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| Position | Emeritus Professor |
|---|---|
| Phone | |
| dpgrant38@charter.net |
Areas of Expertise
Computer-Aided Architectural Design, Design and Construction as a Small-Scale Master Builder, Design Methodology and Design Methods, Watercolor, Housing Design and Development, Scale and Proportion in Architectural Design, Materials and Methods for One-Person Construction
Profile
Worked as an Architect (Utah), Construction Cost Estimator (Utah), Architect (London), Architect (New York City: Ulrich Franzen and Associates; and Victory Lundy FAIA), and Architect (California). Developer of Low-income Housing (California). Worked full time starting at age 14 as dishwasher, in theatre jobs (usher, doorman, assistant manager, then manager), as parking garage attendant, waiter, bootlegger’s city delivery boy in a dry state, common laborer in construction, and agricultural laborer on a kibbutz in Galilee. Housing Commissioner, San Luis Obispo, 1972-1975.
AIA Langley Fellowship (1960-1961); Fellowship, Graham Foundation for Advanced Study in the Fine Arts (1970-1972); University-wide Distinguished Teaching Award, Cal Poly SLO (1977-78); Co-organizer, NATO Advanced Research Workshop, Eindhoven, The Netherlands (1992); Organizer, International Conferences of the Design Methods Group (Berkeley, 1975) and the Design Research Society (London, 1973).
Education
Ph.D., Architectural Design and Design Methodology, University of California at Berkeley, 1974, working with Professors Horst W.J. Rittel, Jean-Pierre Protzen and C. West Churchman; minors in Information Science and in Social and Behavioral Science Factors in Architectural Design
M.Arch. In Architectural Psychology, University of Utah, 1964, with two years additional graduate study in Psychology, Social Psychology and Sociology
B.Arch. With Special Distinction, University of Oklahoma, 1961
M.A. In British Literature, Cal Poly SLO, 1985
Additional Studies in Mathematics (Oklahoma City University, 1956); Art (Universidad Nacional Autonoma de Mexico, 1960); Language (Holborn College, London, 1964-1965); Gerontology: Housing for the Elderly (University of Southern California, 1970); Art (Cuesta College, 1986-1988); and Mathematics, Statistics, Welding, Music Theory and French (Cal Poly SLO, various years).
Teaching Experience
Architecture, occasionally Architectural Engineering and Construction Management, Cal Poly SLO 1967-2000
Design at first, second, third, fourth, fifth and graduate year levels
Computer-Aided Architectural Design, third, fourth and fifth year levels, 1988-1998
Watercolor, third, fourth and fifth year levels
Design and Construction as a Small-Scale Master Builder (Design-Build-Investment Practice), Arch. 446
Systematic Design Methods in Architectural Design, esp. Arch. 310 and 510
Briefly at various times: City Planning, Design Considerations for Construction Management Students, Design Methodology for Architectural Engineering Students, Graphics, Working Drawings, Design Development
Coordinator, Joint B.Arch.+ Master of Business Administration Program, conducted studio and seminar
Seminar, Scale and Proportion in Architectural Design
Pioneering Fourth Year Design Quarter, Paris and Nice, 1987
Pioneering Fourth Year Design Quarter and student exchange, Stuttgart, 1988
Initiated and assisted in organizing Design Quarter conducted by Laura Joines, Prague, 1992
Architecture, Miami University, Oxford, Ohio, 1975 (Guest Professor)
Architectural Design, Fifth year level
Systematic Design Methods in Architectural Design
Architecture, University of California at Berkeley, 1977-1979 (Guest Professor)
Architectural Design, Fifth year level
Systematic Design Methods in Architectural Design
Space Planning in Architecture and Interior Design
Visiting Lecturer, United States Information Service (USIS) 1975-1977
Copenhagen, Denmark, Royal Academy of Art
Architecture Department, University of Lund, Sweden;
Architecture, University of Stuttgart, Germany
Planning, University of Karlsruhe, Germany
ETH, Zurich, Switzerland
Guest Senior Scientist, Studiengruppe fur Systemforschung, Heidelberg, 1975-1977
Writing and lecturing on Environmental Problem Solving Information Systems, Decision Making Methods,
Education and Practice in Information Science (for the Bundesministerium des Innerns), and the flow of Scientific and Technological Information (STI) in the European Community
Visiting Lecturer, various times
University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, Annual John Gaw Meem Memorial Lecture
University of Michigan, Ann Arbor
Arizona State University, Tempe
University of Kansas, Lawrence
University of Nebraska, Lincoln
Nova Scotia Technical University, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada
Registration
Architect, California C-5641 (1968)
Architect, New York 009553 (1967)
Licensed General Building Contractor, California, retired (1972-2004)
Licensed Real Estate Broker, California 009088148), retired (1986-19840
Affiliations
President, Design Methods Institute and predecessor organizations, 1970-present
Editor and Publisher, DESIGN METHODS and predecessor periodicals, 1970-present (quarterly)
Editor and Publisher, SMALL-SCALE MASTER BUILDER, 1984 (quarterly)
President, San Luis Obispo Non-profit Housing Corporation, 1988-2003
President, Edna-Islay Non-profit Housing Corporation, 1988-2003
Private member, European Association for Architectural Education, 1980s
Scholarship
List of publications, 1964-2008, available by email upon request (about eight pages or so; I can also mail a paper copy if that is preferred. I have copies of most, but not all, of the publications listed and can supply them upon request.)
News
Currently completing two books, ARCHITECTURAL DESIGN METHODS; and ARCHITECTURAL DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION AS A SMALL-SCALE MASTER BUILDER including MATERIALS AND METHODS FOR ONE-PERSON CONSTRUCTION and ARCHITECTURAL ECONOMICS FOR SMALL-SCALE DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION