Philip Plowright, R.A., ALA, SARA

Assistant Professor
 

Educational background
Positions held in academic institutions
Courses taught in the past two years
Positions held in design practice
Significant publications, creative projects, and/or paper presentations
Awards, recognitions, grants, competitions
Professional licenses, memberships and service
Professional Development

Educational background

Master of Architecture (M. Arch), University of British Columbia, 1998         
Bachelor of Arts, Art History/Fine Art, University of Guelph, 1994

Positions held in academic institutions

Assistant Professor of Architecture, Lawrence Technological University, 2005-present       
Adjunct Professor of Architecture, Lawrence Technological University, 2000-2005 

Courses taught in the past two years

ARC3127 Integrated Design Studio IV                  
ARC4274 Allied Design: Theory/Competitions  
ARC5017 Graduate Foundation Studio   
ARC5632 Architectural Theory  
ARC5643 Design Theory 
ARC6103 Master Class                        
ARC6514 Thesis                            
                   

Positions held in design practice

Director, Institute for Advanced Processes in Design, June 2009-present
Director, Researchlab.(A)rchitecture, March 2005-present
Architect, VanTine | Guthrie Studio of Architecture, October 2001-July 2005
Designer, Gunn Levine Associates, March 1999-October 2001

Significant publications, creative projects, and/or paper presentations

1.    "Rethinking Enclosure" Philip Plowright, James Stevens, Anirban Adhya (synchRG). Proceedings of the
       Conference on Sustainability and the Built Environment. King Saud University, Saudi Arabria. January 2010. (forthcoming).
2.    "Defining Sustainable Urbanism: towards a responsive urban design" Anirban Adhya, Philip Plowright, James Stevens (synchRG). 
       Conference on Sustainability and the Built Environment. King Saud University, Saudi Arabria. January 2010. (forthcoming).
3.    "Rethinking models of architectural research: we don't do objects" Philip Plowright,  James Stevens, Anirban Adhya (synchRG). 
       Proceedings of the ARCC2009 Leadership in Architetural Research Conference, San Antonio, Texas. April 2009.
4.    "On Efficiency & Redundancy in Architectural Form" 2007, Kuwait International Architecture Conference
5.    Harvest Music & Sound Design Renovation, 2006         
6.    Canadian Museum for Human Rights, Invited Participant, 2004 Design Competition         
7.    Grand Egyptian Museum Competition, Second Stage Invited Finalist 2003 Design Competition          
8.    Detroit Public Schools Children's Museum: Detroit, MI       
9.    Howe Elementary School, Detroit, MI
  

Awards, recognitions, grants, competitions

1.    2009 Second Place (Student Team Advisor), Du(b)abilities: micro_ethnic_localities, Student: Lisa Sauve, Adam Smith
2.    2008 Honorable Mention (Student Team Advisor), Line of Site International Design Competition, Student: Vince Danielle
3.    2008 Finalist (Student Team Advisor), Design for the Children, Africa Clinic Design Competition, Student: Adam Smith
4.    2008 Third Place (Student Team Advisor), Chichen Itza Competition, Student: Steven Nielsen
5.    2007 Honorable Mention (Student Team Advisor), NYC Tower Competition
6.    2007 Solar Benchmarking Research Grant - DTE Energy Foundation
7.    2006 Solar Decathlon 2007 (NREL)         
8.    2006 AIA Michigan Interiors Award (STOLA N.A.)         
9.    2005 AIA Michigan Honor Award (Effigy Studios)
10.  2005 AIA Michigan Honor Award (Detroit Public Schools TAV Redevelopment )
11.  2005 AIA Michigan Honor Award (Van Tine|Guthrie Studio of Architecture Office)
12.  2004 INVITED COMPETITION (Canadian Museum for Human Rights: Winnipeg, Canada)
13.  2003 FINALIST (Grand Egyptian Museum Design Competition)

Professional licenses, memberships and service

1.    Licensed Architect, Michigan
2.    Society of American Registered Architects (SARA)
3.    Association of Licensed Architects (ALA)
4.    Architectural League of New York
5.    American Society for Aesthetics
6.    International Pragmatism Society

Professional Development (meetings/conferences attended, continuing education courses, etc., in the last five years)

1.    Sources of Architectural Form, Theory and Practice, Kuwait University, March 10-13, 2007
2.    Global Place, Practice, Politics and the Polis, University of Michigan, Jan 4-6, 2007
3.    INTERVENTIONS + EXPERIMENTATION, ACSA Central Regional Conference Detroit, MI, Oct 2005
4.    Reader: "Open Sessions," 91st ACSA Annual Meeting, Louisville, Kentucky, March 2003