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EDUCATION

2002 Yale University, Master of Architecture

1995  University of Texas at Austin, Bachelor of Architecture with Honors

AFFILIATIONS

2013- The American Institute of Architects Associate, #38324702

2009–  Association for Computer Aided Design in Architecture (ACADIA)

2010–  Association of Collegiate Schools of Architecture (ACSA)                       

2010  Architectural Association Member

2009  Autodesk Certified Instructor, #10070 Sydney, Australia

ACADEMIC APPOINTMENTS

2016 – present
Associate Professor, University of Texas School of Architecture, Austin, Texas

2009 – 2016
Assistant Professor, University of Texas School of Architecture, Austin, Texas

May 2010
Visiting Lecturer, Architectural Association School of Architecture, London

2005 – 2009
Tenured Lecturer, Unitec School of Architecture, Auckland, New Zealand

2000-2001
Teaching Assistant, Yale University School of Architecture, New Haven, Connecticut

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

2005 – present db studio Principal, Austin, TX.

2004 – 2005 Marmol + Radziner Designer/Project Manager, Los Angeles, CA.

2002 – 2004 Gehry Partners, LLP Designer, Los Angeles, CA.

1997 – 2000 Thacher & Thompson Architects Designer/Job Captain, Santa Cruz, CA.

1996 – 1997 The Steinberg Group Designer, San Jose, CA.

1994 Centerbrook Architects Intern, Centerbrook, CT.

AWARDS, MERITS & RECOGNITION

International and National

2013    Saudi Arabian Government Travel Award in support of “Sustainability Through Biomimicry”  Conference attendance

           2012  Design Leader for the Americas, Teaching Recognition Autodesk International Conference, Education Forum

2010  Visiting Faculty Program Recipient Architectural Association School of Architecture, London, England

           2009 Artist in Residency Award Auckland Print Studio, Auckland, New Zealand

2008 Outstanding Teaching Award Architecture Foundation Australia, Awaroa Masters Class, Unitec School of Architecture

           2005  Honorable Mention Award  “Imagine and Shape” CATIA Napkin Sketch Competition                                 

           2004 Honorable Mention Award Metropolis Magazine “Next Generation” Competition, “doorstop AIDS”

 Regional, University & School

2013  Outstanding Teaching Award (Studio) School of Architecture, University of Texas at Austin

2002  Eero Saarinen Design Excellence Award Yale School of Architecture

2002  H.I. Feldman Prize Finalist for Studio Design Excellence, Yale School of Architecture, Frank Gehry Studio

1995  Golden Key National Honor Society Award, University of Texas at Austin School of Architecture

PUBLICATIONS

Book

Briscoe, Danelle. Beyond BIM: Architecture Information Modeling. New York: Taylor & Francis, 2015.

Chapter and Essay

Briscoe, Danelle. “Form Follows Flexibility,” chapter in MIMED: Flexibility in Architectural Education, eds. Beyhan Bolak Hisarligil and Sevgi Lokce, 230-246. Newcastle: Cambridge Scholars Publishing, 2013.

Briscoe, Danelle and Reg Prentice. “Reconfiguring Frit,” essay in Unconventional Computing – Design Methods for Adaptive Architecture, eds. Simone Ferracina and Rachel Armstrong, 82-87. Cambridge: Riverside Architectural Press, 2013.

Briscoe, Danelle. “BIM in the Academic Design Studio,” chapter BIM in Academia, eds. Peggy Deamer and Phil Bernstein, 115–125. New Haven: Yale University Press, 2011.

Briscoe, Danelle. “Drawing Now and Then,” essay in Traces & Trajectories: The University of Texas at Austin School of Architecture at 100, ed. Richard Cleary, 69–71. Austin: Center for American Architecture and Design, 2010.

Conference Proceeding and Article

Briscoe, Danelle. “Parametric Planting: Green Wall System Research + Design using BIM,” Design Agency, Proceedings of the 34th Annual Conference of the Association for Computer Aided Design in Architecture (ACADIA), eds. David Gerber, Alvin Huang and Jose Sanchez, 333–338. Cambridge: Riverside Architectural Press, 2014.

Briscoe, Danelle with Reg Prentice. “Gehry and the Glitch: Serendipity in Digital Design Processes,” TxA Interactive, Proceedings of the 74th Texas Society of Architects Annual Convention and Design Expo, ed. Kory Bieg, 50-58. Austin: Texas Society of Architects, 2014.

Briscoe, Danelle. “Reconfiguring  Frit” poster in Adaptive Architecture, Proceedings of the 33rd Annual Conference of the Association for Computer Aided Design in Architecture (ACADIA), eds. Philip Beesley, Omar Khan and Michael Stacey, 415-416. Cambridge: Riverside Architectural Press, October 2013.

Briscoe, Danelle. "Shaping Stone," Hyper-seeing Magazine Special issue. Selected Proceedings from Shape Modeling International Conference, eds. Ergun Akleman and Alexander Pasko, 88-94. Bournemouth: Bournemouth University, 2013.

Briscoe, Danelle. “MASS Customization” in New Constellations / New Ecologies, Proceedings of the 101th Association of Collegiate Schools of Architecture (ACSA) Annual Meeting, eds. Ila Berman and Edward Mitchell, 406-413. Washington, D.C.: ACSA Press, 2013.

Briscoe, Danelle with Arman Hadilou. “Collective Intelligence,” in Open Systems, Proceedings of the 18th Annual International Conference on Computer-  Aided Architectural Design Research in Asia (CAADRIA), eds. R. Stouffs, P. Janssen, S. Roudavski and B. Tunçer,  156–59. Singapore: Department of  Architecture-NUS, 2013.

Briscoe, Danelle with Travis LeDuc. “Drawing from Ornithology: Informing Architectural Design,” in Proceedings for Sustainability Through Biomimicry, Conference, ed. Sumayah Al-Solaiman, 102–114. Dammam: University of Dammam Press, Saudi Arabia, 2012.

Briscoe, Danelle. “Beauty and the BIM,” in Digital Aptitudes, Proceedings of the 100th Association of Collegiate Schools of Architecture (ACSA) Annual Meeting, eds. Mark Goulthorpe and  Amy Murphy, 736–743. Washington, D.C.: ACSA  Press, 2012.

Briscoe, Danelle. “DoorSTOP AIDS” in Centerline 5: Academic Practice, eds. Kevin Alter, Francisco Gomes, and Wilfred Wang, 88–89. Austin: Center for American Architecture and Design, 2011.

Briscoe, Danelle. “Information Controlled Erosion,”  in LIFE In:Formation, On Responsive Information and Variations in Architecture, Proceedings of the 30th Annual Conference of the Association for Computer Aided Design in Architecture (ACADIA). eds. Aaron  Sprecher, Shai Yeshayahu,and Pablo Loernzo-Eiroa, 145–150. New York: ACADIA Press, 2010.

Briscoe, Danelle. “Digital Erosion: The Limestone Façade,” in Flip Your Field, Proceedings of the Annual West Central Fall Conference of Association of Collegiate Schools of Architecture (ACSA), ed. Penelope Dean, 53–57. Chicago: University of Illinois, 2010.

Briscoe, Danelle. “Form Follows Flexibility: BIM  Parametric Design” in Architectural Education Forum 4: Flexibility Conference Proceedings, eds. Beyhan Bolak Hisarligil and Sevgi Lokce, 65–66. Kayseri: Chamber of Architects of Turkey Publications, 2009.

 Briscoe, Danelle. “Building Design with Digital Fabrication Technology,” in Advance: The Unitec Magazine of Innovation and Research, 4, Summer, Auckland: Unitec New Zealand Press, 2008.

Briscoe, Danelle. “Practically Digital,” Digital Architecture and Construction, eds. A. Ali and C.A.Brebbia, 111–120. Southhampton: Wessex Institute of Technology Press, 2006.

Briscoe, Danelle. “Detachable Dwelling” in Re:Housing: Urban Architecture Laboratory International Housing Conference, eds. Shane Murray, Diego Ramirez and Simon Whibley, 68–77. Melbourne: Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology Press, 2006.

CITATIONS OF SCHOLARSHIP

Jones, Carla. “The Green Alley Project: A University- Community Partnership in Austin, Texas” in Biophilic Cities website, http://biophiliccities.org/the-green-alley- project-a-university-community-partnership-in-austin-texas/. 13 October 2014

Olsen, Clare with Sinead Mac Namara. Collaborations in Architecture and Engineering. New York: Routledge, 168, 2014.

Beaman, Michael. “Could Computational Design Go Mainstream?” Architectural Record, McGraw-Hill Construction, August issue,   http://archrecord. construction.com/news/2013/07/130708-Could-Computational-Design-Go-Mainstream.asp, 2013.

 Rina Bernabei. “Critique, Process and the Academic/Designer” Critique 2013 Conference Proceedings, eds. Chris Brisbin and Myra Thiessen, 113- 125. Adelaide: University of Adelaide Press, 2013.

Pihlak M, Deamer P, Holland R, Poerschke U, Messner J, et al. “Building Information Modeling (BIM) and the Impact on Design Quality,” in Journal of Architectural Engineering Technology, Volume 1, Issue 1, 2011.

SCHOLARSHIP- PRESENTATIONS

Peer Reviewed Conferences

(forthcoming) “Parametric Planting: Landscape Design  Using BIM,” American Society of Landscape Architects Annual Conference (ASLA), Chicago, Illinois. November 6-9, 2015.

“Parametric Planting: Green Wall System Research + Design Using BIM,” Association for Computer Aided Design in Architecture (ACADIA) Annual Conference, Los Angeles, California. October 24, 2014.

“Gehry and the Glitch: Serendipity in Digital Design Processes,” TxA Interactive, 74th Texas Society of Architects Annual Convention and Design Expo, Fort Worth, Texas, November 9, 2013.

“Custom MASS,” Association of Collegiate Schools of Architecture (ACSA) 101st Annual Conference, San Francisco, California, March 22, 2013.

“Drawing from Ornithology: Informing Architectural Design,” Sustainability Through Biomimicry Conference. University of Dammam, Saudi Arabia, November 26, 2012.

“Beauty and the BIM” Association of Collegiate Schools of Architecture (ACSA) 100th Annual Conference, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Boston March 3, 2012.

“Information Controlled Erosion” Association for Computer Aided Design in Architecture (ACADIA) Annual Conference, New York, NY, October 23, 2010.

“Form Follows Flexibility: BIM Parametric Design” Architectural Education Forum 4: Flexibility Conference, Kayseri: Erciyes University, May 27, 2009.

 Invited Lectures, Symposia and Roundtable Discussions

“BIM and Parametric Planting,” Graduate School of Architecture Representative Council Research Roundup Symposium, University of Texas at Austin School of Architecture, March 26, 2015.

Invited Moderator. TEX/FAB Symposium, University of Texas at Austin, February 22, 2014.

“Green Wall Project,” Fourth Annual Sustainability Symposium in the Best of Research and Initiatives, University of Texas at Austin, September 20, 2013.

Invited Speaker. “Mass Customization + Non-Standard Modes of (Re) Production,” University of New South Wales, School of Architecture, Sydney, Australia, July 29, 2013.

           Invited Respondent with Lisa Iwamoto. TEX/FAB Symposium, University of Texas at Arlington, March 1, 2013

“Mass Customization + Non-Standard Modes of (Re)production,” The Center for American Architecture and Design [CAAD], Lunch Forum Series, University of Texas at Austin, December 7, 2012.

“BIOWALL- a Limestone Façade for Hot and Dry Climates,” Faculty Research and Project Support Grant Research Grant, University of Texas School of Architecture, Collaborator - Mark Simmons, Ph.D. Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Research Center, 5 October, 2012.

“BIM and Material Practices,” Graduate School of Architecture Representative Council Research Roundup Symposium, University of Texas at Austin School of Architecture, November 13, 2012.

Invited Speaker. “Beauty and the BIM” Autodesk International Annual Conference as ‘Design Leader for the Americas’ November 28, 2012.

Session Moderator. Music in Architecture-Architecture in Music Symposium, University of Texas School of Architecture, Mebane Gallery, October 12, 2012.

Invited Respondent. BIM: Implications for Architectural Pedagogy Symposium, Yale University School of Architecture, April 10, 2010.

“BIM: Implications on Architectural Design Pedagogy,” Architectural Association (AA) School of Architecture London, England, May 30, 2010.

“BIM+GIS,” ESRI Workshop, University of Texas at Austin, School of Architecture, August 29, 2010.

“Working Model,” University of British Columbia, School of Architecture + Landscape Architecture, Vancouver, British Columbia, March 23, 2009.

“BIM and Digital Fabrication,” Revit Technology Conference Melbourne, Australia, June 20, 2009.

“Digital Design Using BIM,” Unitec School of Architecture and Landscape Design Research Symposium, Auckland, New Zealand August 15, 2008.

“Practically Digital,” Jasmax Architects, Auckland, New Zealand, August 22, 2007.

“BIM in the Academy,” Revit User Group Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand, October 24, 2007.

 “BIM in the Design Studio,” Unitec School of Architecture and Landscape, Architecture Design Research Symposia, Auckland, New Zealand, November 12, 2007.

“Digital Practice in the Academy” 100Years of Architecture in New Zealand, New Zealand Institute of Architecture Annual Conference Auckland, New Zealand, June 8, 2005.

SCHOLARSHIP- FUNDED RESEARCH

National and International Funding

2013  Saudi Arabian Government Travel Award in support of “Sustainability Through Biomimicry”     Conference attendance, $10,000

2011  Academic Fellowship, Autodesk University 2011 Conference and Exhibition, Las Vegas, Nevada, November 29–December 1, 2011, $2500

2010  Academic Fellowship, Autodesk University 2011 Conference and Exhibition, Las Vegas, Nevada, November 27–29, 2010, $2500          

2001  Yale Digital Media Center for the Arts Traveling Fellowship “Landscape + Space,” Resource for Documentary Video Project in Barbados, West Indies

University and School Funding

2015 “Ecologically Augmenting Car Parks” The Hampton K. and Margaret Frye Snell Endowment for transportation related research Project Support Grant, University of Texas School of Architecture, $6,800

2015 “Guadalupe Parking Garage, Green Wall Project” Green Fee Faculty Research and Project Support Grant University of Texas School of Architecture, Collaborators - Mark Simmons, Ph.D. and Dean Frederick Steiner, $24,500

2015— Faculty Travel Grant Program, University of Texas at Austin, Office of the Vice President for Research, $1250 received annually for six consecutive years

2014 Special Research Grant, University of Texas at Austin, Office of the Vice President for Research, $750

2013 Subvention Grant, University of Texas at Austin, Office of the Vice President for Research, $6000

2013 Green Garage Schematic Design Proposal Grant, University of Texas at Austin, Office of the Vice President for Facilities. Research Collaborators – Dean Frederick Steiner, Mark Simmons, and Barbara Wilson, $38,000          

2012 John Potter Endowment, Fund for the Encouragement of Risk Taking, Innovative Technology in Architecture, University of Texas at Austin School of Architecture, Robotic Fabrication in Architecture, Art and Design, Conference and Workshop, TU Wien, December 14–18, 2012, Vienna, Austria, $2,200

2012 Big XII Faculty Fellowship. Office of the Vice President Research. University of Texas at Austin. Research Exchange with University of Kansas School of Architecture, Professor Dan Rockhill, $2500

2012 Faculty Research and Project Support Grant “BIOWALL- a Limestone Façade for Hot and Dry Climates,” University of Texas School of Architecture, Research Collaborator – Mark Simmons, Ph.D., Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Research Center $12,500

2012 Summer Research Assignment. Office of the Vice President for Research. University of Texas at Austin, Publication Research and Proposal, $6000              

2009 Faculty Research Grant. Office of the Vice President for Research. University of Texas at Austin. “Milling Stone Using BIM Software and Digital Fabrication,” $6000

2009 New Faculty Start-Up Funds. The University of Texas at Austin, Office of the Executive Vice President and Provost. “Building Information Modeling Research,” $10,000

2006 Faculty Research Grant. Office of Research Development. Unitec Technical New Zealand. “Digital Analysis Using Stereo-lithography,” NZ$5000

2005 Unitec New Zealand, School of Architecture, Office of the Executive Vice President and Provost. New Faculty Start-Up Funds, NZ$14,000

 

SCHOLARSHIP-CREATIVE PRACTICE

Exhibitions

2012   PROOF, Auckland Print Studio Showing, Papakura Art Gallery, Auckland, New Zealand, 24 November–21 December

2012   UT Digital Research + Support, Texas Society of Architects Conference, University Co-op Materials Resource Center, University of Texas at Austin School of Architecture, 19 October

2012 Information Controlled Erosion, NAAB Accreditation Faculty Exhibition, University of Texas at Austin School of Architecture, 18–22 February

2010 Information Controlled Erosion, University Co-op Materials Resource Center, University of Texas at Austin School of Architecture, 18 November 2010–February 2014

2010 Uno Mas, Auckland Print Studio Showing, Artists Image Resource, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, 12 June–5 July

2010 Academic Practice, Exhibition of faculty work, Mebane Gallery, The University of Texas at Austin School of Architecture, 30 August–24 September, Creative work: doorstop AIDS

2008  Gradient Threshold, New Zealand Institute of Architecture Conference 2008, Sky City Auckland Convention Center, Auckland, New Zealand, 12–24 May

2008  Beauty + the BIM, Long Black Café, Auckland, New Zealand, 1–14 April

2008  Digital Craft, Objectspace Gallery, Auckland, New Zealand, 14 November–16 December

2006  Detachable Dwelling, re Housing: UAL International Housing Exhibition, Co-Curators: Shane Murray, Diego Ramirez and Simon             Whibley from RMIT Architecture - Urban Architecture Laboratory (UAL), Melbourne, Australia, 4–14 October

2006  Art Degustation, ppg gallery, Auckland, New Zealand, 27 March–13 April

2004  Raw, International Contemporary Furniture Fair (ICFF), curated and produced by Marco Pasanella, Javitz Center, New York, New York, 15–18 May

2004 Showdown! at the Schindler House, MAK Center, West Hollywood, California, Co-designed with Judith Mussell and Susan Benningfield, 22–23 October

            2002 Work, Yale 2002 Studio Exhibition, Axis Gallery, Tokyo, Japan, 01-29 June

            2002 World Trade Center, H.I. Feldman Prize Nominee & Exhibition, Yale School of Architecture, 02 May–27 June         

Professional Practice              

db studio,   Principal, 5501 A Balcones Drive #105, Austin, TX 78731                   

2014  Austin House II Kitchen, 2105 Robinhood Trail,  Austin, Texas

2012  Ancient Wisdom Acupuncture Renovation, Phase 1, 1707 W. Koenig Lane, Austin TX 78756

2012 Austin House II Renovation, 2105 Robinhood Trail, Austin, Texas

           2012 TEX-FAB APPLIED, Research through Fabrication Competition

2012 “CONRAC Art in Public Places Project”  Submission

           2011  “ART + ARCHITECTURE: New Architecture in Austin” Submission

           2010 “Temporary Outdoor Gallery Space 3 (TOGS 3)”, Art Alliance Austin

2009 Austin House I Renovation, 2715 Geraghty Avenue, Austin, Texas

           2008 Tropical House II Design, Apes Hill Development, Moon Shine Ridge Road, Barbados, West Indies, 5,000 square feet

2007  Sandringham Renovation, Auckland, New Zealand, 1,500 square feet

           2006  “SUMI - corner / edge / end”,  Muji International Design Competition, 31 August

           2005  Tropical House I Design, Barbados, West Indies, 4,000 square feet

           2005 “Imagine and Shape”, Core 77 + CATIA Napkin Sketch Competition, Honorable Mention Awarded

           2004 “Big Idea: Next Generation”,  Metropolis Magazine Competition,  Door stopAIDS Honorable Mention awarded

            2003 Mālama Learning Center Architectural Competition, Kapolei, Hawaii, National Foundation of the Arts

            1995   Strawbale House, Blanco, Texas, 1,200 square feet

Marmol + Radziner, 12210 Nebraska Avenue, Los Angeles, CA 90025   

            2005  Lynton Renovation and Pool House, Los Angeles CA, 6,500 square feet, Phase: SD, DD, CD, CA

            2005  Prospector Residence, Sun Valley, Idaho, 8,700 square feet, Phase: As Built Documentation, SD

 2004  La Canada Horse Ranch and Spa, 12,500 square feet, Phase: SD

Gehry Partners, LLP, 12541 Beatrice Street, Los Angeles, CA 90066

            2004  King Alfred Brighton and Hove competition, Brighton, England, 250,000 square feet, Phase: Competition, Winning Entry

2003–2004 Interactive Corporation World Headquarters, New York, NY, 25,000 square feet, Phase: SD, DD

            2003  Lewis Science Library, Princeton University 87,000 gross square feet, Phase: SD

            2003 New Seat of Government Competition, Milan, Italy, 405,000 square feet