Interior Design Faculty

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include a test-kitchen for Every Day with Rachael

Ray magazine and collaboration with Linnaea Tillett

Lighting Design on a permanent light installation in

Winnipeg, Manitoba.

Jack Travis

Adjunct AssistAnt Professor

B. Arch., Arizona State University; M. Arch., University

of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign; RA; since establishing

his namesake design studio in 1985, has completed

proposals or has been involved in over 100 projects of

varying scope and size; to date, the firm has completed

several residential interiors projects for such notable

clients as Spike Lee, Wesley Snipes, and John Saunders

of ABC sports; commercial and/or retail interiors clients

have included Giorgio Armani, Cashmere Cashmere,

and the Sbarro family of the famed pizza parlors; Travis

encourages investigation into Black history where

appropriate and includes forms, motifs, materials,

and colors that reflect this heritage in his work;

interests have broadened in recent years to include

design issues not only concerning cultural content

but sustainability in environmental design as well as

alternative educational practices that seek to insure the

entrance of more students of color into the profession;

editor, African American Architects: In Current

Practice, (Princeton Architectural Press, 1991) the first

publication to profile the work of black architects in the

United States; in 2004, he received his Fellowship in the

AIA, and in 2006 was inducted into the Council of Elders

of the National Organization of Minority Architects

(NOMA), the highest honor that each organization

bestows upon its individual members.

Becky Vas

Visiting AssistAnt Professor

B.A., Amherst College; M. Arch., Harvard University;

RA, LEED AP; has worked for a number of offices on a

large variety of projects including residential, office,

and commercial work for Studio-ST Architect, Alex

Scott Porter Design, Macrae-Gibson Architects, and

Leroy Street Studio; recipient, while teaching at Boston

Architectural College, of a 2003 Edco Grant to create

and teach a workshop and seminar on the history and

design of wallpaper in the context of smart building

skins, digital printing, and installation art.

Timothy Ventimiglia

Visiting AssistAnt Professor

B. Arch., M. Arch., Cornell University; as a senior designer

at Ralph Appelbaum, Associates Inc., has directed and

collaborated with architects, planners, and consultants

for exhibitions and museums such as the Smithsonian

Arctic Studies Center in Anchorage, Alaska; SC Johnson:

Fortaleza Hall in Racine, Wisconsin; Chemical Heritage

Foundation Museum in Philadelphia; Grand Teton

National Park Visitor Center in Jackson Hole, Wyoming;

the Lepidoptera Galleries of the Florida Museum of

Natural History in Gainesville, Florida; Corning Museum

of Glass Innovation Center; and the Intel Museum in

Santa Clara, California; master planning for parks and

memorials includes the Federal Hall National Memorial

in New York; the Pennsylvania Academy of Natural

Sciences in Philadelphia; the Los Angeles State Historic

Park; the University of Arizona Science Center in Tucson;

and the Utah Museum of Natural History in Salt Lake

City; has also spoken extensively on the design of

museums in various venues.

William Watson

Visiting AssistAnt Professor

B.A., Princeton University; M. Arch., University of Texas

at Austin; principal, Castro Watson, whose work

includes residential and design build projects as well as

winning entries to design competitions; Speak Up for

Small Farms, Stored Potential Competition, in Omaha,

Nebraska, was the winning entry in 2010.

Henry Weintraub

Visiting AssistAnt Professor

B.A., University of Michigan in Ann Arbor; M. Arch.,

Harvard University; professional work has included

residential, town house renovations to rooftop

additions, to office and gallery renovations for

offices such as Ennead, Spivak Architects, and Daniel

Rowen Architects.

Corey Yurkovich

Visiting AssistAnt Professor

B. Arch., Kent State University; M.S., Harvard University;

a New York-based designer working at the intersection

of architecture, exhibition design, product and furniture

development, and brand environments; has a wide

variety of design and production experiences—from

initial creative strategy through to construction

management and hands-on fabrication—which have

provided him the opportunity to work closely with a

range of clients and collaborators; currently seeks to

integrate traditional craft-based production methods

with advanced digital fabrication to produce projects

and experiences that are conceptually rich, rigorously

designed, and efficiently constructed.

Michael Zuckerman

Adjunct AssociAte Professor

B.S., B. Arch., City College of New York; RA, LEED AP;

principal, G.V.Z. Architects; recent work includes projects

for Saint Ann’s School, Enterprise Lighting Sales, Arcus

Foundation, Harlem United, The Bellhouse, as well as

many residential clients; prior work included designing

lobbies for residential co-ops and retail stores and

collaborating on restaurants, residences, and offices

with Judith Stockman and Associates, The George

Office, and Richard Bloch Architect; has designed

custom light fixtures and furniture during the course

of various projects; formerly, project architect, project

manager, and senior designer with the firm of Jack L.

Gordon Architects (1974–1983), responsible for many

projects of varying scope and complexity including

building renovations and new construction.