Antony Wood

Research Professor of Tall Buildings, Executive Director of CTBUH; Studio Professor

Office

3360 S. State Street Chicago, IL 60616

Office Hours

By appointment
Phone 312.567.3230
Fax 312.567.5820
wood@iit.edu
CTBUH

Courses taught

ARCH 691 Doctoral Research (S13)
ARCH 420 Advanced Studio (S12)
ARCH 497 Architecture and Culture: Challenging the Global Vernacular (F12, F11)

Expertise

Recognized internationally for his work in tall buildings and sustainable cities; tall building design; natural ventilation; sustainable vertical urbanism; skybridges; LCA analysis

Education

PhD in Architecture, University of Nottingham, UK, 2010
Postgraduate Certificate in Higher Education, University of Nottingham, UK, 2003
Postgraduate Diploma in Architectural Practice, Leicester De Montford University, UK, 1999
Diploma in Architecture, University of Nottingham, UK, 1995
Bachelor of Arts in Architecture, University of Nottingham, UK, 1991

Teaching Experience

Studio Associate Professor, College of Architecture, IIT, Chicago, 2006 - present
Associate Professor, School of the Built Environment, University of Nottingham, 2001-2006

Professional Experience

Studio Associate Professor, College of Architecture, IIT, Chicago, 2006 - present
Associate Professor, School of the Built Environment, University of Nottingham, 2001-2006

Licenses

Royal Institute of British Architects (RIBA), UK 2000 to present
Architects Registration Board (ARB), UK 2000 to present

Selected Publications, Exhibits, and Recent Research

Editor of the Proceedings of the CTBUH World Congress Proceedings: 2008, 2010 and 2012; Best Tall Buildings: CTBUH International Award Winning Projects. Annual Series, 2008-2012; Tall Buildings: The 2010 CTBUH Reference Guide to the What, When and Where of Tall and Urban, 2010; The Tall Buildings Reference Guide. Complete guide to tall buildings, 2013
Recommendations for the Natural Ventilation of Tall Office Buildings. A report of the CTBUH Tall Buildings and Sustainability Working Group. Published by the Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat, Chicago in July 2012
Trends and Challenges in High-Rise Buildings in the 21st Century. Chapter in BUSENKELL, M., SCHMAL, P. C. (eds) (2010). Best High-Rises 2010/11: The International Highrise Awards 2010. by DAM Deutsches Architekturmuseum, Frankfurt am Main
Foreword to High-Rise Security and Fire Life Safety, Third Edition, by Geoff Craighead. Publisher: Butterworth-Heinemann, an imprint of Elsevier, UK. 652 pages, 2009

Awards

2012 ArcelorMittal Research Grant. US$300,000 A Whole Life Cycle Assessment of the Sustainable Aspects of Structure Systems in Tall Buildings.
2011 Prince Charitable Grants Trust. US$5000 for establishment of on-line Tall Building Research Database.
2011 Furthermore Publishing. US$3500 for development of a new Tall Buildings reference Book
2011 Korean High Rise Studio. US$20,000 from the ‘Doosan Construction’ to fund a travelling IIT College of Architecture student design studio to Seoul. January-February 2011.

Memberships

RIBA, Chartered Member; ARB, Member; ASHRAE, Member; Chicago Architectural Foundation, Sustaining Member; Urban Land Institute; U.S. Green Building Council.