MICHAEL JACOBS AIA CID
Instructor, School of Architecture
mjacobs@omniarchitects.com
859.252.6664
Expertise & Research Interest
Intersection of theory and practice as it relates to architectural education.
Keywords: Materials Research, Sustainability, Higher Education, Research Facilities, Health Care, Design Pedagogy, and Design Theory.
Education and Practice Experience
- Bachelor of Architecture, The University of Kentucky, 1975
- Principal Partner of Omni Architects 1976-Present
Awards, Honors, Professional Registration & Certification
- Registered Architect
- Certified Interior Designer
- Member American Institute of Architects (AIA)
- National Council of Architectural Registration Boards (NCARB) Certified
- Member U.S. Green Building Council
- LEED Accredited Professional
- Recipient UK Tau Sigma Delta Silver Medal of Distinction
- UK College of Architecture Distinguished Service Award
- Kentucky Society of Architects Distinguished Firm Award
- Recipient of over 30 peer reviewed state and national awards for design excellence
Selected Publications/Creative Scholarship
Papers:
- Co-Author of "Nanotechnology Laboratory in a Urban University"
- SPIE Symposium: Buildings for Nanoscale Research and Beyond San Diego, California
Publications:
- Architecture for the Gods, Michael Crosby, editor
- Four projects featured in the Louisville Guide to Architecture
- Design Cost and Data (two projects)
- Architecture and Progressive Architecture Magazine & Architect's Choice for Excellence (three separate projects)
- Metal Architecture Magazine
- Laboratory Planning & Design Magazine
Exhibitions:
- AIA National Headquarters, Washington D.C.: 2 projects
- Lexington Downtown Design Center: Drawn By Hand/ Conceived in the Mind
- AIA/National School Board Association, San Francisco California
Awards Juror:
- Tennessee Society of Architects
- Indiana Society of Architects
Lectures:
- BIG BLUE GOES GREEN symposium Fall 2007
- International Facilities Planners Conference IFMA
- Joseph P. Graves Memorial Lecture, Transylvania University
- Kentucky Images Conference/Kentucky Heritage Council
- Art & Architecture Forum on Catholic Churches
- Kentucky Energy Cabinet Solar Energy Conference
Committees:
- Bluegrass Trust for Historic Preservation/Benjamin Latrobe Pope Villa End Use Committee
- Aylesford Neighborhood Association/Former Committee Chairman
- East Kentucky Chapter of AIA/ Former Director
- AIA Academy of Architecture for Health
- UK School of Architecture/ Admissions & Advising Committee