Brad Lynch

Principal, Brininstool + Lynch

Lecture Title: "Simple, Stupid"

Monday, March 12, 2012
5:30 P.M. - Lawrence J. Plym Auditorium
Temple Hoyne Buell Hall

Sponsored by the School of Architecture Annual Fund

Brad Lynch’s design experience has covered a wide range of project types. His career began as a construction and project manager restoring Frank Lloyd Wright buildings in the Midwest. This work included the restoration of the Herbert Jacobs House, Wright’s first Usonian house and now a National Landmark. After interning at architecture firms in Chicago, he founded Brininstool + Lynch in 1989 with David Brininstool, where he designed over fifty award winning and recognized projects, including the Racine Art Museum, which received an unprecedented four Design Excellence Awards from the American Institute of Architects - Chicago.

Beyond commercial and private projects, Lynch has also been actively involved in civic and community initiatives related to design. This includes designs for a sustainable community development with Global Green in New Orleans after Hurricane Katrina; creating a sustainable planning initiative for the Atlantic rainforest city of Paranapiacaba in Brazil; designing for the Near Westside Initiative in Syracuse, New York; and the planning of a new transportation hub for Chinatown in Chicago.

Lynch’s work has been featured in over twenty books on architecture, including two monographs on Brininstool + Lynch, and over one hundred articles in design periodicals and newspapers, including cover stories in Azure and Metropolis magazines. He is a frequent guest lecturer, and has been a visiting critic at Syracuse University, is a National Peer Professional with the U.S. General Services Administration Design Excellence Program, and a member of the Chicago-Toronto Sister Cities Committee.