Brian Messana

Messana O'Rorke Architects

Monday,September 24, 2007
5:30 P.M. - Lawrence J. Plym Auditorium
Temple Hoyne Buell Hall

PSA Dewberry Lecture

Brian Messana is licensed to practice architecture in the state of New York, New Jersey, and California. Brian Messana attended several universities in his pursuit of undergraduate and graduate degrees in architecture. Before earning his Bachelor of Architecture degree at California Polytechnic State University San Luis Obispo in 1989, he studied liberal arts at the University of California at Los Angeles. During his undergraduate studies at Cal Poly he attended several programs including a years study at Virginia Polytechnic Institute in Alexandria, Virginia, a summer at the Ecoles d'Art Americaines De Fontainebleau in France, and a year at the California State University in Florence, Italy.

Brian Messana moved to New York City in 1989 from Los Angeles to work for Richard Meier & Partners before attending Columbia University, where he obtained a Master of Science in Advanced Architectural Design and was awarded the Lucille Symser Lowenfish Memorial Prize. Upon graduation he worked in New York and Los Angeles for various architectural firms including Asymptote, Peter Marino Architects and Naomi Leff and Associates.

Brian Messana established Messana O'Rorke Architects with Toby O'Rorke in 1996. He has also pursued an academic career, and has taught architecture at Columbia University, Pratt Institute, The University of Texas at Austin, and the University of Southwestern Louisiana. He has presented academic papers at conferences, lectured at a number of universities and exhibited his work around the world. In addition he has pursued a personal interest in graphic, furniture and product design and has been involved in a number of projects related to brand imaging.