Terrence Michael Curry

Sept. 2011 – July 2017, Ph.D in Architecture Design, Delft University of Technology, Netherlands

August 2000 – June 2001, Loeb Fellow, Harvard University, USA

January 2004 – January 2005, Fulbright Fellow, Budapest University of Technology, Hungary

August 1991 – June 1994, M.Div., Jesuit School of Theology at Berkeley, Santa Clara University, USA

June 1988 – June 1990, Th.M., Xavier University of Louisiana, USA

August 1980 – June 1984, B.Arch., Pratt Institute, USA

August 2022 – Present, Professor, Tsinghua Shenzhen International Graduate School, China

January 2022 – August 2022, Visiting Professor, Tsinghua Shenzhen International Graduate School, China

April 2019 – January 2022, Executive Director, Curry Design LLC, Brooklyn, USA

September 2018 – May 2019, Visiting Professor, Boston Architectural College, USA

September 2017 – May 2018, Visiting Professor, Boston College, USA

February 2009 – January 2016, Professor of Practice, School of Architecture, Tsinghua University, Beijing, China

September 2014 – January 2016, Deputy Director, English Program Master of Architecture, Tsinghua University, Beijing, China

December 2003 – August 2008, Visiting Professor, Budapest University of Technology, Hungary

January 2005 – August 2008, Founding Director, Szent Jozsef Studio Kollegium, Budapest, Hungary

August 2002 – January 2004, Artist-in-Residence, Fordham University, New York, USA

August 1999 – June 2000, Professor with Tenure, School of Architecture, University of Detroit Mercy, USA

August 1994 – June 2000, Associate Professor, School of Architecture, University of Detroit Mercy, USA

August 1994 – June 2000, Founding Director, Detroit Collaborative Design Center, School of Architecture, University of Detroit Mercy, USA

September 1994 – June 1996, Adjunct Associate Professor, College of Architecture and Urban Planning, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, USA

September 1992 – June 1993, Visiting Assistant Professor, College of Environmental Design, University of California, Berkeley, USA

August 1988 – June 1991, Assistant Professor, School of Architecture, University of Detroit, USA

Member, American Institute of Architects

Member, National Council of Architecture Registration Boards

Architecture License, New York, Michigan, Wisconsin, USA

 M. Arch Design 1

 M. Arch Design 2

Design Cognition and Complex Problem Solving

•  Architecture, Interior and Urban Design

• Materials, Fabrication and Methods of Construction

•  Production of Prefabricated Housing and Modular Building Systems

•  Design Cognition/Design Thinking, Theory, Methodology and Education

• Neuro-Aesthetics

• Community Design and Participatory Process

Selected Publications:

[1]    Curry T., 8/2014, An approach to teaching the fifth year thesis/capstone project (Chinese version), World Architecture, 104-115.

[2]    Curry, T. 2014, A Theoretical Basis for Recommending the use of Design Methodologies as Teaching Strategies in the Design Studio, Design Studies 35, 632-646.

Books:

Curry,T., 2017, Form Follows Feeling, Architecture and the Built Environment Series (2017), TU Delft Press, ISBN 978-94-92516-63-3.

·         DARC Award, Low Budget Interior Lighting, Dougong Cube, Beijing (14 September 2017).

·         Fulbright Scholar Award, Budapest University of Technology and Economics (2003-4).

·         Honorary Degree, Archeworks, Chicago (2003).

·         Dedalo Minosse International Award, Homeboys Industries, Los Angeles (2002).

·         NCARB Grand Prize for Creative Integration of Practice and Education (2002).

·         Loeb Fellowship, Harvard University, School of Design, Cambridge (2000-01).

·         Proclamation, Office of the Mayor of Detroit (2000).

·         AIA Detroit, Honor Award, Van Elslander Family Center, Detroit (2000).

·         AIA National, Young Architect Award for Design and Community Service (1999).

·         AIA Detroit, Honor Award, NAAB Exhibit and Team Room, Detroit (1997).

·         AIA Detroit, Young Architect Award for Design and Community Service (1997).

·         AIA New York, Honor Award, St. Ignatius Academy, New York (1996).

·         Whose Who in American Business (1996).

·         AIA Detroit. Honor Award, St. Ignatius Academy, New York (1996).

·         AIA Michigan, Honor Award, St. Ignatius Academy, New York (1996).

·         Interiors Magazine, Annual Honor Awards, Best School, St. Ignatius Academy, Bronx (1996).

·         AIA Detroit, Honor Award, Thunderhead Camp, Oma, (1995).

·         Whose Who In American Higher Education (1994).