Daniel K. Brown

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Daniel K. Brown
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Occupations
  • Architect
  • Academic
Website danielkbrown.com

Daniel K. Brown is a New Zealand-based American architect and academic. Brown holds the inaugural chair Professor of Design Studio at Victoria University of Wellington School of Architecture in New Zealand.

Career

From 1990 to 1996 Brown was vice-president of Emilio Ambasz and Associates (EAA). [1] In 1997 Brown was awarded a nine-month American Institute of Indian Studies Fellowship to study narrative architecture in India, followed by a three-month Asian Cultural Council Fellowship in Nepal and a nine-month Fulbright Fellowship in Thailand. [2] In 1998 he was hired to teach architectural design at the Victoria University of Wellington in New Zealand. [3] [4] During his academic career, Brown has won 12 teaching awards, including the Award for Sustained Excellence in Tertiary Teaching. [5] [6]

In 2010, a 5-year retrospective of Brown's collaborative research with New York artist Kristin Jones was exhibited at the prestigious Venice Biennale of Architecture in the host Italy Pavilion as part of the exhibition "Reflections of the Future", curated by Luca Molinari, one of Italy's leading curators. [7] [8]

In 2021, Brown was one of 12 academics worldwide selected to be featured in the London journal Architectural Design in the August 2021 special edition Emerging Talents: Training Architects. [9] [10] [11]

References

  1. "In defence of the humanities". Newsroom . 6 August 2018.
  2. "RESEARCH INTERESTS". Victoria University of Wellington.
  3. "Daniel Brown". Victoria University of Wellington. Retrieved 12 November 2022.
  4. "In praise of the humanities". Victoria University of Wellington. 6 August 2018.
  5. "Victoria takes honours in teaching awards". Scoop . Retrieved 12 November 2022.
  6. "Daniel Brown". Victoria University of Wellington.
  7. "AILATI: Reflections from the Future". Luca Molinari. Retrieved 12 November 2022.
  8. Sejima, Kazuyo (2010). People Meet in Architecture: Biennale Architettura 2010. Venice: Marsilio.
  9. "Emerging Talents: Training Architects | Wiley". Wiley.com.
  10. Spiller, Neil. "Emerging Talents: Training Architects" . Retrieved 12 November 2022.
  11. "The Machine Stops: The Allegorical Architectural Project". The Big Idea.