Thomas E. Brock

Office

3360 S. State Street Chicago, IL 60616

Office Hours

By appointment

Phone 312.567.3230
Fax 312.567.5820
brock@iit.edu
Thomas Brock Architect

Courses taught

ARCH 417 Architecture VII (F11, F12)
ARCH 419 Architecture IX (F11, F12)
ARCH 509 Topics in Advanced Technology (F11, F12, S13)
ARCH 544 Comprehensive Building Project (S12, S13)
ARCH 564 Comp. Opportunity Assessment & Entrepreneurship Dev. Proj. (F11, S12, F12, S13)
ARCH 566 Entrepreneurial Design – Sector Case Study (F11, S12, F12, S13)
ARCH 590 Spec Research & Thesis Development (F11, F12)
ARCH 591 Research & Thesis M.S. (F11, S12, F12, S13)
ARCH 593 Master’s Project (S12, S13)

Expertise

Currently focusing on advanced architectural technologies and effects on design of buildings with a special emphasis on precast concrete building technologies and design and advanced curtain wall design and fabrication. Also focusing on integrated project delivery systems and methods and comprehensive building design education.

Education

B.Arch., University of Cincinnati, 1986
M.Arch., University of Pennsylvania, 1990

Teaching Experience

Adjunct Professor, Miami University, Oxford, Oh, 1993-1995
Adjunct Professor, University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, 1997-1998
Adjunct Professor, Illinois Institute of Technology, Chicago, 1999-2002
Associate Studio Professor, Illinois Institute of Technology, Chicago, 2003-present

Professional Experience

Intern Architect, The Architects Collaborative, Cambridge MA, 1985
Intern Architect, Glaser Associates, Cincinnati, OH, 1986-87
Intern Architect, Carl Strauss & Associates, Cincinnati, OH 1987-1989
Project Architect, Levin – Porter Associates, Dayton, OH, 1991-1995
Principal, Douglass & Brock, Chicago, 1996-1999
Principal, Tom Brock Architect, PC, Chicago, 2000-present

Licenses

Illinois 1996 to present

Selected Publications, Exhibits, and Recent Research

“The Brave New World of Integrated Project Delivery” with Wm. Fitzpatrick, Ascent Magazine, Summer, 2012.
Exhibit: Chicago is a Community Garden, Chicago Cultural Center. Exhibited designs for Bubbly
Dynamic’s “Recycled Green Roof” project and the “Urban Barn” prototype.
“The Graham Resource Center, Crown Hall” published in “Thermally Active Surfaces in Architecture”, edited by Kiel Moe, Princeton University Press, 2010.
“The Sponsored Studio: Academic Collaboration with Industry to Promote Integrated Practice” with Gil Snyder, published in the proceedings of the 2009 BTES Symposium, Albuquerque, NM.
“Updating the Miesian Curriculum” published in the proceedings of the 2007 BTES Symposium, College Park, MD