MARK O'BRYAN
Associate Professor, School of Architecture
m2@iglou.com
502-566-6006
Expertise & Research Interest
Pedagogical strategies for beginning design students and methods for facilitating community design partnerships.
Keywords: Architectural Design; Urban Design; Painting; Furniture Design; Interior Design; Photography; Exhibition Design
Education and Practice Experience
- The University of Kentucky College of Architecture Bachelor of Architecture 1982
- Cornell University Master of Architecture 1987
- The American Academy in Rome NIAA Travelling Fellowship 1985
Awards, Honors, Professional Registration & Certification
- Registered Architect
Memberships
- Fellow, American Academy in Rome
Selected Publications/Creative Scholarship
"The Price House" published in Amazing Spaces, Architect Designed Houses for Under $300,000 Author: Lucy D. Rosenfeld, Shiffer Press
"O’Bryan House Addition", published in The Louisville Guide 2004
Synthetic Landscapes 25 - work titled, "Memories, Dreams, Reflections the Tower of Eros: Hyper-Traditions & Synthetic Places"
Projects
Vanishing Bluegrass: Exhibit April 2007 and April 2009, Kentucky Derby Museum; Catalogue of the Exhibit
The nomination of the Bluegrass Cultural Landscape to the World Monuments Fund Watch List has achieved numerous positive results, including heightened awareness locally and nationally of the region’s international significance. One project that has emerged from this designation is an exhibition devoted to the “Vanishing Bluegrass,” which is being designed and developed by the College of Design
Funding Sources
- World Monuments Fund
Collaborators
- World Monuments Fund, Kentucky Derby Museum, Kentucky Heritage Council
- Kentucky Heritage Council, The Bluegrass Trust, Center for Historic Preservation
- James Archambeault and other Kentucky Photographers
Park Hill Study
Interests and input from the University of Kentucky College of Design, the University of Louisville Master of Urban Planning program, the Brownfield Institute facilitators, MDA's investigations of appropriate master planning process, Center For Neighborhoods involvement with UK and UL studio classes along with potential Neighborhood Assessments and/or Neighborhood Plan for California neighborhood and Metro Louisville DPDS's. Study looks at opportunities for urban development in brownfield sites in central Louisville.
Funding Sources
- Louisville Metro County Government
Collaborators
- University of Kentucky College of Design (Mark O'Bryan and Karen Lewis)
- University of Louisville's Masters in Urban Planning professors Lauren Heberle and Steven Bouassa
- Capstone Studio
- Center for Neighborhoods, Louisville Metro Design and Planning