Faculty News

Following two summer design/build studios focused on the needs of the nonprofit organization Prosperity Gardens, phase one of the project got underway this month.

Kevin Erickson has been invited to be on the jury for the Van Alan Institute’s Flash Design Competition to improve the flow of pedestrian and vehicular traffic at the intersection of Delancey, Grand, and Essex Streets in New York City.

Professor and Edgar A. Tafel Endowed Chair in Architecture Botond Bognar received the Honorary Gold Diploma in Architecture (Épitészmérnöki Diszoklevél) on May 24.

Kevin Erickson was invited to serve on the 2018 AIA Michigan Honor Awards jury.

Associate Professor Scott Murray is the author of an article titled “Architects and the Cultural Agency of Television: Frank Lloyd Wright on The Mike Wallace Interview” in the latest issue of the journal Thresholds (vol. 46).

T.F. Tierney will present a research paper on smart cities at the 2018 “New Instrumentalities” conference sponsored by the Association of Collegiate Schools of Architecture and El Colegio Oficial de Arquitectos de Madrid.

Randy Deutsch has been invited by the American Institute of Architects to present “EP4EP: Emerging Professionals for Extended Play” as part of a series targeted to emerging professionals at the 2018 AI Conference on Architecture in New York City on June 23.

Assistant Professor Sudarshan Krishnan and his work on transformable structures are featured in an Illinois News Bureau story.

The Chicago Studio’s embedded model of architectural education is featured in Health Facilities Management. Read the article.

Assistant Teaching Professor Heather Grossman will present a paper at the 71st Annual International Conference of the Society of Architectural Historians (SAH) in St. Paul, Minnesota, on April 19.

Randy Deutsch has been selected to participate in the inaugural Scholars in Professional Practice program of the National Council of Architectural Registration Boards.

T.F. Tierney has launched “Making New History: The Chicago Biennial” in conjunction with her ARCH 576 architectural theory seminar students.

Associate Professor Scott Murray was invited to lecture at the College of Architecture and Design at the New Jersey Institute of Technology (NJIT) on April 2, 2018.

Lynne Dearborn and Ph.D. candidate AnnaMarie Bliss will have an article published in Technology | Architecture + Design.

The Illinois School of Architecture is pleased to announce that Dina Griffin, FAIA, NOMA, IIDA, will serve as the speaker at this year’s convocation ceremony on Sunday, May 13, 2018, at 9:30 a.m. in Foellinger Auditorium.

Professor Mohamed Boubekri and Nastaran Shishegar, a Ph.D. student, received a grant from the Jim H. McClung Lighting Research Foundation to study the effect of tunable white lighting technology on older adults’ health and quality of life.

Randy Deutsch has been invited along with two other leading members of the architecture, design, and technology communities to serve on the jury for Architect Magazine’s R+D Awards. Winners will be featured in the July 2018 issue of the magazine.

Associate Professor Scott Murray presented research papers at two national conferences in March.

Lecturers Claire Gaspin and David Emmons were recently awarded a shortlist mention in the Lighthouse Competition sponsored by the Cyprus School of Architecture.

Randy Deutsch has been invited to speak at two events.