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Education
Columbia University: M.Arch 1976
University of Wisconsin, Madison: B.A. 1972
Teaching Area
Undergraduate and Graduate Design, Building Construction, Art of
Detailing
Memberships
AIA, ACSA
Academic and Professional Honors
Lucille Smyser Lowenfish Prize, 1976
William Kinne Fellows Traveling Fellowship Award, 1975
Registration
Registered Architect: New York, Wisconsin
Teaching Experience
University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee: Associate Professor 1992-present;
Assistant Professor 1986;
Visiting Assistant Professor 1985;
Ecole Speciale d' Architecture Spring 1987;
Oxford Brookes School of Architecture Summer 1989, 1991
Professional Experience
Gil Snyder Architect, Milwaukee, WI and New York, NY 1982-present
The Gruzen Partnership, New York, NY 1981
Mitchell/Giurgola Architects, New York, NY 1977-1981
Skidmore Owings & Merrill, New York, NY 1977
Ada Karmi Melamede & Associates, New York, NY 1976
Publications (Selected)
"Representation and Function: Teaching the Art of Detailing," On
Architecture, the City, and Technology. Stoneham, MA; Butterworth-Heinemann,
1990.
"The Crisis of the Construction Patternbook," On Architecture,
the City, and Technology. Stoneham, MA: Butterworth-Heinemann, 1990.
(with K. Keegan)
"Making the Connection," Wisconsin Architect, August 1988.
"Rock of Ages," Wisconsin Architect, August 1986.
"Creative Art vs. Craft Discipline: Teaching Architecture in
Contemporary France" in Proceedings of the Association of Collegiate
Schools of Architecture Western Regional Meeting. Eugene: University of
Oregon, 1987.
"Sense and Non-Sense in the Detail: 'In-Between' Formal Traditions and
a 'Critical Regionalism'," Proceedings of the 78th Annual Meeting of
the Association of Collegiate Schools of Architecture. Washington, DC:
ACSA Press, 1990.
"Culture, Production, and Process: Interpreting Resource Selection and
Consumption in Design Practice," Proceedings of the 79th Annual Meeting
of the Association of Collegiate Schools of Architecture. Washington,
DC: ACSA Press, 1991
Research and Creative Activities
Frank Lloyd Wright: A Detail Sourcebook. Graham Foundation for
Advanced Studies in the Fine Arts, Chicago, IL.
Doing the Wright Thing: The Persistence of Formal Patterns in the
Building Construction Details of Frank Lloyd Wright. University of
Wisconsin-Milwaukee, Milwaukee, WI.
- Service
- Chair, Department of Architecture, 1993-97
Chair, External Affairs Committee, 1987-present
Advisory Board Member, Center for Twentieth Century Studies, 1993-95
Advisory Board Member, Center for the Improvement of Instruction,
1991-1995
Member, Physical Environment Committee, 1991-present

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