Higharc San Diego, California

Anthony Giannini is a licensed architect in California, a technology innovator, and a 2024 ProBuilder 40 Under 40 honoree. He currently serves as the AD Industry Principal at Higharc, a company redefining residential design through automation and generative technology. Anthony began his career designing landmark skyscrapers across the globe at the prominent Skidmore, Owings & Merrill (SOM) and $30 million luxury homes at RoRockett Design. He later transitioned from high-end architecture to lead transformative change in the production homebuilding industry. At Higharc, he co-invented a groundbreaking system that enables builders to design, customize, and document site-specific homes at scale - technology now used to bring thousands of homes to market across the U.S. by some of the nation's largest builders. A UC Berkeley graduate with highest honors, Anthony’s work has received numerous accolades, including many AIA Honor Awards and American Architecture Awards, and has been featured in Metropolis, ArchDaily, US Modernist, and has been showcased at the Smithsonian American Art Museum. He is a frequent contributor to industry conversations on innovation in homebuilding, most recently as a panelist at the ULI Fall Meeting in Los Angeles. His commitment to improving the built environment for all, through practical homebuilding automation, is actively driving the industry forward and making homes better.