Associate Professor, Design
Education
M.Arch., University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, 1985
Undergraduate Degree BFA, University of Wisconsin-Superior, 1975
Professional Registrations
Licensed Architect, Wisconsin, 1996
Academic Experience
Associate Professor, School of Architecture, UIUC, 1996-2002
Assistant Professor, School of Architecture, UIUC, 1990-96
Visiting Assistant Professor, School of Architecture, UIUC, 1986-90
Professional Experience
Senior Designer, Harding Associate Architects and Planners, 1985-86
Publications
Space, Movement, and Light: The Architecture of Jack Sherman Baker, FAIA, School of Architecture, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 1998
“Glass Houses and Primitive Huts: Transparency, Ephemerality and Tectonics,” Advances in Systems Research and Cybernetics, Volume II, George E. Lasker and Greg Andonian, eds. The International Institute for Advanced Studies in Systems Research and Cybernetics, Baden-Baden, Germany, 1999 (pp. 76-80)
“The Autochthonous Eye: Re-contextualizing Architectural Education,” published in Legacy and Aspirations, Proceedings of the 87th Annual Association of Collegiate Schools of Architecture Meeting, Minneapolis, Minnesota, 1999 (unpaginated)
“Architectural Issues for Concrete Design and Construction,” CTBUH Review 3, Journal of the Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat, Vol. 1, No. 3, Fall 2001 (electronic publication)
The Material Imagination: Architecture and the Craft of Making,” The Paradoxes of Progress: Architecture and Education in a Post-utopian Era, Proceedings of the 89th Annual Meeting of the Association of Collegiate Schools of Architecture, Baltimore, Maryland, 2001 (pp. 503-509)
“Nature and the New Rural Landscape,” Oriental-Occidental: Geography, Identity, Space, Proceedings of the 2001 Association of Collegiate Schools of Architecture International Conference, Istanbul, Turkey, 2001 (unpaginated)
Exhibits
Space, Movement, and Light: The Architecture of Jack Sherman Baker, FAIA, Exhibit at I space Gallery, Chicago, January-March, 1999
Research
Book: Skyscrapers: Architecture, Engineering, & Innovation, 2006
Presentations and Lectures
“A Machine for Memory: Dreaming the American House,” published in Memory and Architecture, Proceedings of the Association of Collegiate Schools of Architecture West Central Regional Conference, Washington University, St. Louis, MO, October 1998 (unpaginated)
“Contesting Absences: Regionalism Versus Authenticity,” published in Contesting Absences: Exploring Unexamined Influences, Proceedings of the Association of Collegiate Schools of Architecture West Regional Meeting, University of Oregon, Portland, October 1999 (pp. 235-240)
“Making Architecture In Spite of (Because of) Theory,” In Spite of…or Because of…, Proceedings of the Association of Collegiate Schools of Architecture West Regional Meeting, Arizona State University, Tempe, November 2000 (pp. 125-130)
“Architecture and Landscape: Ancient Memories and Cosmic Echoes,” Architecture: Landscape, Proceedings of the 2001 Association of Collegiate Schools of Architecture West Central Regional Conference, University of Kansas and Kansas State University, Lawrence and Manhattan, KS, September 2001 (unpaginated)
Professional and University Service
Chair (appointed), Design Faculty Search Committee, School of Architecture, UIUC; 1996–97
Chair (appointed), Design Division, School of Architecture, UIUC; 1997–2000
Chair (appointed), College of Fine and Applied Arts Elections and Credentials Committee, UIUC; 1999–2000
Member, Zoning Board of Appeals, City of Urbana, 1996–present
Member (apppointed), Graduate Committee, School of Architecture, UIUC; 1996–99
Member (elected), Executive Committee, School fof Architectue, UIUC; 1996–99
Other Activities
Reviewer, Association of Collegiate Schools of Architecture International Conference, Rio de Janeiro, Design Theory paper session, Fall 1999
Editor, CTBUH Review: The Professional Journal of the Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat, Lehigh University, Bethlehem, PA, electronic publication, 2000-present
Editor, Archi-topia: The ACSA West Central Region Journal, Association of Collegiate Schools of Architecture West Central Region, electronic journal, 2001-present
Additional Information
Paul J. Armstrong Contact
In the News
High Rise and Habitat Exhibit of Student Work at I-Space Gallery, Chicago (February 2004)
