American Advisory Board
US Architects and Academics in the field of Architecture are contributing their efforts to help the Building Beauty program grow and become a strong alternative to the status quo in architecture education. Dismayed with the direction the profession has taken in recent years, they see Building Beauty as manifesting a new approach to architecture education that will better prepare architects for the future. Duo Dickinson and Susan Ingham are leading this effort to bring together those who would like to see change. Duo is an architect, educator and writer in Madison, Connecticut, who has joined our faculty. Susan is an architect in Seattle, Washington, educator, and a founder of Building Beauty. Their goal for the Advisory Board is to connect thought leaders and develop a new voice in architectural education. This illustrious group also serves as a network for mentorships, prospective employment, and opportunities for further education for our students.
Current members of the American Advisory Board appear below. If you would like to be a part of this effort, please contact duo@buildingbeauty.org, or susan@buildingbeauty.org.
Chris Andrews, Architect, Educator, and Town Planner, Andrews + Chang, Oakland, California
Donald Antenen, Library Curator, Callimachus Books, Bellingham, Washington
Marilyn Appleby, Architect, Anderson Kulwiec Appleby Architects, Santa Paula, California
David Arkin, Architect and Educator, Arkin Tilt Architects, Berkeley, California
Alfred Bay, Architect and Contractor, Alfred Bay Construction and Design, San Francisco, California
Karen Braitmayer, FAIA Architect, Karen Braitmayer Accessibility Design and Consulting, Seattle, Washington
Turner Brooks, Architect and Educator, New Haven, Connecticut
Cullen Burda, Builder, Integrated Structures Inc., Berkeley, California
Elizabeth F. Calabrese, AIA Architect and Educator, Calabrese Architects, Burlington, Vermont
Reuben Caldwell, City Planner, City of Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California
Lee Calisti Architect, Lee Calisti Architecture+Design, Greensburgh, Pennsylvania
Julie Campbell, Architect, CTA Design Builders, Seattle, Washington
Catherine Chang, Architect and Educator, Andrews + Chang, Oakland, California
Ross Chapin, FAIA Architect, Ross Chapin Architects, Langley, Washington
Professor Gary Coates, Educator, Kansas State University, Manhattan, Kansas
David Coleman, FAIA Architect, David Coleman Architecture, Seattle, Washington
John Connell, Architect and Educator, Yestermorrow, Warren, Vermont
John DeForest, Architect, DeForest Architects, Seattle, Washington
Eric Drivdahl, Architect, Gelotte Hommas Drivdahl Architecture, Bellevue, Washington
Jeremiah Eck, FAIA Architect and Educator, Eck MacNeely Architects, Inc., Boston, Massachusetts
Ann Edminster, Architect and Educator, Design AVEnues LLC, San Francisco, California
Nan Ellin, Dean and Professor, College of Architecture and Planning, University of Colorado, Denver
Nils Finne AIA, Architect, Finne Architects, Seattle, Washington
James Fuller, Chair and Architecture, College of Engineering, Technology, and Architecture; University of Hartford Hartford, Connecticut
Elizabeth Gray, Architect, Gray Organschi Architecture, New Haven, Connecticut
Chris Gutsche, Architect, EcoSmith Architectue + Consulting, Bainbridge Island, Washington
Michael Imber FAIA, Architect, Michael Imber Architects, San Antonio, Texas
Max Jacobson, Architect and Educator, Jacobson Silverstein Winslow Degenhardt Architects, Berkeley, California
Andrew Johnston, Educator and Architect, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, Virginia
Kimber Keagle, Architect, Stuart Silk Architects, Seattle, Washington
Tom Kubala, Architect and Educator, Kubala Washatko Architects, Cedarburg, Wisconsin
Paula Krugmeier, Architect, BAR Architects, San Francisco, California
Kathryn Langstaff, Ecological Designer and Educator, Autopoiesis, San Francisco, California
Ben Ledbetter, Architect and Educator, New Haven, Connecticut
Mark R. LePage AIA, Entrepreneur Architect, McCarthy LePage Architects, EntreArchitect and Gābl Media, Charlotte, North Carolina
James Maguire, NCARB, University Architect, Boise, Idaho
Henri Mannik, Architect and Engineer, HM a+e, Oakland, California
Kenneth Masden, Planner, Department of Energy, State of Hawaii, Honolulu, Hawaii
Graham McKay, Architect, Writer and Educator
Michael Mehaffy, Architect, Educator and Writer, Structura Naturalis, Inc,. Portland, Oregon
Leslie G. Moldow, FAIA, Architect, Perkins Eastman, Oakland, California
Steve Mouzon, Architect, Mouzon Design, Maimi Beach, Florida
Dale Mulfinger FAIA, Architect and Educator, SALA Architects, Inc., Minneapolis, Minnesota
Max Musicant, The Musicant Group, Minneapolis, Minnesota
Alan Organschi, Architect and Educator, Gray Organschi Architecture, New Haven, Connecticut
Christopher Palms, Architect, Schemata Workshop, Seattle, Washington
Martin Pedersen, Writer and Editor, Common Edge
Kirk E. Peterson, Architect, Historic Preservation, Sculptor; Kirk E. Peterson & Assoc. Architects, Oakland and Healdsburg, California
Saul Pichardo, Architect and Contractor, Art of Building, Berkeley, California
Patrick Pinnell FAIA, Architect and Educator, New Haven, Connecticut
Donald Ruggles, Ruggles Mabe Studio, Denver, Colorado
Alexandra Saikley, Architect, Saikley Architects, Alameda, California
Nikos Salingaros, Educator, University of Texas San Antonio, San Antonio, Texas
Matthew Schelly AICP, Planner Director, Community Development Elizabeth City, North Carolina
Professor David Seamon, Educator, Kansas State University, Manhattan, Kansas
Steve Semes, Architect and Educator, University of Notre Dame, South Bend, Indiana
Susanne Siepl-Coates, Educator, Kansas State University, Manhattan, Kansas
Mark Silva, Architect, Silva Studios San Diego, California
Douglas Schuler, Educator, The Evergreen State College, Public Sphere Project, Liberating Voices Pattern Language, Seattle, Washington
Karen Stanton, Designer and Artist, Oakland, California and Valencia, Spain
Steven Swarney, Executive Director AIA Pennsylvania, Harrisburg, Pennsylvania
Dudley Thompson, Architect, Dudley Thompson Consultancy, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
Seth Wachtel, Architect and Educator, University of San Francisco, San Francisco, California
Robert Walsh, Architect and Educator, University of Missouri-Columbia, Columbia, Missouri
Dennis Wedlick, Architect, Barlis WEdlick Architects, New York, New York