M.E.D., Yale University
B.Arch., University of Oregon

Biography:

Brent Sturlaugson is a registered architect and assistant professor in the School of Architecture and Planning at Morgan State University. His research contributes to a more critical understanding of sustainability in architecture by explaining how design mobilizes a cascade of social and environmental effects. Brent’s work has been exhibited widely and published in numerous academic and professional journals.

List of Professional Affiliation(s)

• Association of Collegiate Schools of Architecture
• Acclimater les Territoires Post-Miniers Network
• Global Architectural History Teaching Collaborative
• The Architecture Lobby

List of Research Interest(s):

• Climate change
• Environmental justice
• Political ecology
• Material lifecycles
• Circular design
• Embodied carbon

List of Classes Taught:

• ARCH 530 - Architecture Design Studio III
• ARCH 540 - Architecture Design Studio IV

List of Selected Publication(s):

• Archive of Lost Mountains, Solo Exhibition, Gaines Center for the Humanities (2021)
• Field Notes on Pandemic Teaching, Places Journal (2020)
• We Have Never Been Sustainable, POOL (2019)
• Critical Spatial Practice, Society & Space (2019)
• Raising a Family in the Academy, PLATFORM (2019)
• Measuring Up, Journal of Green Building (2019)
• What You Don’t See, Places Journal (2018)

List of Grants and/or Awards:

• Creative Capital Shortlist, 2022
• National Endowment for the Arts, 2022 ($125,000)
• Kentucky Agricultural Development Fund, 2021 ($250,000)
• Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library Research Fellowship, 2014 ($13,650)

Social Media

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