FACULTY

Douglas Allen is a Professor of Architecture and Associate Dean of the College of Architecture at Georgia Tech. Allen, a landscape architect, received his BLA from the University of Georgia and his MLA from Harvard University. He teaches the Urban Design Core Course, History of Urban Form and occasionally teaches seminar electives, including Studies in Landscape Architecture . Allen's most recent studios and workshops have included the Crabapple Studio and the Oglethorpe University Joint Development Workshop. Allen also lectures on urban design history and theory in the College of Architecture's Summer Program in Rome, Italy. Allen has combined teaching and practice in architecture, landscape architecture and urban design for more than 20 years, winning numerous awards for his professional projects.

Richard Dagenhart is an Associate Professor of Architecture in the College of Architecture at Georgia Tech. An architect and city planner, he received his B.A. in Anthropology and B.ARCH. from the University of Arkansas and his M.ARCH. and MCP from the University of Pennsylvania. Dagenhart's recent studios include Projects in Chattahoochee Hill, I-75/I-85 -Incidental Urbanism, Affordable Housing in Cuyler-Brownsville, Savannah, and MARTA-Incidental Infrastructure. He also teaches the Urban Design Core course, Introduction to Urban Design, and seminars on contemporary urban design topics in Urban Design Theory. Dagenhart also directs the graduate summer program, Modern Architecture and the Modern City: Paris, The Netherlands, Berlin where he collaboratively teaches History and Theory of the Modern City, European Modernism, and Contemporary Architecture and Urbanism in Europe.

Michael Dobbins, an architect and former Atlanta Commissioner of Planning, is an Associate Professor of Architecture and City and Regional Planning in the College of Architecture at Georgia Tech. Dobbins received his B.A. and M.ARCH from Yale University. He combines teaching urban design studios and courses at Georgia Tech while also serving as urban design and development advisor to the City of Atlanta. Dobbins teaches Urban Design Policy and Implementation, one of the Urban Design Core courses, and studios that address urban design questions in collaboration with the City of Atlanta. Recent studios have included Redevelopment of a Brownfield site, Atlanta's South CBD, and Atlanta's Northside Corridor.

Ellen Dunham-Jones is an Associate Professor of Architecture and Director of the Architecture Program in the College of Architecture at Georgia Tech. Dunham-Jones is an architect and received her B.A. and M.ARCH. from Princeton University. Prior to joining Georgia Tech, she taught architecture and urban design at MIT and the University of Virginia. Although directing the Architecture Program consumes much of her time, she teaches Theory and Criticism II, a core course in the M.ARCH. Program, serves as a roving critic in urban design studios and workshops, and lectures widely on contemporary topics in urban design, especially the ideas and practices within the Congress of the New Urbanism.

Associated Urban Design Faculty

Michael Elliot, Associate Professor, Planning.
Michael Gamble, Assistant Professor, Architecture.
David Green, Lecturer, Architecture.
Herman Howard, Lecturer, Architecture.
Frances Hsu, Assistant Professor, Architecture.
Chris Jarrett, Associate Director, Associate Professor, Architecture.
Larry Keating, Professor, Planning.
Jude LeBlanc, Associate Professor, Architecture.
Catherine Ross, Dirctor - CQGRD, Harry West Chair of CRP, Planning.