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Anthony S. Denzer

Anthony S. Denzer


Assistant Professor
Room 3098, Engineering Building

University of Wyoming
College of Engineering
Department of Civil & Architectural Engineering
Dept. 3295
1000 E. University Avenue
Laramie, WY 82071
E-mail:
phone: (307) 766-2186
Fax:    (307) 766-2221


Education

  • B.A., Journalism, University of California, Berkeley, 1991
  • M.Arch., University of Kansas, 1998
  • Ph.D., Architecture, University of California, Los Angeles, 2005

Professional Registration

  • LEED Accredited Professional, U.S. Green Building Council

Professional Experience

  • Tolkin & Associates Architecture, Pasadena, CA, August 1999 - August 2004

Research Interests

  • History of Modern Architecture (housing and politics)
  • History of Solar Houses
  • Current practices in Green Architecture

Teaching Areas

  • Architectural Design Studio
  • Architectural History
  • Building Materials and Methods

Academic Experience

  • Assistant Professor, University of Wyoming, Laramie, WY, August 2005 - present
  • Instructor, Woodbury University, Burbank, CA, August 2002 - May 2005

Books

  • untitled Gregory Ain biography, to be published Fall 2008, Rizzoli International Publications.

Book Chapters

  • "The Suburban Critique at Mid-Century: A Case Study," in The Green Braid: Towards an Architecture of Ecology, Economy and Equity, Kim Tanzer and Rafael Longoria, eds., Routledge Press, 2007.

Conference Papers, Journal Papers, Book reviews

  • "The Solar House in 1947," paper to be presented at the Eco-Architecture 2008 international conference (Wessex Institute of Technology), The Algarve, Portugal.
  • "Towards a Critical History of the Solar House," poster to be presented at the 2008 Association of Collegiate Schools of Architecture (ACSA) national conference, Houston, TX.
  • (with Keith Hedges), "From CAD to BIM: Educational strategies for the coming paradigm shift," paper to be presented at the 2008 Architectural Engineering Institute (AEI) national conference, Denver, CO.
  • (with Keith Hedges), paper to be presented at the "How a Collaborative Architecture Influences Structural Engineering Education," 2008 Structures Conference (ASCE/SEI), Vancouver, BC.
  • "Bertram Goodhue: His Life and Residential Architecture" [book review], Southern California Quarterly (forthcoming Winter 2007).
  • (with Keith Hedges), "Structural Expression: How BIM Influences Design Choices," International Association for Shell and Spatial Structures 2007 Symposium, Venice, Italy.
  • (with Keith Hedges), "In Process: Visualization and Sustainable Building Design in the Architectural Engineering Studio," Design Communication Association (DCA) 2007 Conference, Muncie, IN, September 12-14, 2007.
  • (with Keith Hedges), "From Integrated Practice to Integrated Academics: BIM in the Classroom," Design Communication Association (DCA) 2007 Conference, Muncie, IN, September 12-14, 2007.
  • (with Keith Hedges), "The Solar Decathlon: The Aesthetics of the Solar House," National Solar Energy Conference, Cleveland, OH, July 7-12, 2007.
  • (with Keith Hedges), "Visualizing Energy: How BIM Influences Design Choices," 2007 ASME International Design Engineering Technical Conferences & Computers and Information in Engineering Conference, Las Vegas, NV, September 4-7, 2007.
  • (with Keith Hedges and Cenk Yavuzturk), "The Solar Decathlon: Lessons Learned in the Construction Management of a Transportable Solar House," 4th International Structural Engineering and Construction Conference (ISEC-04), Melbourne, Australia, September 26-28, 2007.
  • (with Keith Hedges), "Shifting the Curve to the Left: Student Response to BIM in the Classroom," 4th International Structural Engineering and Construction Conference (ISEC-04), Melbourne, Australia, September 26-28, 2007.
  • (with Keith Hedges), "Sustainable Construction in Yellowstone Park: A Case Study," Sustainable Construction Materials and Technologies conference, Coventry, UK, June 11-13, 2007.
  • "Frank Lloyd Wright's Taliesin as an Intentional Community," Communal Studies Association annual conference, Marshall, CA, September 28-30, 2006.
  • "Gregory Ain and the Politics of Transculturation," Society of Architectural Historians (SAH) annual conference, Savannah, GA, April 26-29, 2006.
  • "Community Homes: Race, Politics and Architecture in Postwar Los Angeles," Southern California Quarterly 87, no. 3 (Fall 2005): 269-285.
  • "Gregory Ain: Drawings against Photographs," ArcCA 05.3 (Fall 2005), 20-25.
  • "Community Homes: Race, Politics and Architecture in Postwar Los Angeles," American Collegiate Schools of Architecture (ACSA) national conference, Chicago, IL, March 3-6, 2005.
  • "The Death of the Exhibition House," Savannah College of Art and Design symposium, Savannah, GA, February 24-26, 2005.
  • "L. A.'s Early Moderns" [book review], Southern California Quarterly 86, no. 3 (Fall 2004), 299-301.
  • "Usonia without Utopia: The Suburban Housing of Gregory Ain," Frank Lloyd Wright Building Conservancy conference, San Francisco, CA, September 3-7, 2003.
  • "Picture-Building: Louis Kahn, Le Corbusier, and the Problem of Representation," American Collegiate Schools of Architecture (ACSA) national conference, New Orleans, LA, April 12, 2002.
  • "Gregory Ain," in American National Biography; Oxford University Press, July 2001.
  • "The Aesthetics of Recycling: Storefront Churches in Los Angeles," American Folklore Society national conference, Columbus, OH, October 26, 2000.
  • "Pioneer Romanticism: The Ballard Schoolhouse," Material Culture 31, no. 2 (Summer 1999): 55-6.
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