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 Biographical Sketch & Bibliography

Brian Wishne
Associate Professor
Department of Architecture

bwishne@uwm.edu

 

 

Education
Princeton University, Princeton, NJ: M.Arch., 1980
Boston Architectural Center, Boston, MA, 1975-76
Knox College, Galesburg, IL: B.A., 1971

 

Teaching Area
Undergraduate and Graduate Design, History, Theory, and Construction.

 

Memberships
ACSA, Society of Architectural Historians, Milwaukee Arts Board Committee on Public Art

 

Academic and Professional Honors
7 Professional Design Awards
UWM, School of Architecture and Urban Planning Service Scholar Award, 1992
Gordon McCormack Prize Fellowship in Architecture, Princeton University, 1978
Knox College Liberal Arts Scholar Award, 1971

 

Teaching Experience
University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee: Associate Professor 1988-present
University of Cincinnati: Assistant Professor 1981-1985
Miami University: Visiting Professor 1985
Princeton University: Graduate Teaching Assistant 1979-1980

 

Professional Experience
Engberg Anderson Architects, Milwaukee, WI (Consulting Architectural Designer) 1988-1990
Space Design International, Cincinnati, OH (Project Designer) 1986-1988
John C. Senhouser, AIA, Cincinnati, OH (Principal and Consulting Architectural Designer) 1982-1985
Michael Graves & Associates, Princeton, NJ: Staff Designer, 1980-1981

 

Research Interests
Architectural design as a process of inquiry and the relationship of architecture, landscape architecture and public art in the urban environment. He has demonstrated expertise in the history of architecture and landscape design with particular emphasis in the Renaissance and Modern periods. Recent interests include case-study research and design inquiry into the reclamation and transformation of urban industrial landscapes in Europe and North America.

 

Publications (Selected)
"The Architecture of Herbert W. Tullgren, 1889-1944: Modern Apartments in Depression-Era Milwaukee." Society of Architectural Historians, 1993; Inland Architect Magazine, 1993; Wisconsin Architect Magazine, 1992
"The Architecture of Connection: Spatial Formation in the Public Architecture of Louis I. Kahn." Proceedings, International Conference, AIA and ACSA, 1992
"International Paradox: An Examination of the Boundary Between Architecture and Sculpture." Back To Life. Proceedings of the Annual Meeting of the Association of Collegiate Schools of Architecture (ACSA), 1992: International Conference: ART: Architecture, The Wexner Center for Visual Arts, 1990.

 

Research and Creative Activities
The Architecture of Herbert W. Tullgren. Exhibition and catalogue publication funded by the Wisconsin Humanities Committee of the National Endowment for the Humanities.
Villa Terrace Garden Restoration Project: Consultant
Historic Milwaukee Foundation: Lecturer
Trenton State Psychiatric Hospital Master Plan, Renovation and New Housing Report. With Peter Waldman, Architect and Mahoney & Zvosec, Architects, for the State of New Jersey Department of Human Resources, 1979.
Geothermal Energy. Resources Planning Associates, Inc. for the U.S. Federal Energy Agency, 1977.

 

Service
Member, BSAS Committee, 1989-90 and 1992-present
DAR Bibliographer, 1992-present
UWM Academic Affairs Committee, 1990-93
Milwaukee Arts Board Subcommittee on Public Art: Membership