Architecture

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 […]

Arturo Lujan is a designer living in Charlotte, NC. He earned his Bachelor’s of Arts in Architecture in 2017 from the University of North Carolina at Charlotte and his Master’s of Architecture in 2019. He joins our faculty as a teaching fellow. 

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 the founding Co-Director of the Center for Community, Heritage, and the Arts (CHArt), a pilot research center in […]

Marc Manack AIA NCARB is an Architect, Associate Professor and Undergraduate Program Director in the Ravin School of Architecture at UNC Charlotte, and is founding principal of the architecture and design practice SILO AR+D. His professional design work and creative practice have been recognized nationally and internationally in numerous publications, exhibitions, and design awards. SILO […]

Nancy McAnuff joined the David R. Ravin School of Architecture as its Business Services Coordinator in 2022. She has extensive experience working in the areas of budget, finance, management, and business administration. Since arriving at the University’s William States Lee Engineering Technology & Construction Management department in 2021, Nancy has established professional relationships with students, […]

McCormick is a licensed architect, educator, and researcher whose work explores healthy, climatically sensitive, and contextually appropriate building design strategies that connect occupants to the outdoors while also reducing the dependence on mechanical conditioning technologies. Her recent book, Inside OUT: Human Health & the Air-Conditioning Era (Routledge), tells the rich story of both the social […]

Sarika Merchant is an adjunct professor at the David R Ravin School of Architecture at the University of North Carolina at Charlotte. She recently received her masters degree from the same program. During her masters studies she delved into studying architecture through the lens of its purpose within a community and within its environment. She […]