Architecture

Matthew Gin is Assistant Professor of Architectural History at the University of North Carolina at Charlotte. With a focus on early modern Europe and the Atlantic World, Gin’s scholarship moves architecture away from a paradigm of permanence by examining forms of spatial production that have largely vanished and are known only through fragmentary material traces. […]

Dr. Sabri Gökmen is a computational designer, researcher, and educator with over a decade of expertise in parametric modeling, generative art, digital fabrication, and software development. His work bridges advanced technology and creative design, transforming fields such as architecture, cultural heritage, and public art. Dr. Gökmen’s interdisciplinary research integrates artificial intelligence and computational design, with […]

Dr. Lee E. Gray is a Professor of Architectural History in the School of Architecture and was the Interim Dean in the College of Arts + Architecture in July 2023. Gray received his Ph.D. in architectural history from Cornell University, his Masters in architectural history from the University of Virginia, and undergraduate architecture degrees in architecture […]

With over 24 years of experience in the design community, David Harrison is a Senior Associate at Perkins+Will, where he has worked for the last 17 years. His project experience ranges from homes to multi-million dollar projects. He has a diverse background and has lead or given guidance on the Charlotte office’s most complex projects – particularly […]

Chris Jarrett is Professor of Architecture, Director of the Japan Summer Program, Co-Director of the designLAB, and President Emeritus of the Architectural Research Centers Consortium (ARCC). From 2009-2019, he served as Director of the School of Architecture. He holds a Master of Science in Architecture from Columbia University and a Bachelor of Architecture from the […]

Kyoung Hee Kim, Ph.D, AIA, NCARB, NOMA, is a Professor in the School of Architecture at UNC Charlotte, teaching architecture design studios and sustainable technology integration. She is the Director of the Integrated Design Research Lab (IDRL), an interdisciplinary research platform for integrating architecture design and innovative building technologies. Her expertise lies in net zero […]

Lidia Klein is an Assistant Professor in Architectural History, specializing in global contemporary architecture. Her current research centers on the political dimensions of postmodern architecture outside the Global North, specifically in South America and Eastern Europe. She earned her Ph.D. in 2018 from the Department of Art, Art History, and Visual Students (AAHVS) at Duke […]

Education B.S. National Cheng Kung University, Taiwan, 1991M.S. National Cheng Kung University, Taiwan, 1993M.Arch. University of Washington, 2001Ph.D. University of Washington, 2008 Areas of Interest My research is focused on establishing an integrated platform that can consist of a software-hardware tools suite and a curricular module for introducing geographic information science (GISci) and its associated […]

Emily Makaš has a Ph.D. in the History of Architecture and Urbanism from Cornell University (2007), a Masters in Historic Preservation from Columbia University (1997), and a Bachelor’s in History from the University of Tennessee (1995).  Makaš is a founding leader of the Center for Community, Heritage, and the Arts (CHArt), a pilot research center in […]