He had the opportunity to work withFrank Gehry at Gehry Partners, where he worked on theGuggenheim in Abu Dhabi. He then worked withNASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory before returning to work for Gehry on the Battersea Development and Gehry Residence. He then moved to Washington, DC where he worked forHKS Architects before moving to New York and joiningSOM.[5][6] While working at SOM in Manhattan he worked on several tall building projects, computational design, research and was responsible for building and establishing Space Architecture partnerships as a senior design architect and space architect. The Moon Village partnership with theEuropean Space Agency and theMassachusetts Institute of Technology was a collaboration that lasted several years and was exhibited at the Biennale Architettura in 2021.[7][8][9][10][11][12]
Organizations he worked with include, Gehry Partners,HKS,SOM,and Blue Origin. The projects he worked on include:Guggenheim Abu Dhabi, Jiuzhou Bay Tower, Charenton Tower, Guiyang World Trade Center, Zhongtian Tower, and Hangzhou Wangchao Tower to mention a few.[13] He founded Daniel Innocente Architecture (DIA), an architecture firm in 2024.[14]
As a Senior Space Architect at Blue Origin, he worked on future habitable environments, commercial habitation systems and space architecture.[1] He is faculty member atthe Arizona State University and founding member of the degree, space architecture and extreme environments.[16] Daniel is currently involved in teaching, space architecture, architecture, and research projects.[6]
