Architecture

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 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 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 (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 UNC Charlotte 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 […]

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 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 […]

Betsy West is an Associate Professor in the David R. Ravin School of Architecture. She received her Master of Architecture degree from Yale University and practiced professionally with several firms, including The Freelon Group before joining the faculty at UNC Charlotte in 1998. She is a licensed architect in North Carolina. Her scholarship and teaching […]

I fiercely believe that good design betters our lives. Our homes are places where our lives are anchored, our personalities met and expressed, and our memories held. They are the very reflection of us, of our expectations and dreams. We owe it to ourselves to design them right, to create them with intention. Through my […]

Peter Wong is an Associate Professor of Architecture at the University of North Carolina-Charlotte, where he has taught architectural design, history, and theory since 1988. His scholarly contributions include a translation of Vittorio Gregotti’s treatise, Inside Architecture (w/ Francesca Zaccheo, MIT, 1996) and a critical account of Shanghai shikumen housing in the article “Chinese Puzzle” […]