He teaches at Ryerson University Con Ed and writes about philosophy of architecture.

He is also a writer - his book Yad (Friesenpress, 2019) received a second price at Paris Book Festival in the category of Fiction and the Polish version of Jad (Novae Res, 2019) was

nominated to the European Award Angelus. His two books - I jak Inni (WL, 1998) and Fikcja (WL, 2000) were nominated to Nike Award.

Recent and more interesting projects are:

• G Plaza Ajax ON

• Mosque Cedar Dr, Toronto

• Berkeley Condo Competition 2013 and Bicycle Club Berkeley Condo 2015

• Contemporary ecological residencies

• Nuit Blanche, @ Design Exchange, (29 Sep. 2012)

• Expo MOVE at Brickwork (June- Nov. 2012)

• LEED certified condo in historic location in Toronto (the Playing fields Condo at Berkeley Church)

Selected Individual Awards and Honors:

• 2012 – Future of Architecture, Exhibition and Talk, as a part of Nuit Blanche, at DX, Toronto

• 2012 – MOVE – exhibition at Brickworks,Toronto

• 2008 – Short listed for FORÊTFOREST, International Biennale, Montreal,Canada

• 2008 – Award for first LEED cert. Airport– Boston Logan, Terminal A, USA (with api, Toronto and HOK San Francisco)

• 2006 - Short listed for Wroclaw Concert Hall Competition, Wroclaw, Poland

• 2001-2006 Invitation for the International Workshop for the Gdansk Shipyard Redevelopment, Poland

• 1999 - Excellence in Design Award for Architecture, National Trade Centre now Enercare, Toronto, with Zeidler Roberts Architects

• 1998 – Investcity, Government of Poland, 3rd Millennium Theme Park (21 000 m2 of pavilions on 4 ha park) Second Prize from the Government of Poland

• 1994 - Governor General’sAward for Architecture, Emery Yard, North York with JulianJacobs

• 1989 - A House for a Woman, Tokyo, Japan, Architectural interpretation of gender. Special Mention

• 1986 - Block 2, International Building Exhibition, IBA, Berlin, Germany, Urban & Architectural

• 1985 - I International Biennale of Architecture, Cracow, Poland, Revitalization of the Jewish Town in Cracow - First Prize.

• 1985 - A Style for the Year 2001, Tokyo, Japan, Second Prize.

Selected Publications by others about Daniel Karpinski’s design and buildings:

2020 - Dwell and Dezeen - two publication of High Park residencies

2014 – Rusticity and Modernity, Toronto Home, Autumn Issue, 160-166

2012 - The German International School of Toronto, zero net energy building, The Globe and Mail, Jan 30, 2012, B7)

2012 – House of a Week, Toronto Magazine,

2008 – City nixes tower on top of church, National Post, June 18, 2008

2002 - Gdansk shipyard project, Poland, Canadian Architect, Aug 2002, 7+9.

2002 – Gdansk revisited, Perspectives, Number 4, 12-13.

1994 - Schlusche Gunter, Blok 2 na Kreuzbergu, Achitektura i Biznes 7/8, 5.

1994 - Wohnungsbau fur Berlin, Dessauer Strasse, Stadt Berlin, Berlin, 86-90.

1993 - Feddersen Eckhard, Architektura i terapia, Achitektura i Biznes 6(12), 1+7.

1992 – Bruno Zevi, Sterzate architettoniche: conflitti e polemiche degli anni settanta-novanta, Edicione Dedalo