Heather Woofter

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Heather Woofter is an American architect. She is the dean of the University of Texas at Austin School of Architecture. [1] [2] She was formerly the director of the College of Architecture and Graduate School of Architecture & Urban Design at Washington University in St. Louis. [3]

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Woofter was raised in Maryland and Massachusetts. [4] She attended Virginia Tech where she received her Bachelor of Architecture degree and then earned a Master of Architecture degree from Harvard University in 1998. [5] [6] After graduation, she worked at Bohlin Cywinski Jackson, Marks Barfield and Robert Luchetti Associates. In 2003, she co-founded Axi:Ome. [7]

In 2010, Woofter became the program chair for the College of Architecture and Graduate School of Architecture & Urban Design for the Sam Fox School of Design & Visual Arts at Washington University in St. Louis, later becoming the college's director in 2017. [6]

In 2023, she became the dean of the University of Texas at Austin School of Architecture. [5]

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