Andrew Metter

Office

3360 S. State Street Chicago, IL 60616

Office Hours

By appointment

Phone 312.567.3230
Fax 312.567.5820
ametter@iit.edu

Courses taught

ARCH 418 Architecture VIII (S12, S13)
ARCH 420 Architecture X S12, S13)
ARCH 543 Structurally Determinant Studio (F11, F12)

Expertise

Recent studios and research involved leveraging existing urban infrastructure to design more efficient food distribution networks and food pantry prototypes.

Education

B. Arts, State University of New York @ Albany, 1973
Master Architecture, Washington University in St. Louis, Dec. 1976

Teaching Experience

Adjunct Studio Instructor, University of Wisconsin @ Milwaukee, 1984-1985
Adjunct professor, Illinois Institute of Technology 2006 – present

Professional Experience

Sisco - Lubotsky, Chicago, 1977 – 1986
Perkins & Will , Chicago , 1986-1989
Epstein | Metter Studio, Chicago, 1990 - present

Licenses

Illinois 1980 to present

Selected Publications, Exhibits, and Recent Research

Progressive Architecture, PA Award” January 1983
Progressive Architecture, “Muthesius Found” ,Oct, 1983
Progressive Architecture, “PA Furniture Award” May 1985
Architecture Magazine, Urban Gateway, Donald Albrecht, August 1994
Chicago Tribune, Arts Section “ Metter Infuses the Poetic into the Mundane”, Blair Kamin, 9-15-02
Architectural Record, “Young Turks in Big Tents”, Ingrid Spencer, Dec 2005
Hinge, Vol. 40 “China Storm- Western Firms Sail in”, March 2007
Chicago Tribune, Arts section, “Lighter than Air Serta Design Elevates the Ordinary” Blair Kamin, 3-08-09
Architect Magazine, “Serta Center” , Katie Gerfen, Sept., 2009
Architect Magazine, “Serta Center”, Vernon Mays, Nov 2009
Chicago Tribune, Arts & Entertainment, “ Best of 2009”, Blair Kamin, 12-13-2009
Architectural Record, AIA Honor Awards, June 2010
Terror and Wonder, Architecture in a Tumultuous Age, Blair Kamin, 2010
Designs For The New Decade- AIA 2010-2012, Serta Int’l Center 2012