Susan Conger-Austin
Office
3360 S. State Street Chicago, IL 60616Office Hours
By appointmentCourses taught
ARCH 545 Design Studio - Cloud Studio (F, S 2014- current)ARCH 497 Chicago’s Magnificent Mile: The Power of Place Seminar (F16, F15)
ARCH 588 Design Studio - Masters Projects (S12, S13)
ARCH 593 Thesis Preparation Seminar (F11, F12)
Expertise
Focus on educational reform, architectural design, and its impact on teaching and learning. Current collaborations with Structural Engineer Professor Paul Endres on the Study of Lightness with wood construction.Education
B.Arch., Stanford University, Economics, Art History, Double MajorM.Arch, Princeton University
Teaching Experience
Studio Professor, Illinois Institute of Technology, 1993-2003Assistant Professor, Illinois Institute of Technology, 2003-2010
Studio Associate Professor, Illinois Institute of Technology 2010-2013
Adjunct Professor, University of Wisconsin- Milwaukee, 2012
Visiting Professor, International Design Workshop, Universidad Mayor, Santiago, Chile, Summer, 2010- 2013
Visiting Professor, Post Graduate Seminar, Escola da Cidade, Sao Paolo, Brazil, Fall, 2011
Studio Professor, Illinois Institute of Technology, 2014-Present
Professional Experience
Associate Partner, Studio Head, Skidmore, Owings and Merrill, Chicago, Boston 1983-1993Founder, Principal, Susan Conger-Austin Architect, 1993-1996
Founder, Principal, STL Architects, 1996-2002
Founder, Principal, S Conger Architects LLC, 2002-present
Licenses
Illinois 1988 to presentSelected Publications, Exhibits, and Recent Research
“50 Designers, 50 Ideas, 50 Wards”, Chicago Architecture Foundation exhibition, 2016“Unfolding SpaceI An Architecture of Moments” Exhibit, Chicago, Illinois, Floating World Gallery, 2012
“Architecture, Territory and Forces of Nature”, Publication from Taller Internacional Escuela de Arquitectura Universidad Mayor, 2010, Santiago, Chile
“Burnham 2.0” Exhibit, Chicago, Illinois, Chicago History Museum, in collaboration with the Chicago Humanities Festival, 2008, 2009
Awards
Fulbright Senior Specialist Grant to teach in Santiago, Chile Universidad Mayor, 2008Association of Collegiate Schools of Architecture, Architectural Education Awards, Faculty Design, 2010
Floating World Gallery Project cited in Architect’s Newspaper, The Midwest 02 _ 03.07.2012, “The Inner Circle”, Best Architecture of 2011
Richard H. Driehaus Foundation - $45,000 grant for studio-based design research on education, 2010-2012
“Best of Show” Cloud Studio, College of Architecture, co-taught with Professor Paul Endres, 2016
Fulbright Senior Specialist Grant, IE University, Segovia Spain 2016