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Inspiring the Next Generation of Change Makers: An Interview with UArizona School of Architecture Director Ryan E. Smith

 

University of Arizona School of Architecture Director and Professor of Architecture Ryan E. Smith, who is originally from Mesa, Arizona, is a 2002 graduate of the UArizona Bachelor of Architecture program and University of California, Berkeley Master of Architecture program. He has worked for Bohlin Cywinski Jackson and Gould Evans Associates, as well as Tucson firms Swaim Associates and Gresham & Beach Architects. He has held academic positions at the University of Oregon, University of Utah and Washington State University, most recently as director of the School of Design and Construction at WSU.

Smith has been teaching, researching and consulting on housing and offsite construction for nearly 20 years. He is the founding past chair and current board member of the National Institute of Building Sciences Offsite Construction Council, a fellow of the Modular Building Institute and a member of the Ivory Innovations in Housing Affordability Board.

In this interview, Smith shares his initial vision for the School of Architecture, discusses the importance of interdisciplinarity for the school and the future of the profession, shares his passions for research on affordable housing and the importance of research in an architectural education, discusses the value of connecting with firms, provides advice to students and more.

Why did you decide to join the College of Architecture, Planning and Landscape Architecture as the director of the School of Architecture?

First, the University of Arizona is my alma mater. An opportunity to come back to where I learned the value and skills of design and help the next generation be change makers is something I could not pass up. This is a full circle surreal experience. I am grateful for the School of Architecture community embracing me in this role.

The UArizona School of Architecture has earned a reputation for education and research focused on its place—a strong response to this uniqueness of Tucson, the Sonoran Desert and the Southwest with all its complexity, challenges and beauty. The school meets this challenge with a professional education that is both technically competent and creatively driven. I want to participate in this community and work with the faculty, staff and students to progress that mission.

What is your initial vision for the School of Architecture?

We are in a time of great societal need. I believe that architectural education must address the pressing and mounting challenges of climate change, water scarcity and housing affordability. This can be done through engaged research and outreach work, and most especially through interdisciplinarity. I believe that architecture, in addition to being a creative discipline, to have a positive impact on the future of society and planet, should be environmentally responsive, occupant-centered, community-engaged and research-based. I have an initial vision that adds to the professional reputation of the School of Architecture as not only a place for strong professional education, but also a place for excellence in design research, social equity and environmental resilience. I have a vision of UArizona Architecture working with Landscape Architecture, Planning, Design, Engineering, Arts, Health Sciences and other disciplines to chart a future that is inclusive, decolonized and innovative.

Though you have multiple degrees from multiple institutions, is there anything about your experience as a UArizona Bachelor of Architecture student in particular that will inform your role as school director?

The School of Architecture continues its tradition of progressing the land-grant mission and making positive change in the world. Architecture has maximum impact when it responds to place. When I came to school here, I was immersed in material making, community-based projects, technical courses and a passion and vibrancy for architecture and its role in shaping and being shaped by the environment, politics, society and economy of the region. Even at that time, there was a strong emphasis on the intersection of land ethic and material making. My education was not only one of book learning, but also field doing. I am excited to continue that legacy, especially in the post-pandemic despondency we are all experiencing. I look forward to working with faculty, staff, administration and especially students in rekindling and reengaging what I consider the greatest of architectural projects: sheltering and inspiring people.

Tell us about your research on building technology, prefabrication and housing affordability. What most excites you about this research?

When I was working for a firm after graduate school, I was designing a luxury home in the Bay Area. In a moment of reflection, I realized that I did not want to be designing homes for the 1% for the rest of my life, no matter how creative the experience was. I decided to take my interest and skills in technical design and apply them to the study of housing equity. I have since dedicated the better part of nearly 20 years to the question of housing production and the contingent social, environmental and political forces that surround it. This brought me early on to a theory and practice of offsite manufacturing and construction to realize housing affordability. Leveraging the mature and innovative manufacturing practices in other industries for design and construction holds much promise but requires research and dedicated development to realize this potential.

Do you anticipate your research changing now that you’re back in Tucson and directing the School of Architecture?

Southern Arizona is a very different context compared to other places I have worked. The demographics, politics, labor market, material supply chain, development models and procurement practices demand a unique approach to realizing housing delivery. Much of the development models for housing in the Southwest fundamentally and structurally disadvantage certain groups. Furthermore, I moved to Tucson at a time in which the housing market and inflation are creating an untenable situation for renters and first home buyers. My own children in college, for example, are staring into a future where they may not ever own a home. The economic model of the U.S. economy is based on home ownership to build equity and wealth. That system is broken for the rising generation. This should be a topic of concern for architects, but traditionally is not something to which the discipline has paid much attention. I have great interest in researching, teaching and studying how architecture can serve the 99% through advocacy in policy and finance reform as well as design and construction innovation in housing.

How important is research—and learning how to conduct and report on research on the built environment—for architecture students?

I led a research center for many years at the University of Utah and was associate dean for research for a time there. I think the future of architecture is research-based. The UArizona Architecture program has instituted the final three semesters of the B Arch professional education as research-based, coordinated by groups of faculty who lead students in probing timely questions relevant to social and environment justice in the built environment. I am excited to participate with the faculty in this promising structure of design research.

How important is interacting with design and other built environment firms—such as through internships, mentoring, networking events, panels and reviews—for students and for the School of Architecture in general?

The college and the School of Architecture are already doing great things to connect and partner with architecture and built environment professionals. My predecessor, Professor of Architecture Rob Miller, has developed an incredible rapport with Tucson and Phoenix firms, as well as firms throughout the country. He is also introducing me to many alumni and friends of the school in my first few months. My intention is to continue to build these relationships by having professionals teach in the school, as well as fostering the CAPLA Job Interview Fair and internships for our students while encouraging our faculty and students to attend professional events. We are supporting students and faculty in attending the upcoming AIA Arizona 2022 State Conference in October, for example. I am grateful to Rob for the strong legacy he has continued at UArizona Architecture and I hope to continue that tradition.

Interdisciplinarity is important at CAPLA and beyond as we work to solve the grand challenges of the built environment. How can the school and college foster more interdisciplinary work among faculty and students?

My immediate previous position was directing the School of Design and Construction at Washington State University, which was home to programs in architecture, landscape architecture, interior design and construction management. Interdisciplinarity was the modality of the education with an entire shared first year and points of intersection and integration throughout the education between disciplines.

To address the mounting challenges of the 21st century, a systems thinking approach is needed requiring many disciplines, perspectives, communities and expertise. For example, returning to housing, this is a topic that is complex relating to policy, finance and technology. Housing is political and community-engaged and touches on multiple disciplines and expertise. I will be asking the faculty and staff in the school to actively consider how we can address grand challenges, including housing and beyond, amongst the community in the school and college, as well as other disciplines on campus and in the professions.

Do you anticipate teaching in your role as director of the school?

Directing the school demands my full attention at the present. However, I believe that to be an effective leader, I will need and want to get into the classroom and interact with students. I would like to teach housing and technology in the future. This could be in a seminar or lecture format or even in a design studio context. I have also taught professional practice, collaboration and leadership to an interdisciplinary group of designers that was rewarding and stretched my teaching abilities in a positive way. I also enjoy and embrace collaborative and interdisciplinary teaching and will look for those opportunities in the future.

What advice do you have for architecture students?

The discipline of architecture is being redefined every day as the demands of the context—society, environment and economy—change constantly. Therefore, I would advise students to put their preconceptions about architecture aside and keep an open mind when starting their education. There are many different career directions with an architecture education, and our college is also home to undergraduate programs in Sustainable Built Environments and Landscape Architecture, and we participate with College of Engineering in the Architectural Engineering program while partnering with the School of Art and School of Information on a new Bachelor of Arts in Design Arts and Practices. The future of built environment work is at these intersections.

Beyond your leadership, research and related School of Architecture work, what are your passions?

I am attracted to learning about new cultures and places. I have lived in Korea and the United Kingdom and enjoy traveling. I am passionate about housing—so outside of the school, I also advise companies, governments and organizations on housing production and serve on boards related to housing innovation and affordability. I do this work under the auspice of a consulting company named MOD X. I am passionate about trying to solve homelessness. I am a family man with kids and enjoy getting out into the Sonoran Desert with them. I love exercise and making and building projects on the side.

What does the CAPLA experience mean for you?

CAPLA is a community. We are dedicated to social and environmental justice and working to respond to the changing demands of the contemporary world. The education at CAPLA is dynamic, community-engaged, professionally oriented and interdisciplinary.

University of Tennessee-Knoxville

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Professor George Dodds, PhD, has been re-appointed to another term (2018-23) as the University of Tennessee’s Alvin and Sally Beaman Professor in the College of Architecture and Design. There are 10-12 Beaman Professorships at the university at any given time. According to Interim Provost John Zomchick, the professorship recognizes “our very best teacher-scholars.” In May, 2018, Dodds presented the paper: “Re-architecting Practice: Duvall Decker’s Addition to Tougallo College,” (co-authored with Professor Jori Erdman, LSU) at the International ARCC Conference at Temple and Drexel Universities in Philadelphia.

Texas A&M University

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ACSA Counselor and Architecture Professor earns 2016 Regan Interdisciplinary Prize

For orchestrating transformational educational experiences through innovative design studios and research initiatives that facilitate student collaboration with peers and professionals from other disciplines, Ahmed K. Ali, assistant professor of architecture, was chosen to receive the 2016 J. Thomas Regan Interdisciplinary Prize.

Established by the College of Architecture’s Dean’s Advisory Council to honor Regan, former dean of the college and champion of interdisciplinary education in the built environment disciplines, the prize is awarded annually to a faculty member selected by a faculty committee from a pool of nominees. Regan died in 2015.

In a spring 2016 studio, Ali’s students collaborated with construction science students, Gessner Engineering, the Coulter and Lily Rush Hoppess Foundation and the city of Bryan to design and build a prototype structure for vendors at the Brazos Valley Farmers Market.

The studio immersed students “in an in-depth and hands-on learning experience in the design, engineering, fabrication, and construction of the structure,” said Weiling He, associate professor of architecture, in a letter supporting Ali’s nomination.

That same studio also engaged graduate landscape architecture students, who created master plans for an historic city block in Bryan that incorporated the farmers market structures, spaces for a new visitor center building, courtyards for outdoor activities and a community garden.

“His students appreciate his direction, enthusiasm and skills in leading such complex projects,” said George Mann, professor of architecture, in a letter supporting Ali’s nomination. “His enthusiasm for teaching by doing is inspiring and I believe he is becoming one of the emerging leaders of the college.”

In fall 2016 studio, Ali’s students collaborated with Zahner Metals, General Motors and the U.S. Business Council for Sustainable Development to design building envelopes skins, and roofing systems from auto manufacturing byproducts.

“Ali is an internationally recognized academic advocating resource reuse in the construction industry,” said He. “His design innovations that employ reused materials have been published and presented in journals and conferences worldwide,” said He.

Ali, who joined the Texas A&M faculty in 2015, earned three graduate degrees at Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University — a Ph.D. in 2012, a Master of Science in Architecture in 2012 and a Master of Architecture in 2004 — as well as a Bachelor of Fine Arts in Architecture degree at Alexandria University in Egypt in 1997.

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Check out Texas A&M’s program on StudyArchitecture’s website!

North Carolina State University

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Call for Academic Projects in Public Interest Design
Submission Deadline: February 29, 2016 (5PM EST)

Learn More and Submit at http://seednetwork.org/pideg-call-for-academic-projects/

This call seeks College and University projects that evince the strategies and philosophies of public interest design pedagogy. Submitted projects will be double blind peer reviewed for inclusion in Part 2 of the book, Public Interest Design Education Guidebook: Curricula, Strategies, and SEED Academic Case Studies, edited by Lisa M. Abendroth and Bryan Bell and under contract with Routledge. This publication, the second in Routledge’s Public Interest Design Guidebook series, will address a specifically academic audience of educators, scholars, and administrators intent on understanding the complexities of public interest design pedagogy.

Submissions are desired from across the disciplines of design including but not limited to: architecture, communication design, environmental design, industrial design, interior design, landscape architecture, service design, urban design, and urban planning. Applicants whose projects embrace diversity and inclusion both within the academy and beyond are strongly encouraged to submit.

Please visit the SEED Network for complete information about the review process, submission themes, schedule, and requirements.

Questions may be directed to:
Lisa M. Abendroth, Professor
Communication Design Coordinator   
Metropolitan State University of Denver            
Founding Member, SEED Network             

lisa@seednetwork.org

University of Nevada, Las Vegas

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David Baird, Professor and Director of the UNLV School of Architecture, recently announced that he will step down as Director and return to the faculty starting January 1st, 2016. Over the past 6 years Baird’s administrative accomplishments have been numerous, including the development of a design-construction initiative responsible for placing 2nd in the 2013 Solar Decathlon Competition. The design-build studio is currently designing and constructing modular facilities for the Nevada State Parks. Baird will return to teaching—having more time to devote to his scholarship, artwork, and award winning design + construction firm. 

Washington University in St. Louis

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2014 URSA Grants Awarded
WUSTL’S Office of the Vice Chancellor for Research has announced the eight winners of the 2014 University Research Strategic Alliance grants, which provide one-year, $25,000 seed funding to full-time university faculty members. Recipients include Catalina Freixas, assistant professor of architecture, and Arye Nehorai, PhD, the Eugene & Martha Lohman Professor in the School of Engineering & Applied Science, for research titled “Quantifying Benefits of Vacant Land Utilization in Shrinking Cities.” 

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Zeuler Lima
Built Works: Lina Bo Bardi  
In this opening lecture, associate professor Zeuler Lima, PhD, will discussed Built Works: Lina Bo Bardi, which he curated. The exhibition, produced with the curatorial assistance of MArch students Marina Miers and Colby Perrine, presented a chronological analysis of the Italian-Brazilian architect’s oeuvre through a collection of digital renderings and photographs taken by Lima and Nelson Kon.
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Associate professor Zeuler Lima, PhD, delivered a presentation titled Lina Bo Bardi House: Betwixt and Between as part of a symposium on modern Latin American design hosted by the Americas Society’s Visual Arts program. 
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Designing a Sustainable Future in a Divided City: Johannesburg and St. Louis
John Hoal, associate professor and chair of the MUD program, delivered the lecture, Designing a Sustainable Future in a Divided City: Johannesburg and St. Louis, as part of the 2015 MLA Saturday Lecture Series. His talk raised awareness about what he calls the greatest challenge facing the emergence of sustainable communities: social and environmental justice, and the related economic inequities.
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New Orleans Under Reconstruction
Martin C. Pederson‘s review of the book New Orleans Under Construction: The Crisis of Planning for Architectural Record includes a quote from an essay by associate professor Derek Hoeferlin. Titled “Architectural Activism through Multiple Scales, Programs, Venues and Collaborations,” Hoeferlin’s chapter of the book includes student work from WUSTL architecture studios.
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Race & Ethnicity: A Day of Discovery & Dialogue 
The WUSTL community came together to explore the important issues of race and ethnicity at this university-wide event. Race & Ethnicity: A Day of Discovery and Dialogueincluded a series of panel conversations and open forums with scholars, students, and leaders, exploring challenges that the university community is facing, particularly in light of recent events in the St. Louis region and across the country.

Panelists from the Sam Fox School included associate professor Bob Hansman (opening event) and associate professor Denise Ward-Brown (The Social Construction of Race and Ethnicity). 
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Public Lecture Series: Living Better Than Inhabiting 
Javier Maroto, the Ruth and Norman Moore Visiting Professor of Architecture, will deliver a talk titled Living Better Than Inhabiting to kick off the spring 2015 Sam Fox School Public Lecture Series. Maroto and his partner, Alvaro Soto, co-founded the firms SOLID architecture and Maremoto Paisajes in 2001 to carry out projects of architecture, urbanism, and landscape in an holistic manner. Maroto’s lecture will focus on the construction of a paradox between living and inhabiting. The needs and the aspirations settled within the current frame of our lives should be squeezed and mingle to redefine a new contemporary space concept suitable to a better and more conscious lifestyle.  
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LIMA featured in Journal of the Architecture Program at TUM, Germany
The January issue of the Journal of the Architecture Program at the Technical University of Munich features an interview with associate professor Zeuler Lima, in which he discusses his book Lina Bo Bardi and his collaboration on the centennial exhibition at the Munich Architecture Museum that celebrates the Italian-Brazilian architect.
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Assorted Holiday Paintings for the Modern Home   
Centro Modern Furnishings presents an installation of recent work by professor Stephen Leet.
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DFA Panel Discussion: The Ethics of Human-Centered Design 
Design for America, a network of student-led studios creating local and social impact through interdisciplinary design, will bring together the following panel of academic and professional experts to explore what it means to design physical, virtual, and systematic solutions for the complex challenges facing individuals and communities:

  • Frank Bergh, BS08 Engineering, director of engineering operations, Socore Energy; co-founder, Engineers Without Borders at WUSTL
  • Heather Corcoran, director, College & Graduate School of Art
  • Bruce Lindsey, dean, College of Architecture and Graduate School of Architecture & Urban Design

De Andrea Nichols, BFA10, MSW14, director of creative changemaking, Catalysts by Design; community engagement manager, Contemporary Art Museum St. Louis

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OneSTL Conference: Linking Research and Practice:
Equitable Economic Growth and Sustainable Water Infrastructure

Equitable Economic & Community Development and Water Infrastructure are the main focus of this year’s OneSTL Conference. The topics were chosen based on a survey that asked local government and non-profit representatives to identify priority areas for sustainability and where research could support local decision-making. Speakers with WUSTL ties include: 

  • Assistant professor Patty Heyda and assistant professor Molly Metzger (Brown School), who are are panelists for Workshop I: Equitable Economic Development

Assistant professor Derek Hoeferlin, who is a panelist for Workshop II: Water Infrastructure.
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Assorted Holiday Paintings for the Modern Home   
Centro Modern Furnishings presents an installation of recent work by professor Stephen Leet.
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Architecture Around the World Lecture Series: 79 Views of the Gateway Arch  
Visiting assistant professor Justin Scherma discussed 79 Views of the Gateway Arch, a photographic and historical survey of the official neighborhoods of St. Louis as part of the Architecture Around the World Lecture Series. The series is sponsored by The Society of Architectural Historians St. Louis Chapter and Steedman Architectural Library.

Washington University in St. Louis

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Robert McCarter, the Ruth and Norman Moore Professor of Architecture, delivered a standing-room-only presentation illuminating the career of architect Alvar Aalto as part of the kickoff to FinnFest. Ritva Koukku-Ronde, Ambassador of Finland to the United States, was among those in attendance. The book engages the architecture of one of the twentieth century’s most popular and accessible masters through an integrated examination of his major works, and how they engage the light, climate, and topography of their sites, exemplifying the way in which Aalto extended Finnish tradition and engaged newly emerging Modern materials.. The event also celebrated the publication of “Aalto,” authored by McCarter and published by Phaidon. McCarter discussed the book in an interview for the show “Section D,” which was air August 12 on Monocle 24 radio. http://monocle.com/radio/shows/section-d/

North Carolina State University

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Professor Thomas Barrie was an invited speaker at a symposium entitled “Transcending Architecture” hosted by the School of Architecture, The Catholic University of America, October 6-8, 2011. His paper, “The Domestic and Numinous in Architecture,” focused on domestic symbolism often incorporated in sacred architecture.

The European Review has published Professor Thomas Barrie’s article “Sacred Space and the Mediating Roles of Architecture” (European Review, Vol. 20, No. 1, 79-94, 2012)

A review of Professor Thomas Barrie’s book The Sacred In-between: The Mediating Roles of Architecture (Routledge, 2010), appeared in the fall issue of Faith & Form magazine (Vol. XLIV, No. 2, 2011).

The Person Street Project, a community-based urban design project conducted at the College of Design’s Downtown Design studio fall semester 2011, concluded with a public exhibition on Friday, December 2nd. The exhibition, mounted in a storefront space on Person Street, featured urban design proposals and housing designs produced by twelve students in an ARC 401, Architectural Design Urban, studio led by Professor Thomas Barrie. Over 200 people attended the opening, and the project was featured in an article in the News and Observer. The project included research on contemporary urbanism, mixed-use development, and existing city studies and development plans for the project area; the urban and streetscape design for the Person Street neighborhood; and the design of a mixed-use, housing project for the development sites at the north end of Person Street.

The project partners were the Person Street Partnership and the City of Raleigh Urban Design Center. Project sponsors included the Person Street Partnership, the Society for the Preservation of Historic Oakwood and the School of Architecture.

(attached: exhibition photo)

 

Catholic University of America

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The School of Architecture and Planning of The Catholic University of America proudly presents Professor Adèle Naudé Santos, Dean of the MIT School of Architecture and Planning in the Inaugural Lecture honoring George T. Marcou, FAICP Professor Emeritus, on Wednesday 10/26/11, 5:30pm at the Koubek Auditorium of the Crough Center for Architectural Studies, 620 Michigan Ave. NE, Washington, DC 20064.


Professor George Themistoclis Marcou taught at The Catholic University of America from 1962 to 2002. Born in Cairo, Egypt, he attended the Massachusetts Institute of Technology earning a bachelor’s degree in Architecture in 1953, and a master’s degree in city planning in 1955. During those years, he met a fellow student and the woman who would become his beloved wife during 56 years, Margaret, who also graduated from MIT. Both raised five children, three golden retrievers, and later enjoyed their eleven grandchildren. Professor Marcou was widely known for his professionalism, wonderful sense of humor, and practical approach to problem solving. Traveling around the world with Margaret, whether it was for business or for pleasure, was a great passion where his fluency in Arabic, Greek and French came in handy. His career as an urban planner began in 1962, when he founded Marcou, O’Leary and Associates, a planning and urban development consulting firm. There he directed projects for numerous counties and cities both in the United States and abroad. The firm received urban design awards from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, including an award for its preservation plan and program for the Vieux Carré Historic District in New Orleans. Projects in the Washington area included Fiscal Impact Analyses for Montgomery County, a program for revitalization of downtown Frederick, Maryland, campus plans for George Washington University and the National Institutes of Health, planning studies for Fairfax County and a study of Washington’s skyline for the National Capital Planning Commission. The firm was acquired by Westinghouse in 1973. In 1977, Professor Marcou became the first manager of the Community Development Bureau of the Metropolitan Washington Board of Trade, developing policy and action programs for the business community dealing with public issues. Later in 1979, he was appointed Deputy Executive Director of the American Planning Association (APA) where he was responsible for its policy and lobbying program. He also served on the APA’s Political and Legislative Committee. In 1993, Governor Schaffer of Maryland awarded Professor Marcou the Governor’s Award for Professional Excellence and the following year appointed him to the State of Maryland Economic Growth, Resource Protection and Planning Commission on which he served for five years. He was often asked to be a guest lecturer at conferences and universities in the U.S. and abroad. These invitations took him to Denmark, Greece, Italy, and the Netherlands. He was a longstanding member of Lambda Alpha International, an honorary land economics society and the American Institute of Certified Planners.

 Professor Emeritus George Marcou passed away on April 28, 2011 in Bethesda, Maryland.

University of Texas at Austin

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Professor Juan Miró was elected as a 2013 inductee into The University of Texas at Austin Academy of Distinguished Teachers. He is among only four new members selected this year. Comprising approximately 5% of the tenured faculty in the university, the Academy provides leadership in improving the quality and depth of the undergraduate experience.

Adjunct Associate Professor Barbara Hoidn, Fellow of the O’Neil Ford Centennial Chair in Architecture, was elected a member of the Scientific Committee for the 25th International Building & Life Congress, organized by the Chamber of Architects of Turkey Section of the International Union of Architects (UIA) in Turkey. 

Dr. Nancy Kwallek, director of the UTSOA Interior Design Program, and alumna Elise Wasser-King [MID, ’12] curated a poster and a slide presentation representing work from the school’s bachelor and master’s interior design programs for the Architecture Center Houston (ArCH).

Anthony Alofsin, Roland Roessner Centennial Professor of Architecture, has written a feature essay for the spring 2013 issue of ArchitectureBoston magazine. This issue’s theme is “Walter Gropius: The Cambridge Years.” Addtionally, Dr. Alofsin was invited to present a paper on “Ornament and Cultural Interpretation” at the international conference, “Dibujar las artes aplicadas: dibujo de ornamentación, arquitectura efirma y retablistica entre Portugal, España y Italia,” which will take place at the University of Cordoba on June 5 and 6. Alofsin’s most recent book, Dream Home: What You Need to Know Before You Buy, was published in April. A consumer’s guide written for a general audience, this colorfully illustrated paperback explains the housing industry, the process of buying a new home, and the architectural issues affecting the quality of life in the home. 

Architectural history professor Christopher Long recently presented two lectures, “Adolf Loos and the Strategy of Sorting” at the Museum of Applied Arts in Vienna (in conjunction with the exhibition “Adolf Loos: Our Contemporary”) and “The Looshaus” at the Academy of Fine Arts in Prague. Professor Long also contributed an essay, “Ornament is Not Exactly a Crime: On the Long and Curious Afterlife of Adolf Loos’s Famed Essay,” in Yehuda Safran, ed., Adolf Loos: Our Contemporary (New York: GSAPP, Columbia University, 2013).

Associate Professor Udovi_ki-Selb  at the Annual Conference of the Society of Architectural Historians (SAH) presented a paper titled “Elusive Faces of Modernity: The Decade-long Urban Debates about the Future of Paris on the Occasion of the 1937 Expo.” Additionally he presented a paper titled “A Transalpine Scientia at Brunelleschi’s Dome of Santa Maria del Fiore” at the “Deeper History: Contemporary Considerations of Architecture’s Long Past” symposium at MIT held in honor of David Friedman.

Assistant Professor Allan Shearer has received a Mid-Career Grant from the James Marston Fitch Charitable Foundation.

Assistant Professor Matt Fajkus was named a finalist in the “2013 Austin Under 40 Awards,” which recognize a combination of professional achievement and community service. Fajkus was one of five finalists in the Design, Architecture, and Engineering Category. Additionally, Fajkus was honored with Special Mention: Alternative Typology Category, in the “d3 Unbuilt Visions 2012 Competition,” for his Flat House theoretical sustainable design project. The design team included Matt Fajkus, Brandon Hubbard, and Bo Yoon.

 

 

 

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