Architecture

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 […]

Linda Nolan, Ph.D. has taught art and architectural history courses with American study abroad programs in Rome, Italy, for over a decade. Trained in DEAI best practices, her dialogical and inquiry-based teaching addresses the impact of social and political change on the creation of art and architecture from antiquity to the modern period, with a focus […]

Lydmarie Ortiz Olan, Executive Assistant for the Department of Architecture, has over a decade of experience providing administrative support in the public health, social services, and higher education sectors. Her professional background includes office management, human resources support, program coordination, and community outreach. Lydmarie holds a Bachelor in Social Work from the University of Puerto […]

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 […]

Melanie Reddrick is a Senior Architect for Clark Nexsen, a JMT Company. She is a 2001 Bachelor of Arts Graduate from UNC Charlotte, and a 2003 MArch Graduate from the University of Virginia. She is the immediate past-president of AIA North Carolina, and the current chair of the Mecklenburg County Historic Landmarks Commission. She has […]

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 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 […]