theory: September 2005

BIO William Carpenter PhD is a nationally recognized architect and educator and was elected as a Fellow in the American Institute of Architects in 2000. He has won numerous design awards and accolades for his teaching and architectural design work. Some of these awards include a South Atlanta Regional AIA Design Award, two AIA Georgia design awards of Excellence, the National AIAS/ ACSA Educator of the Year award, The National AIA Young Architects Citation and International Best Picture Award for the movie "Moved" in the 2004 48 hour film festival in collaboration with Lightroom and Shadowlight Pictures.He is co-founder of Lightroom a successful design firm in Decatur, Ga. specializing in award-winning architecture and new media projects for commercial and residential clients. Carpenter received the national ACSA/AIAS Educator of the Year Award in 2000 and the National Young Architects Citation in 1997. He was elected as a Fellow in the AIA in 2000. He is also author of an important and well-regarded book; —Learning by Building: Design and Construction in Architectural Education, VNR 1997. He studied and worked for renowned architect and AIA Gold Medalist Samuel Mockbee FAIA and New York architect Norman Jaffe FAIA.

Norman Jaffe FAIA

Samuel Mockbee FAIA

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Tuesday, September 20, 2005