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Virginia Tech
ACSA Faculty News – Virginia Tech
Professor Dr. Bert Rodriguez-Camilloni, Ph.D., served as a discussant in the session “Brutalism in the Americas: North-South Connections,” at the forthcoming 68th Annual Conference of the Society of Architectural Historians (SAH) to be held between April 2015 in Chicago, IL. Professor Rodriguez-Camilloni will also be recognized at a special reception sponsored by the president of the society for his 40 years of membership and service to the SAH.
ACSA Distinguished Professor, T.A. Carter Professor of Architecture Robert Dunay, F.A.I.A., Assistant Professor Dr. Nathan King, D.Des., Research Assistant Professor David Clark of the Center for Design Research (CDR) conducted the workshop Design Robotics Summit, sponsored by the School of Architecture + Design. Over 60 students, faculty and staff from a number of colleges, universities, and industry collaborators including University of Tennessee, University of Virginia, Randolph-Macon College, Columbia College of Chicago, Rhode Island School of Design, AutodeskTM, and The Living, participated in the workshop. The results of the workshop will be presented at the upcoming International Contemporary Furniture Fair (ICFF) in New York City.
Robert Dunay, F.A.I.A., Director of the Center for Design Research (CDR), together with Cark Nexson, an award winning architectural and engineering firm organized and hosted an exhibition showcasing experimental digital fabrications. Students participating in the exhibition include Laura Escobar, Ryan Hawkins, Brian Kato, David Kolodziej, Aaron Payne, Stephen Perry, Hannah Utter, and Dan Ventresca. David Clark and Negar Kalantar, PhD student, directed the CRD – (trans)LAB studio. Nathan King directed the robotics segment.
Assistant Professor Aki Ishida, A.I.A., had four recent installation works exhibited in the solo show Ground to Sky: Triptychs in Three Scales at the Kibel Gallery at the University of Maryland School of Architecture, Planning and Preservation. The show runs from January 27 to May 30, 2015 and was accompanied by Ishida’s lecture ‘Urban Light and Human Temporality’ on February 11.
Aki Ishida was also appointed by National Endowment for the Arts Acting Chairman Joan Shigekawa as a panelist for the NEA’s Art Works grants, Presenting & Multidisciplinary Works category, in June to July 2014.
Cloud, a public art installation designed by Aki Ishida and Associate Professor Ivica Ico Bukvic, School of Performing Arts, Music, Theatre, Cinema, in collaboration with students of Virginia Tech, was installed at Welburn Square in Ballston, VA on October 2 and 3, 2014. Cloud was commissioned by the Ballston Business Improvement District and was also exhibited in the group show ‘Public Displays of Innovation’ at the Artisphere in Arlington, VA. November 26, 2014 to January 18, 2015.
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Assistant Professor Dr. Nathan King, D.Des., lead a panel at the international conference for NCECA in March 2015. This panel was an extension of Nathan Kings’s research and teaching related to digital materials systems (Ceramics in this case) and Design Robotics. |
University of Buffalo
In March, Despina Stratigakos presented the Barbara Miller Lane Lecture at Bryn Mawr College on the theme of her forthcoming book, Hitler at Home. At the 2015 AASL Conference in Toronto she participated together with Annmarie Adams and Lori Brown on the panel, “Voices from the Field: Researching Women in Architecture.” Stratigakos also published an introduction to the work of architectural critic Sibyl Moholy-Nagy, which inaugurated the new Future Archive series of Places Journal.
Annette LeCuyer was a juror with Wendell Burnette for the National Concrete Masonry Association (NCMA) 2015 Design Competition at Penn State.
UB undergraduate students Rahul Ghera and Georine Pierre were prizewinners in the 2015 UB/NOMAS Design Competition.
‘Maritime Monument’ – a review of the new Halifax Public Library designed by Schmidt Hammer Lassen and Fowler Bauld & Mitchell written by Brian Carter – was published in ‘Canadian Architect’, February 2015.
Mark Shepard participated in a panel session at the Non Discrete Architectures symposium, organized by Penn Design, The University of Pennsylvania. The symposium aimed to catalogue and explore the implications, methods of understanding, research and production of the convergence of the digital and physical, and acknowledge its power in understanding architectural and spatial production.
Joyce Hwang delivered an invited lecture at the School of Art Institute of Chicago on April 2 as part of the Mitchell Lecture Series. Joyce also chaired a paper session titled ‘Beyond Patronage’ at the 2015 ACSA Annual Meeting: The Expanding Periphery and the Migrating Center, held in Toronto. Additionally, a selection of Joyce’s creative work is currently exhibited at Cornell University, College of Architecture, Art and Planning, as part of an initiative to showcase the work of outstanding Cornell alumni. The exhibition was curated and organized by Elizabeth Saleh, a Teaching Associate and an alum of UB’s B.S.Arch program (2011)
Jordan Geiger has published the edited volume, “Entr’acte: Performing Publics, Pervasive Media, and Architecture”, with Palgrave Macmillan. The book employs this term from theatre as a model for discussing emerging formations of publics and public space, in particular with the rapidly evolving proliferation of communications technologies. The book brings together authors at intersections of architecture, media study, urban studies and performance. It includes new texts from Paul Virilio, Jordan Geiger, Benjamin Bratton, Nashid Nabian, Ricardo Dominguez, Jonathan Massey, Brett Snyder, Mabel O. Wilson, Mario Gooden, Omar Khan, Elke Krasny, Brenda Laurel, Malcolm McCullough, Adrian Blackwell, Eduardo Aquino and Keller Easterling.
On March 21, Geiger chaired a panel discussion and book launch for “Entr’acte” to coincide with the 2015 national ACSA conference, at Toronto’s Onsite Gallery. Panelists included authors Jonathan Massey (CCA), Omar Khan (UB) and Adrian Blackwell (University of Waterloo)
Geiger also served on the Steering Committee and as Chair of a Doctoral Panel for the 2015 MediaCities conference at the University of Plymouth, UK.
Jin Young Song, together with his partner firm in South Korea, received a $200,000 research grant from the Korean government to deliver sustainable urban planning solutions for the Korean city of Yangpyeong. Prof. Song and his studio of graduate and undergraduate students from UB’s architecture and urban planning programs recently presented their study, ‘Reshaping the pattern of urban sprawl’, to the city mayor in Korea. They also participated in workshops with local engineers and architects and Prof. Yeonsook Lee of Yonsei University.
2016 ACSA Fall Conference: Request for Proposals
Deadline: May 1, 2015
The ACSA invites proposals from member schools to host the 2016 ACSA Fall Conference. This ACSA Fall Conference will be thematic in focus and feature scholarly presentations, based on peer-reviewed abstracts, and a digital proceedings that will be available in ACSA’s permanent online archive.
The Fall Conference is an opportunity for the host school to bring educators from across North America and beyond to their campus. The thematic focus can highlight a school’s strengths and demonstrate educational excellence to upper administration. Other goals for the new format include strengthening social opportunities for participants with common scholarly interests and bringing concentrated visibility to the work being done in the topic area.
Attendance at the Fall Conference is anticipated to be 100-200 people, with host schools using campus facilities or other appropriate venues (including a local hotel or conference center) for conference sessions. Joint proposals from neighboring schools and partnerships with other groups (such as those formed around the thematic area) are welcome.
Final proposals will be reviewed and selected through the ACSA Board of Directors Scholarly Meetings Committee.
Proposals should be 3 pages or less, excluding supporting documents, and should include:
1) A title and paragraph-length description of the conference that clearly identifies the theme.
Further explanation for the theme is encouraged. However, a separate brief description of the conference is required.
2) Proposed dates for the conference.
The Fall Conference should occur in late September or October, typically a Thursday–Saturday.
3) The name of the conference chair or co-chairs, as well as any other relevant organizers.
Identify one or more faculty members to act as chair and whose area of expertise relates to the proposed theme. The chair(s) will be responsible for the academic portion of the conference and will work with ACSA staff on logistical details, communication with partners, and other planning and promotion duties.
4) A description of other potential conference features: partnerships, sponsors, keynote speakers, tours, etc. that would enhance the conference.
5) Clear expression of interest by school.
Show evidence of support from the school’s dean, provost, or other appropriate university representatives through letters and/or supporting documents.
6) A description of other resources available for the conference.
This includes potential venues for conference sessions, keynote lectures, and receptions; potential tour sites; or other local connections to enhance the conference.
Fall Conferences are normally funded by income from registration fees and sponsorship. This income pays for expenses related to meeting space, audio-visual equipment, invited speaker travel and honoraria, and food and beverage.
ACSA will provide the following support: international promotion of the conference, from the call for papers through the proceedings publication; an online system (including staff support) for submission, review, and upload of scholarly material; publishing services for conference programs and proceedings; and other planning services, such as negotiation and coordination of meeting facilities.
In-kind support from the school is requested for invited speaker costs, a/v equipment, meeting space, student volunteers, etc. Schools providing in-kind support will be recognized for their contribution in promotional materials, and participation of students and faculty in the conference will be invited.
ACSA Fall Conferences from the last four years:
Location: Syracuse, NY
Host Schools: Syracuse University
Co-chairs: Roger Hubeli & Julie Larsen, Syracuse University
Conference Website
Location: Halifax, NS
Host School: Dalhousie University
Co-chairs: Ted Cavanagh, Dalhousie University; Ursula Hartig, Technical University of Berlin & Sergio Palleroni, Portland State University
Conference Website
Location: Fort Lauderdale, FL
Host School: Florida Atlantic University
Co-chairs: Anthony Abbate, Florida Atlantic University; Francis Lyn, Florida Atlantic University; Rosemary Kennedy, Queensland University of Technology
Conference Website
2012 ACSA Fall Conference: OFFSITE / Modular Building Institute
Location: Philadelphia, PA
Host Schools: Temple University
Co-chairs: Ryan E. Smith, University of Utah; John Quale, University of Virginia; & Rashida Ng, Temple University
Conference Website
Location: Houston, TX
Host Schools: Prairie View A&M University and Texas A&M University
Co-chairs: Ikhlas Sabouni and Jorge Vanegas
Conference Website
Schools interested in hosting are encouraged to contact the ACSA to discuss potential arrangements prior to making a proposal.
SUBMISSION AND INFORMATION
Please submit your proposal, by May 1, 2015, and questions to:
Eric Wayne Ellis
Director of Operations and Programs
email: eellis@acsa-arch.org
phone: 202.785.2324
2015 ACSA Gulf Director Board Candidates
The initial Gulf Regional Director Election (January 2015) was disqualified due to an ineligible candidate. ACSA regrets this error and have taking steps with the Gulf Nominations Committee to conduct a new election. Following is the information and candidates for regional vote in the 2015 ACSA Gulf Regional Director (April/May 2015).
Online Voting
Below is information on the 2015 ACSA Gulf Election, including candidate information. Official ballots were emailed to all full-member ACSA schools’ Faculty Councilors, who are the the voting representatives. Faculty Councilors must complete the online ballot by close of business, May 11, 2015.
2015 ACSA Regional Director Candidates
The Regional Director will serve on the Board for a three-year term, beginning on July 1, 2015. Regional Directors serve as leaders of their regional constituent associations and chair meetings of their respective regional councils. They maintain regional records and have responsibility for the fiscal affairs of the constituent associations, and are accountable to their regional council for these funds. They provide assistance to regional schools and organizations applying for institutional membership. They prepare annual reports of regional activities for publication in the Association’s Annual Report. They participate in the nomination and election of their respective succeeding regional directors; and perform such other duties as may be assigned by the board, Regional Directors also sit on the ACSA board and are required to attend up to three board meetings a year. The links below include campaign statements written by each candidate and short curriculum vitae.
2015 GULF DIRECTOR CANDIDATES
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| Francis Elliot Lyn Florida Atlantic University | | Scott L. Ruff Tulane University |
ACSA Election Process
ACSA Bylaws, Article IX, Section 3: Election Process: “Elections shall be held in accordance with the Rules of the Board of Directors. Faculty Councilors of member schools shall be responsible for encouraging colleagues to express their views regarding candidates for Association elections, and shall submit the vote of the member school they represent on behalf of all members of the faculty. The Association shall announce the results of elections and appointments as soon as feasible, consistent with the Rules of the Board of Directors”.
The Faculty Councilor from each ACSA full-member school is the voting representative. Faculty Councilors must complete the online ballot by close of business, May 11, 2015.
2015 ACSA Gulf Region Board Election Timeline
| April 10, 2015 | Online ballots emails to all Gulf Region Full-member Schools, Faculty Councilors | |
| May 11, 2015 | Deadline for receipt of online completed ballots | |
| May 15, 2015 | Gulf Regional Director (2015-2018) announced |
The Faculty Councilor from each ACSA full-member school is the voting representative and must completed the online ballot by close of business, May 11, 2015.
Contact
Eric Ellis, ACSA Director of Operations and Programs
phone: 202.785.2324
email: eellis@acsa-arch.org
University of Notre Dame
The School of Architecture at the University of Notre Dame would like to invite you to attend our 2013-2014 Lecture Series. Attendees are eligible to receive AIA/CE credits. All lectures begin at 4:30 pm in 104 Bond Hall, University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, IN 46556.
September 9th, 2013
Nancy Steinhardt
Chinese Architecture & the Beaux-Arts
September 16th, 2013
Joe Burns
Designing Sustainable High Rise Architecture
November 4th, 2013
Eduardo Luis Rodriguez
Havana 1900: The City and its Architects
November 20th, 2013
Thomas Beeby
The Richard H. Driehaus Prize Lecture
November 25th, 2013
John Ochsendorf
On Vaulting
February TBC
Rob Krier
TBC
March 3rd, 2013
Craig Hamilton
Temples and Tombs
March 31st, 2013
Ruan Yisan
TBC
April 16th, 2013
Roger Scruton
Order and Fluidity: Reflections on Post-Modern Architecture
University of California, Los Angeles
UCLA A.UD ANNOUNCES 5 NEW POSITIONS AT IDEAS SATELLITE CAMPUS FOR EXPANDED SUPRASTUDIO / M.ARCH.II PROGRAM
Five years ago, the M.Arch. II, Post-Professional Degree Program at UCLA’s Department of Architecture and Urban Design (A.UD) was restructured into a research and development based SUPRASTUDIO format, reflecting a new model for Post-Professional architectural education. SUPRASTUDIO is a calendar yearlong integrated curriculum led by a senior member of the A.UD design faculty in collaboration with an industry partner. Thom Mayne, Neil Denari, and Greg Lynn have collaborated over the years with Disney Imagineering, Toyota Motor Sales, Inc., and the National Endowment for the Arts. In August 2012, University of California President Mark Yudof and the University of California Board of Regents announced the conversion of the M.Arch. II program to a self-supporting status. This conversion allows for the ambitious expansion of the program to conduct three separate SUPRASTUDIOs per year at a new offsite facility with an unprecedented Advanced Technologies Laboratory to explore how the next generation will integrate technology into the built environment.
SUPRASTUDIO is located at IDEAS, an off-site location south of UCLA that is a new platform in architectural education to advance cross-discipline research and development with industry and outside partners to expand the future parameters of architectural practice. It will also serve as home to multi-year research initiatives, an ongoing cross-discipline lecture series, and other public programs.
UCLA A.UD seeks to appoint five new faculty and staff for IDEAS and the expanded SUPRASTUDIO program. These positions should be filled before the start of the June 2013 SUPRASTUDIO, and include:
• SUPRASTUDIO Program Director
• IDEAS Technology Director
• Critical Studies Lecturer
• Powerpack Studio Lecturer
• IDEAS Lab Supervisor (Staff Position)
SUPRASTUDIO Program Director
UCLA Architecture and Urban Design seeks to make an appointment of a Program Director for the expanded SUPRASTUDIO program and to oversee the activities at IDEAS.
SUPRASTUDIO will have three studios led by three senior design faculty in partnership with three industry collaborators. The Program Director will report to the Chair of the Department and will be responsible for coordination with the three studios, oversight and coordination of non-studio courses in the curriculum, maintaining ongoing and developing new relationships with industry partners, and teaching.
The Program Director, with the studio assistants, will be responsible for teaching the summer session Pre-Studio for all incoming M.Arch. II students. The Program Director will also coordinate and teach two quarters of a lecture series with invited industry guests in a seminar setting for students and faculty. Additionally, special projects within IDEAS and research and development projects that exceed the rhythm of the SUPRASTUDIO courses to become long-term research initiatives will fall under the purview of the Program Director.
This position is an ideal opportunity for a mid-career professional that’s interested both in teaching and the administrative roles related to program building at the ground level of a dynamic new initiative that will redefine Post-Professional research and teaching of architecture. The candidate must be able to work with senior faculty and world-class industry partners. This position will allow the candidate to integrate into an already established faculty, but with the autonomy of a new program. The ideal candidate will demonstrate vision and a commitment to expanding the role of architectural design and innovation into culture and industry.
The Program Director position provides full benefits. The successful candidate will need to be prepared to make a three-year commitment to the program.
IDEAS Technology Director
UCLA Architecture and Urban Design seeks to hire a Technology Director for IDEAS, a newly established off-campus facility that houses the department’s expanded M.Arch.II/SUPRASTUDIO program. The individual will be responsible for teaching, acquisitions, and research associated with technology initiatives central to the mission of UCLA A.UD, IDEAS and the three SUPRASTUDIOs.
The Technology Director will be responsible for the IDEAS facility as well as the research and development initiatives that take place within it. The Technology Director will be an active partner and liaison between the faculty, students, and industry partners. Teaching responsibilities will include two Technology Lecture courses during Summer session and two Technology Seminar courses taught to a combination of M. Arch. II and M. Arch I Graduate Students throughout the rest of the year. The Technology Director will report to the Chair of the Department.
This position has teaching and program oversight roles and is an ideal opportunity for a mid-career person with vision and expertise on the integration of technology into new environmental approaches and paradigms for research and education with senior faculty and industry partners at the highest level. Candidates must be able to initiate innovative research in either architecture or environments in the public sphere that engage robotics and sensing technology. Some experience with digital fabrication is expected but fabrication should not be the primary focus or expertise for applicants for this position.
An advanced architecture degree is mandatory for this position.
The IDEAS Technology Director position provides full benefits. The successful candidate will need to be prepared to make a three-year commitment to the program.
Critical Studies Lecturer
UCLA Architecture and Urban Design seeks to make an appointment in Critical Studies of a Lecturer eager to contribute to the intellectual and creative culture of the school by teaching a variety of courses in both graduate and undergraduate degree programs. The position offers the opportunity to participate in the launch of several new initiatives, including SUPRASTUDIO at IDEAS, an off-site post professional degree program focusing on architecture and industrial culture. The candidate should be able to teach courses on post-war theories of architecture, advanced formal analysis, architecture and visual culture, and the history of modern architecture. The appointment will also include collaborative academic responsibilities in the Curatorial Project, a recently established center that will be developing exhibitions and publications with an international scope and ambition.
The ideal candidate will have or be working towards a PhD, be able to demonstrate a commitment to advanced architectural ideas and innovative approaches to their dissemination, a strong record of teaching and the promise of producing a scholarly body of work appropriate for a continuing appointment at a top ranking university. The successful candidate will need to be prepared to make a three-year commitment to the program.
Powerpack Studio Lecturer
UCLA Architecture and Urban Design– in conjunction with Gehry Partners and Gehry Technologies – is seeking an exceptional candidate to lead a research studio during the 2013 academic year.
The POWERPACK studio will be lead by Frank Gehry and members of his architectural practice and technology company, in collaboration with UCLA faculty and industry partners. The studio’s mission will be to explore the potential for new, small scale, networked, and intelligent building technologies to radically rethink the modern building and city, at a multiplicity of scales from the micro device to the urban.
UCLA is seeking to fill a one-year lecturer appointment to coordinate this curriculum under the supervision of Gehry Partners and Gehry Technologies to conduct the overall studio and workshop instruction. The ideal candidate will have a wide range of experience in urban and building level design, strong experience as a studio instructor, and significant expertise in technology.
Minimum requirements include:
An advanced degree (MArch or equivalent) in architectural or urban design.
Substantial prior experience as a lead studio instructor or TA.
Strong background in parametric modeling, scripting, BIM or related digital modeling software
Additional experience desired includes the following:
Urban design and related topics such as transportation
Environmental design or building energy systems engineering
Robotics, or micro control systems design and prototyping
The position is a one-year Lecturer position for the period July 2013-June 2014.
IDEAS Lab Supervisor
UCLA Architecture and Urban Design seeks to hire a Lab Supervisor for IDEAS, a newly established off-campus facility that houses the department’s expanded SUPRASTUDIO program.
The individual will be responsible for the physical IDEAS facilities including classrooms, laboratories, studios, offices, exhibition spaces, and shop as well as training and assistance with the students and faculty. The Lab Supervisor must coordinate the technical and research relationships with industry partners as well as the robotic suppliers to the laboratory. The Lab Supervisor will also be responsible for daily operations of the lab and shop and its power equipment, tools, supplies, and student assistants.
There will be several unprecedented robotically controlled machines as well as a sensing laboratory that have never been in any architecture school before. The Lab Supervisor needs to initiate and maintain relationships with the manufacturers, users, and development teams for these machines as well as training the faculty and students in their use.
The Lab Supervisor will work with and report to the IDEAS Technology Director for the acquisition and use of the machines in the labs. As well, they will develop the policies and training for the students and faculty.
Familiarity and experience with industrial robotics, sensing technology and composite construction is a benefit. The operations, maintenance, and safety of the lab are the responsibility of the Lab Supervisor. Several years experience with similar industrial facilities or academic laboratories and shops with similar equipment is a requirement.
An associate degree or greater is mandatory for this position.
This is a staff position with full benefits. The successful candidate will need to be prepared to make a three-year commitment to the program.
HOW TO APPLY
ACADEMIC POSITIONS
Candidates to the four academic positions below are requested to furnish a letter of intent with a curriculum vitae, one or two examples of work, with a description of each project (non-returnable), and the names, phone numbers, mail and e-mail addresses of three references able to provide a knowledgeable evaluation of the applicant’s qualifications.
Examples of work should be submitted both digitally at the following links, and as hard copy portfolios to the address below:
UCLA Architecture & Urban Design
Attn: “POSITION NAME” Search Committee
1317 Perloff Hall
Los Angeles, CA 90095
Attn: “POSITION NAME” Search Committee
1317 Perloff Hall
Los Angeles, CA 90095
STAFF POSITION
Candidates for the IDEAS Lab Supervisor may apply starting late December at: https://hr.mycareer.ucla.edu/
Application deadline for all positions is February 28, 2013. Review of applications will take place in early March with interviews scheduled later during that same month.
Proof of U.S. Citizenship or eligibility for U.S. Em loyment will be required prior to employment (Immigration Reform and Control Act of 1986). The University of California, Los angeles is an Equal Opportunity/ Affirmative Action Employer.
University of Southern California
The School of Architecture at the University of Southern California has the luxury of being a large school in a major city. There are several thousand architects living and working near our downtown location. USC thanks our dedicated full-ntime and part-time faculty. There were 128 faculty members teaching in our school for 2013-2014. The photo shows a small group at a faculty retreat in November, 2013.
Carlo Aiello, Charles Anderson, Gerdo Aquino, Michael Arden, Rosalio Arellanes, Valery Augustin, Tigran Ayrapetyan, Victoria Behner, Leigh Ann Belloli, Rachel Berney, Rob Berry, Vinayak Bharne, Biayna Bogosian, Gail Peter Borden, Ted Bosley, Justin Brechtel, Kenneth Breisch, Laurel Broughton, Wendell Burnette, Anders Carlson, Nefeli Chatzimina, Joon-Ho Choi, Mina Chow, Mark Cigolle, Mario Cipresso, Victoria Coaloa, Tony Cocea, Kim Coleman, Lauren Dandridge Gaines, Vittoria Di Palma, Mike Dolinski, Janek Dombrowa, John Dutton, Liz Falletta, Miller Fong, Russell Fortmeyer, John Frane, Aroussiak Gabrielian, David Gerber, Diane Ghirardo, Jeff Guh, Anthony Guida, Eric Haas, Yo-ichiro Hakomori, Peyton Hall, Robert S. Harris, Katherine Harvey, Jerry Hastings, Alison Hirsch, Kathryn Horak, Michael Hricak, Alvin Huang, Ying-Yu Hung, Victor Jones, Karen Kensek, Jason Kerwin, Alice Kimm, Norman Klein, Tim Kohut, Kyle Konis, Andy Ku, Tom Kundig, Charles A. Lagreco, Neil Leach, John Lesak, Rob Ley, Andrew Liang, Edward Lifson, Lisa Little, Travis Longcore, Erik Mar, Esther Margulies, David Martin, Leonard Marvin, Lauren Matchison, Murray Milne, Scott Mitchell, Graeme Morland, Kristine Mun, Amy Murphy, John V. Mutlow, Aaron Neubert, Douglas Noble, Eric Nulman, Lorcan O’Herlihy, Lee Olvera, Gary Paige, Na Ra Park, Robert Perry, Jay Platt, Victor Regnier, Alexander Robinson, Michele Saee, Jose Sanchez, Marcos Sánchez, Kris Sandheinrich, Trudi Sandmeier, Larry Scarpa, G.G. (Goetz) Schierle, Marc Schiler, Lee Schneider, F. Myles Sciotto, Shannon Scovell, Susanna Seierup, Colin Sieburgh, Jennifer Siegal, Peter Simmonds, James Steele, Doris Sung, Takako Tajima, Warren Techentin, Brian Tichenor, Patrick Tighe, Selwyn Ting, Olivier Touraine, James Tyler, David Ulin, John Uniack, Scott Uriu, Elizabeth Valmont, Dimitry Vergun, Geoffrey von Oeyen, Roland Wahlroos-Ritter, Jonathan Ward, Christopher Warren, Ed Woll, Sandra Yum, Hraztan Zeitlian.
Yestermorrow Design Build School
Contact: Kate Stephenson
Executive Director, Yestermorrow Design/Build School
802.496.5545
kate@yestermorrow.org
Eric Cook Joins Yestermorrow as Semester Program Director
Waitsfield, VT., August 29, 2013—Yestermorrow Design/Build School recently announced the hire of Eric Cook as its Semester Program Director. Mr. Cook will lead the school’s Semester in Sustainable Design/Build, both as teaching faculty and program director. He recently moved to Waitsfield, VT from Salt Lake City, where he ran his own design/build firm, Eric Cook Design/Build, and was partner and project manager of the firm RenovateSALTLAKE.
A 2006 graduate of the University of Utah’s Master of Architecture program, Eric also holds a MA in Mathematics from the University of Utah and a BA in Mathematics and Russian from Colby College. In his former role as Project Coordinator for DesignBuildBLUFF, Mr. Cook supported graduate architecture students in designing and building sustainable homes on the Navajo reservation in Bluff, Utah.
In directing Yestermorrow’s Semester in Sustainable Design/Build for college students, Eric leads students as they translate theory into practice, ultimately building an architecturally innovative high-performance shelter that they collaboratively design. The Semester in Sustainable Design/Build is based in Montpelier, VT and is offered in partnership with UMass Amherst’s Architecture+Design program.
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Yestermorrow Design/Build School was founded in 1980 on the belief that the best built environment depends on the joint cooperation of designers, builders, and homeowners. The school empowers people to express their values and lifestyle through an integrated design/build process, and to foster a self-awareness that reconnects people to their communities, their natural environment, and to each other. Yestermorrow’s hands-on workshops, certificate programs, and semester programs are taught by nationally recognized architects, builders, and craftspeople. Classes are for people of all ages and experience levels, from novice to professional. Learn more at www.yestermorrow.org or call 888-496-5541.
Washington University in St. Louis
Robert McCarter, Ruth and Norman Moore Professor of Architecture has been contracted to write two books during his spring 2014 sabbatical; Steven Holl (Phaidon Press) and Herman Hertzberger (nai010), both of which will be published in 2015. In February 2014, McCarter gave a lecture in the SOM New York Professional Development Series, entitled; “Taking the Book to the Light: Louis Kahn’s Transformation of the Library in Three Designs,” and in March 2014 he gave a Dean’s Forum Lecture at the School of Architecture, University of Virginia, entitled; “The Architecture of Carlo Scarpa: Recomposing Place, Intertwining Time, Transforming Reality.”
Founded in 1912 by 10 charter members, ACSA is an international association of architecture schools preparing future architects, designers, and change agents. Our membership includes all of the accredited professional degree programs in the United States and Canada, as well as international schools and 2- and 4-year programs. Together ACSA schools represent some 7,000 faculty educating more than 40,000 students.
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