Born in Istanbul, Turkey, in 1977, John Gidding attended American schools in Turkey and then Switzerland before moving to the United States for college, where he attended Yale University. An enthusiastic art and math student, he was immediately drawn to architecture and went straight through to Harvard Graduate School of Design for his master's degree in 2003.
Gidding has worked in architecture and design firms around the world. His experience ranges from residential and institutional architecture to landscape architecture and urban design. His television career started as an offshoot of modeling, which he started to do to pay for graduate school. Having done runway for Armani and Gucci, he was cast to be one of the host/designers on ABC Family's Knock First, a design show for hip teens wanting to update their spaces.
Following the success of his first TV show, he moved to New York City to start his firm, John Gidding Design, and has done numerous residential renovations there and around the country. Keeping one foot firmly in architecture, he is thrilled to bring his breadth of experience to Atlanta, Ga., to join the Designed to Sell family.
To learn more about Gidding, check out www.johngidding.com.
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