Architecture

Will Philemon
Will holds an M.Arch II and a B.A. in Arch. from UNC Charlotte and currently serves as Lecturer. He primarily teaches first and second year studios and seminars but has also taught at the graduate level and in the Urban Design department. His research focuses on the use of conceptual drawings as tools for architectural […]

Deborah Ryan
Deborah Ryan is a registered landscape architect and a Professor of Architecture and Urban Design at UNC Charlotte, the only woman to achieve that rank in the School of Architecture’s almost 50-year history. She is a former adjunct faculty member in UNC Charlotte’s Master of Science in Real Estate program (MSRE), and a co-instructor of […]

Robby Sachs
Robby grew up in Charlotte but he also left because adventures abound. He has lived in many places and he has worked in those places doing many things for many people. Mostly he fixes what is broken, creates what doesn’t exist and generally saves your project. Robby is not an architect, but he is a […]

Kirstin Sheldon
Kirstin Sheldon is the academic advisor for students at the David R. Ravin School of Architecture. Before joining the university, she worked in college access and retention, student support services, and graduate medical education. Kirstin joined UNC Charlotte in 2022 to pursue a Master of Education in Educational Leadership, while also serving as a Graduate […]

Greg Snyder
Greg Snyder is an Associate Professor and the Undergraduate Program Director at the School of Architecture at UNC Charlotte. His research interests are in issues that arise out of acts of making and construction, and the phenomena and meaning that accrue in and around these acts. The current set of projects that he is pursuing […]

Kyle Spence
Kyle Spence is an architect, educator, and researcher dedicated to integrating cultural sustainability and resilient design principles into his work. He is the founding principal of The BAKLab, a concept-driven architectural design practice based in New York City. As an Assistant Professor of Critical Design Futures and Computation at the David R. Ravin School of […]

Matthew Steele
Matthew Steele (http://www.mtsteele.com/) is a creative professional and artist who has been an active member of Charlotte’s cultural sector since 2012. In 2018, he joined the UNCC gallery team and took the lead on implementing technology, new media, fabrication, and graphic design in the gallery spaces. Prior to this role, he served as Creative Services […]

Bridget Stipicevic
Bridget Stipicevic is the Executive Assistant in the School of Architecture. She comes to the SoA from UNC Charlotte Languages and Culture Studies, where she was an Administrative Support Associate (Advanced). She previously worked for Reading and Elementary Education and the Office of Field Experiences at UNC Charlotte.

David Thaddeus
David Thaddeus is a registered architect and Professor of Structures and Architectural Design. He has been at UNC Charlotte since 1999. Previously he was an Associate Professor at the University of Houston, where he taught architectural structures and design from 1989-1999. Professor Thaddeus earned his Bachelor of Structural Engineering from the American University of Beirut in Lebanon […]

Alexandra Waller
Alexandra Waller is an Assistant Professor in the David R. Ravin School of Architecture and a cofounder and principal of Teltta, a research and design collective. Teltta’s work engages novel workflows and holistic systems of production, prioritizing the dialog between computation, material, craft, and context, and investigating the complex relationship between made objects and their […]