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Kathryn Dean

Partner, Dean/Wolf Architects, New York

Director, Graduate School of Architecture and Urban Design, Sam Fox School of Design and Visual Arts, Washington University

Lecture Title: Constructive Continuum

Monday, February 22, 2010 - Rescheduled to April 12, 2010
5:30 P.M. - Lawrence J. Plym Auditorium
Temple Hoyne Buell Hall

Kathryn Dean cofounded Dean/Wolf Architects in New York City in 1991. She was selected for the Rome Prize Fellowship in 1987, completing independent directed study at the American Academy in Rome.

Upon returning to New York, she took a position as a senior designer at Kohn Pederson Fox Associates, where she quickly established herself as an emerging talent, designing a series of large-scale projects for international markets. During her tenure with the firm, she produced designs for three major high-rise, mixed-use buildings, and developed masterplans in Japan and Indonesia, most notably the Tokyo Bay Masterplan, which accounted for 23 million square feet of new construction.

In 1991, Kathryn formed Dean/Wolf Architects with partner Charles Wolf, and achieved immediate recognition for her designs of the "Spiral House" and "Urban Interface Loft." Since that time she has lead the design efforts of the firm, garnering recognition for the consistent level of quality in several award-winning projects for private and public clients at a variety of scales.

The author of Dean/Wolf Architects: Constructive Continuum, as well as the recently published Constructive Practices: Between Economy and Desire, she is committed to both professional practice and teaching. She has been an assistant professor and taught advanced studio courses at Columbia University's Graduate School of Architecture, Planning and Preservation and at Harvard's Graduate School of Design, and was a Visiting Distinguished Professor at the University of Michigan, the University of Virginia, and the University of Florida. In addition to her role as design director for DWA, she is currently Director of Graduate Programs at Washington University in St. Louis.

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Spring 2010 Lectures

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Lecture Committee: Stewart Hicks                Erik Hemingway              Julie Larsen                    John Senseney