG) at MIT. He has taught curses on programming and workplace design and conducted research with his students on the relationships between physical and informational settings for work. He has co-authored Excellence by Design: Transforming Workplace and Work Practice, (John Wiley & Sons, 1999). Dr. Porter is a Registered Architect and a Fellow of the American Institute of Architects. He has Bachelor of Arts and Master of Architecture degrees from Yale University and a Ph.D. from MIT. Read More Read Less