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Keynote Speaker - Richard Economakis

Richard Economakis - Associate Professor
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Prof. Economakis Joined the faculty in 1996 by way of London where since 1990 he was Design Associate with Porphyrios Associates and Senior Editor of traditional titles at Academy Editions. He has also worked in the offices of John Simpson and Partners in London, Alan Greenberg in New Haven, and Robert A.M. Stern in New York.  Prof. Economakis has edited numerous books including monographs on the work of architects Leon Krier and Quinlan Terry and the books Building Classical and Acropolis Restoration.  He holds a B. Arch and an M.A. from Cornell University.  He has also served as Assistant Design Tutor at the Prince of Wales’s Institute, London.

Prof. Economakis served as Interim Director of Graduate Studies at the School of Architecture for the academic year of 1999-2000.  As part of his teaching methodology he stresses the interrelationship of architectural and urban typologies, exploring them in a carefully considered sequence of foundational design projects adapted for both undergraduate and graduate studios.  Prof. Economakis has also co-organized two summer design programs in Greece, based in the city of Nauplion.  He co-edited the School’s publication, Building Cities (Artmedia), and is the author of the books Nisyros: History and Architecture of an Aegean Island (Melissa), and Acropolis: Ancient Cities (Artmedia).  In 2003 he received the University of Notre Dame’s Kaneb Teaching Award; he was named Educator of the Year in 2002 by the School of Architecture’s Student Chapter of the AIA.