Olaf L. Recktenwald
Visiting Assistant Professor
- Education
- University of Cambridge: M.Phil. in History and Philosophy of Architecture, 2004
- Yale University: Master of Architecture, 2003
- Rice University: Bachelor of Architecture, 1996
- Rice University: B.A.in Architecture and Art/Art History, cum laude, 1994
- Xiamen University: Chinese Language Certificate, 1989
- Teaching Experience
- University of Oklahoma: Adjunct Professor, 2004-2005;Visiting Assistant Professor, 2005-2007
- Teaching first, second, and third-year studios, and History of the Architectural Treatise seminar.
- University Of Cambridge: Supervisor, 2003-2004
- Supervised undergraduates for history and philosophy of architecture classes: Architecture and Continuity and Islamic Architecture.
- Yale University: Teaching Assistant, 2002-2003
- Tutored Master of Environmental Design candidates in thesis writing.
- Creative Arts Workshop, Faculty, New Haven, Connecticut, summer 2003
- Founded Architectural Perspective drawing class and pioneered display method for regional arts gallery.
- Professional Experience - Designing
- Cesar Pelli & Associates, Theatre and concert hall designer; curtain wall detailer, New Haven, Connecticut, 1998-2001 and summer 2002
- Projects: University of Texas Psychology Building, Austin, Texas; North Carolina Performing Arts Institute,
Raleigh, North Carolina; Dallas Performing Arts District Masterplan, Dallas, Texas; Schuster Performing Arts Center, Dayton, Ohio; University of Minnesota Music Hall, Duluth, Minnesota
- Ellerbe Becket, Stadium and arena designer, Kansas City, Missouri, 1996-1998
- Projects: Hae Song Plaza, Inch’on, Korea; Seahawks Stadium, Seattle, Washington
- Klaus Leitner Architekt, Residential designer, Linz, Austria, summer 1995
- Renzo Piano Building Workshop, Concert hall design intern; acoustical model builder,
Genova, Italy, 1994-1995
- Project: Auditorium Parco della Musica, Rome, Italy
- Professional Experience - Exhibiting/Set Designing
- Yale School of Architecture Gallery, Exhibition Coordinator, 2003
- Assisted planning, installing and uninstalling Future Now: Year-End Exhibition of Student Work.
- Assisted installing Intricacy, curated by Greg Lynn.
- Yale Cabaret, Set Designer, New Haven, Connecticut, 2002
- Designed and manufactured set for drama school performance Medusa.
- Honors And Fellowships
- Brancusi Grant, Kettle’s Yard Trust Fund, University of Cambridge, 2004
- Hughes Hall Travel Grant, Hughes Hall, University of Cambridge, 2003
- Yale Merit Scholarship, Yale School of Architecture, 2001/2002
- McGinty Scholarship, Rice School of Architecture, 1996
- Lionel B. Hohenthal Scholarship, Rice School of Architecture, 1996
- American Institute of Architects Henry Adams Certificate, Rice School of Architecture, 1994
- Tau Sigma Delta Honor Society, Rice University, 1994
- John E. Parish Fellowship, Wiess College, Rice University, summer 1992
- Publications/Presentations
- “Vredeman de Vries: Perspective and Fantasy in Netherlandish Architecture,” Nevin Hughes Jones Seminar Society Lecture at Hughes Hall, University of Cambridge, February 2004.
- “A New Era: The Texas Dean Trio” in Cite 30: The Architecture and Design Review of Houston, Spring-Summer 1993.
- “Finnish Ecclesiastic Architecture,” Annual Parish Fellow Lecture at Wiess College, Rice University, October 1992.
- Committees
- Editorial Committee, Editor, Cambridge Department of Architecture, 2003-2004.
- Graduate Committee, M.Phil. Student Representative, Cambridge Department of Architecture, 2003-2004.
- Exhibition Committee, Student Representative, Yale School of Architecture, 2002-2003.
- Publications/archives Committee, Student Representative, Yale School of Architecture, 2001-2002.
- Work Exhibited/Published
- “FUTURE NOW,” Yale School of Architecture Gallery, 2003.
- “FUTURE FORWARD,” Yale School of Architecture Gallery, 2002.
- RETROSPECTA, Yale School of Architecture, 2002-2003.
- RETROSPECTA, Yale School of Architecture, 2001-2002.
- “CESAR PELLI: CONNECTIONS,” National Building Museum, Washington D.C., 2001-2002.
- “CESAR PELLI: BUILDING DESIGNS 1965-2000,” Yale School of Architecture Gallery, 2000.
- RENZO PIANO BUILDING WORKSHOP, Complete works, Volume 3, Phaidon Press, 1997.
- Teaching Interests
- Minimum-cost dwelling
- Design/Build
- First year design
- History of the architectural treatise
- Philosophies of perspective
- Professional Memberships
- ICOMOS - International Council on Monuments and Sites
- Rice Design Alliance
- Royal Oak Foundation
- Society of Architectural Historians
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