School of Architecture and Planning Associate Professor Stephen Dent will give a talk and receive a Faculty Acknowledgement Award from University Libraries on Oct. 31, at 3 p.m. in the Willard Room of Zimmerman Library. His talk, “One Architect's Odyssey,” is about the interconnections of the various strands of a long career in teaching and architectural and planning practice.
He will discuss his early influences and interests and how they re-emerged over time and gave continuity to an underlying career theme of environmentally responsive design.
Dent has been teaching energy conservation and sustainable design for more than 25 years. He teaches graduate design studios, Design & Technology and Environmental Controls I and Lighting. In addition he has written extensively on the subject and has presented his architectural work at national and international conferences. At UNM, he is the graduate advisor for the two-year graduate program.
Dent is also a partner in Dent & Nordhaus, Architects AIA, a small firm that specializes in energy efficient designs for residential and commercial projects. In addition, he has extensive professional experience in urban design and planning with Moshe Safdie & Associates, a Montreal, Canada based firm, O’Malley and Associates, a Baltimore, Maryland based firm and the Los Angeles, California City Planning Department.
Media Contact: Karen Wentworth, (505) 277-5627; e-mail: kwent2@unm.edu