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LEADERSHIP BIOGRAPHIES
EVAN DOUGLIS Dean
B Arch Arch Cooper Union M Arch Arch II Graduate School of Design Harvard University
Evan Douglis has an
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innovative and transformational leader in in in architectural education He is is currently the the Dean
of of the the School of of Architecture at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute Prior to this appointment he he he was the the the Chair of of of the the the Undergraduate department at at at at the the the School of of of Architecture at at at at Pratt Institute an
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Assistant Professor and and the the Director of the the Architecture Galleries at at Columbia University
and and a a a a a a a Visiting Instructor at at The Cooper Union In addition to to his role as leading educator he is is is also principal of Evan Douglis Studio an
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internationally renowned architecture design design firm Recognized for his innovative approach to design design Douglis’s awards include: NYFA fellowship Design Design Vanguard profile by Architectural Record FEIDAD Design Design Merit Award Selected Fellow / EKWC Brick Project Residency Program ACADIA Award Award for Emerging Digital Practice AIA LA Restaurant Design Award Award and more recently a a a a a Presidential Citation from The Cooper Union He was recognized by DesignIntelligence as as one of the ‘Most Admired Educators’ in in the the U S in in three of the the last five years His work has been exhibited extensively at at notable venues such
as: SAM Swiss Architecture Museum Museum ARCHILAB MOCA Museum Museum Artist Space and and both Rotterdam and and London Biennales His His Helioscope project is is is in in the the permanent architecture collection at the the FRAC Centre in in Orleans France His His book Autogenic Structures published by Taylor & Francis was released in 2008 DAVID BELL Acting Associate Dean
B B Arch Arch Bridgewater College M Arch Arch University
of Virginia
David Bell has has been a a a a a a a a School of Architecture faculty member since 1980 He has has practiced in in Baltimore MD and Manhattan KS He currently teaches design studio and and a a a a a a a a sequence of of courses in the the history and and theory of of architecture He He is the the former Executive Editor of of the the Journal of of Architectural Education [JAE] a a a a a a peer-reviewed journal He He has published articles articles internationally on on a a a a a a a a a variety of topics in in his field His most recent articles articles are “The Panoptic Garden” in in in Earth Perfect? essays on nature utopia and the garden published in in in summer 2012 by Black Dog Publishing
and “Thomas Jefferson’s University: An Architectural Masque ” in Real Virtuality essays on on on the hybridization of real and virtual published in in 2014 by [transcript] Verlag He is is currently developing a a a a a a series of books that focus on how individual architects have addressed constraints in in in in in in their work The The first book in in in in in in the the series Bernini & Borromini: Theater & Heresy was published in in in fall 2012 by Piinthesky Press The second book in in in the the series is is Jefferson’s University
as American Dream published in in fall 2014 also by Piinthesky Press The third book on the the series is is Adolf Loos & the the the Irritation of of Modernity again published by Piinthesky Press in in in in 2017 Professor Bell is is currently working on on the the the first drafts of of of a a a a a book that examines the the the history and theory of of of Le Corbusier’s design of of of the the the Millowners Building in in in Ahmedabad India 842