Architecture Educators and Practitioners in Collaboration

Kathryn Clarke Albright is a professor of architecture at the College of Architecture, Arts, and Design, Virginia Tech. She is a founder of Chicago Studio, which was awarded the National Council of Architecture Registration Boards’ 2005 Prize for Creative Integration of Education and Practice in the Academy. Andrew Balster is a Chicago-based leader in the areas of architecture, urbanism, public policy, sociology, and academia. He is the former director of Chicago Studio 2011-2015, he outlined his vision in an article titled, “Into the world by way of the city,” published in DesignIntelligence in 2013. Chip von Weise is a Chicago-based architect, director of Chicago Studio, associate professor of Practice in Virginia Tech’s School of Architecture. In 2022 he received the Nathan Clifford Ricker Award for Architecture Education from the American Institute of Architect’s Illinois chapter. John Syvertsen is a retired Chicago architect, instructor in Virginia Tech’s School of Architecture. He taught at six Architecture schools and has 45 years leading firms ranging in size from 3 to 1,000. In 2019 he received the Lifetime Achievement Award from the American Institute of Architect’s Chicago chapter. Ashraf M. Salama is a professor of architecture and Urbanism, Head of Architecture and the Built Environment, Northumbria University Newcastle. He is a renowned pedagogue for experiential learning where architecture education intersects practice and results in transformative educational models. Karine Dupre is a professor of architecture, Associate Dean for Research and Creative Scholarship in the College of Architecture, Arts, and Design at Virginia Tech. She has published over 100 peer-reviewed publications as an expert in architectural pedagogy and social design.