Three to Teach at Northeastern University in the Fall 2007

Utile continues its strong links to the School of Architecture at Northeastern University.

It was recently announced by George Thrush, the program director, that Chris Genter, Matthew Littell, and Tim Love will be teaching at the School in the Fall. Genter will be coordinating and teaching the sophomore undergraduate design studio, Littell will be teaching the urban prototype graduate studio, and Love will be coordinating and teaching the undergraduate housing studio. In addition, Love teaches the undergraduate theory seminar.

At their June, 2007 meeting, the Board of Trustees of Northeastern University joined President Aoun and Provost Abdelal in granting Tim Love tenure and promotion to Associate Professor. Love was acknowledged for his award-winning design work, the influence of his critical writing and his excellent teaching.

New website in development

Utile is in the process of constructing a new website and blog. Our goal is to facilitate communication with clients, alliance partners and the design community. Our website, as much as our commissions, will be an important intellectual and creative outlet for the firm.

Let us know what you think.

Shauna Gillies-Smith LunchMEAT

On Friday June 19th, Shauna Gillies-Smith joined us for lunch and discussed innovative green roof design. After working with Martha Schwartz for several years, Shauna is establishing a new office - Ground Public Art & Urban Design - in order to specialize in the unique technical and aesthetic challenges of green roofs.

LunchMEAT (Meaningful, Engaging, and Apropos Talks) is a weekly, in-house program that gives us the opportunity to connect with designers, developers, architects, engineers, planners and academics on topics related to architecture and planning.