Curriculum Vitae 2015
VINCENT L. SNYDER, ARCHITECT
Associate Professor
School of Architecture
University of Texas at Austin
Professional Registrations:
Registered Architect
State of Texas, License #16518
State of California, License #C25057
State of Nebraska, License # A-2996
National Council of Architectural Registration Boards Certification
EDUCATION:
1988 Princeton University School of Architecture
Master of Architecture
Thesis: Relative Positions: Building in the Great Plains
1983-84 Harvard Graduate School of Design
Master of Architecture Candidate
Distinction and High Honors in Design
1983 University of Nebraska – Lincoln
Master of Civil Engineering – Structural
1980 University of Nebraska – Lincoln
Bachelor of Science, Architectural Studies
Cum Laude
ACADEMIC APPOINTMENTS:
2004-present University of Texas at Austin, School of Architecture
Associate Professor with Tenure
2004 Rice University, Rice School of Architecture
Visiting Associate Professor of Design, Fall ‘04
1997-2003 University of Texas at Austin, School of Architecture
Assistant Professor
1996-97 University of Texas at Austin, School of Architecture
Visiting Lecturer
1986 Princeton University School of Architecture
1988 Graduate Assistant Instructor, Spring Semesters
1982 University of Nebraska – Lincoln, College of Architecture
Graduate Teaching Assistant, Spring and Fall Semester
HONORS AND AWARDS:
2014 AIA Texas Society of Architects Design Award
Ottmers Residence
16 Awards from 221 entries
2014 Rome Prize in Architecture 2014-2015
American Academy in Rome
30 fellowships in 11 disciplines from 806 entries
2013 Grand Award - Custom Home Magazine and Builder’s Choice Magazine
Combined national awards program.
Urban Reserve 22
16 Grand, 2 Project of the Year, & 26 Merit Awards from 630 entries
2012 AIA Texas Society of Architects Studio Award
Museum of the Second World War in Gdansk
5 Awards from 60 entries
AIA Austin Design Honor Award
Ottmers Residence
3 Honor Awards (highest category) from 112 entries
Faculty Research Assignment 2012-2013
Adaptive Affordability: A New Housing Prototype
University of Texas at Austin
(Spring 2013)
2008 AIA Dallas Home Tour
Urban Reserve 22
8 projects selected
Dallas, TX, November 8-9
2005 C2C Home Competition (with Oliver Studio, Houston)
International competition for the design of a sustainable house
Roanoke, VA
Awarded 4th Place in professional category
4 places awarded in each of the professional and student categories from more than 625 design submissions from 41 countries
2003 Progressive Architecture Award
50th year of Architecture journal’s venerable international awards program
Projects must be commissioned by clients for execution
New York, New York
Award for the Omaha Tribal Interpretive Center & Museum
4 Awards & 4 Citations were selected from several hundred submissions
2002 Boston Society of Architects Unbuilt Architecture Award
International awards program, Boston, MA
Award for the Omaha Tribal Interpretive Center & Museum
4 Honor Awards & 4 Awards were selected from 118 submissions
ACSA Faculty Design Award 2001-02,
Association of Collegiate Schools of Architecture national awards program
Award presented in New Orleans, LA
For the Omaha Tribal Interpretive Center & Museum
4 Awards were selected from 61 submissions
2001 Boston Society of Architects Unbuilt Architecture Award (Citation)
International awards program, Boston, MA
Citation for the Voboril Residence
2 Awards & 3 Citations were selected from 100 submissions
1999 Outstanding Teacher Award (Studio)
School of Architecture, University of Texas at Austin
1985-88 Princeton University
Princeton University Fellowship (full tuition)
1983-84 Harvard Graduate School of Design
Distinction and High Honors in Design, (see also education)
Design work included in student archives and exhibition
1976-80 University of Nebraska - Lincoln
Cum Laude (see also education)
Dean’s List
Member, National Architecture & Allied Arts Honor Society
Member, National Mathematical Society
Faculty Achievement Award (for Students)
PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE, RESEARCH AND
OTHER SCHOLARLY EFFORT
Independent Practice/Research:
1995-present Vincent Snyder Architects, Austin, TX
Principal
2014-present Thomas Spates Residence, Gillespie Country, TX
1580 s.f. residence (schematic design)
2014-present The 12, Dripping Springs, TX
16,000 s.f. worship and community outreach center for New Life Lutheran
(schematic design)
2013-present B3-Adaptive Affordability: A New Housing Prototype
Repurposing existing proprietary pre-manufactured components thru reconfigured assemblies
(schematic design)
2011-12 Martin House, Lancaster County, NE
2000 s.f. residence
Design for energy efficient home situated on a northern slope in a cold northern climate.
(construction documents completed 2012)
2010 Museum of the Second World War Competition, Gdansk, Poland
200,000 s.f. museum
Submitted August 13, 2010
2009-13 Ottmers Residence, Gillespie County, TX
2200 s.f. residence in the Hill Country
Designed for self-assembly by owner using a complete digital model
Substantially complete April 2011 (95% complete construction)
2009 Art Fund, London
Pavilion Design Competition Submission, March 2009
Omaha Pavilion, Macy, Ne
Protective park structure for the Omaha Tribe
(schematic design)
2009-10 Solar Decathlon Submission, Washington, D.C.
for the 2011 DOE submission
with professors Michael Garrison, Atlia Novoselac and UTSOA student teams.
(design development completed)
2007-2008 Urban Reserve 22, Dallas, TX
4000 s.f. residence situated within a community of sustainable development, Construction completed September 1, 2008
2005 C2C Sustainable Home Competition- Roanoke, VA
2500 s.f. residence
with The Oliver Studio, Houston, TX
(awarded 4th place)
Retzler Residence- Harper, TX
1400 s.f. residence
(design development completed)
2004 Lake House-Austin, TX
8500 s.f. residence
(schematic design completed)
Omaha Historical Research Project Office Building,
2500 s.f., Macy Nebraska
(design development completed)
2000-03 Baumer House - The Hill Country, TX
3000 s. f. residence, theoretical inquiry
(schematic design completed)
2001-present Omaha Tribal Interpretive Center and Museum -
Omaha Indian Reservation, Macy, Nebraska
45,000 s. f. historical/cultural center and educational facilities
(design development completed)
2000 Voboril Residence - Wahoo, NE
1000 s. f. low - income residence for an elementary teacher
(construction documents completed)
1998 Sowry House - Lakeway, TX
3000 s. f. speculative residence
(design development completed)
Kiley House - Scottsdale, AZ
7000 s. f. residence for family of five
(schematic design completed)
1996-97 x12 House - Uvalde County, TX
2400 s. f. residence for a contractor
(design development completed)
Collaboration and Consultation:
1995-98 Sant Architects, Inc., Venice, CA
Gainesborough House - Bel Air, California
3000 s. f. residence
collaboration with Michael Sant
Construction completed August 1998
1995 Hoover Architects, Houston, TX
Chambacu Masterplan - Cartagena, Colombia
1 million s. f. mixed use
consultation with Norman Hoover
1994 Penkhues Architekten, Kassel, Germany
Elderly Residence Design Competition - Emstetten, Germany
80,000 s. f. residential complex
collaboration with Berthold Penkhues
(awarded second place)
Previous Professional Experience:
1988-94 Frank O. Gehry & Associates, Inc., Santa Monica, CA
The 1999 American Institute of Architects Gold Medal Recipient
National Medal of the Arts, 1998, Pritzker Architecture Prize, 1989
Lewis Residence - Cleveland, Ohio
Senior Associate, Project Designer/Project Architect
22,000 s. f. residence for Peter Lewis
Collaboration with Philip Johnson, Architect, New York
Vitra International Headquarters, AG - Basel, Switzerland
Senior Associate, Project Designer/Project Architect
74,000 s. f. office building for an international furniture company
Construction completed 1994
Elektrizitatswerk Minden / Ravensberg GbmH -
Bad Oeynhausen, Germany
Senior Associate, Project Designer
40,000 s. f. communication and technology center
Construction completed 1996
Broad Residence - Brentwood, CA
Senior Associate, Project Designer
10,000 s. f. residence for Eli Broad
Construction completed 1993
Festival Disney - EuroDisney, Paris, France
Project Designer
200,000 s. f. building complex shell & core containing
restaurants, retail and night club facilities
Construction completed 1992
Walt Disney Concert Hall Competition - Los Angeles, CA
Competition Design Team Member
200,000 s. f. philharmonic concert hall
Construction to be completed 2003
1986-88 Michael Graves, Architect P.A, Princeton, NJ
2010 Topaz Medallion AIA/ACSA
The 2001 American Institute of Architects Gold Medal Recipient
National Medal of Arts, 1999
Disney Corporate Headquarters Building - Burbank, CA
Design Team Member
350,000 s. f. corporate headquarters shell & core
Construction completed 1988
1984-85 Kallmann, McKinnell and Wood, Architects, Inc., Boston, MA
The American Institute of Architects Firm of the Year, 1984
Hynes Convention Center - Boston, MA
Project Team Member
180,000 s. f. convention center
Construction completed 1988
1980-83 Olsson Associates, Consulting Engineers, Lincoln, NE
Various Projects including:
Scottsbluff Waste Water Treatment Plant – Scottsbluff, NE
Pallisade Pool Pump House – Pallisade, NE
Project Team Member
Project design, construction documents, and presentation drawings
Construction on both projects completed
Exhibitions:
2015 “Open Studios’
Annual presentation of work by current Rome Prize Fellows
American Academy in Rome
June 4, 2015
Tiny Victories Design Competition
Austin AIA + Community First (homes for homeless) entry exhibited as a semi-finalist featured in exhibitions at Austin Center for Architecture Gallery and Austin Foundation for Architecture's Form: Function Event
February 17 – 26, Austin
2013 US Green Building Council’s (USGBC) International Conference and Expo Green Projects Guide: 20 Award-Winning Projects of 2013
Urban Reserve 22 was 1 of 20 projects across all categories selected from all of Hanley Woods’ Awards Programs which includes the entire AIA suite of publications (Architect, Residential Architect, Eco-Architect, Custom Home, Builders, etc.)
November 18-23, Philadelphia
2011 1+1 : Underneath
Mell Lawrence Architects and Vincent Snyder Architects
at Mebane Gallery, School of Architecture
University of Texas at Austin, January 24-February 21
2010 Academic Practice
Faculty Design Exhibit at Mebane Gallery, School of Architecture
University of Texas at Austin, September
2009-2010 Elsewhere Texas: Celebrating Current Century Projects Beyond Houston,
Curated by Fernando Brave, Houston Architecture Center,
Houston, Texas, September 23-October 23
Center for Architecture, Austin, TX January 15 – February 24, 2010
Dallas Center for Architecture, Dallas, TX July 26 – October 18, 2010
2006 NAAB Faculty Work Exhibit, SOA Spring ‘06
2005 Advanced Geometry Course, Student Work, Entry Hall, SOA Fall ‘05
C2C Home Competition Exhibition
(with Douglas Oliver of the Oliver Studio,Houston)
Group Exhibit of award winners of an international competition
Art Museum of Western Virginia, Roanoke, VA
January 14- February 13
2003 Digital Scapes: Global Remix
Architectural Digital Exhibit: Europe/USA
Group Exhibit (with Diller & Scofidio, Winka Dubbeldam, Bernhard Franken, Abbas Gharib, IaN+, Kolatan_McDonald, Thomas Leeser, Greg Lynn, Kas Osterhuis, Perbellini + Pongratz, RUR Reiser + Umemoto)
Omaha Tribal Interpretive Center and Museum
38th MARMOMACC International Exhibition of Marble, Stone, & Technology Arena Congress Center, Verona, Italy, October
Progressive Architecture Awards
Group Exhibit with P/A Award and Citation Recipients
(with Morphosis, Peter Eisenmann, Michael Malzan, Diller/Scofidio, Cho/Slade, Office dA, Coen + Partners)
Omaha Tribal Interpretive Center and Museum
770 Broadway, New York, NY, January
2002 Boston Society of Architects Design Awards
Group Exhibit Unbuilt Awards
Omaha Tribal Interpretive Center and Museum (Unbuilt Award)
Boston Society of Architects AIA Annual Convention, November 12-14, 2002 and at the BSA/AIA Headquarters, Boston, MA throughout 2003
Time, Space, & Light, Invited participant (along with Juan Miró, Dean Almy, Nichole Wiedemann, and Lewis Tsurumaki Lewis)
Omaha Tribal Interpretive Center and Museum
Rachofsky House, Dallas, TX, August 4-September 7
Association of Collegiate Schools of Architecture Faculty Design Awards
Faculty and Student Group Exhibit
Omaha Tribal Interpretive Center and Museum
ACSA Annual Meeting , New Orleans, LA, April 11-14
2001 Boston Society of Architects Design Awards
Group Exhibit Unbuilt Awards
Voboril Residence (Unbuilt Citation)
Boston Society of Architects AIA Annual Convention, November 13-15, 2001 and at the BSA/AIA Headquarters, Boston, MA, January 2002
2x2: Recent Work
Exhibition (with Juan Miró)
Omaha Tribal Interpretive Center and Museum, Voboril Residence, Baumer House, x12 House
Mebane Gallery, University of Texas at Austin, October 8-26
1998 Circa 1998
Invitational Exhibition
Graphic Design, Digital + Film Media, Architecture, Furnishing + Fixtures
x12 House and furniture design
Brown Building, Austin, TX, November, 13-27
1998 Faculty Design Exhibition
x12 Barkley Residence
Mebane Gallery, University of Texas at Austin, October
Exhibitions of Work by Others
With Professional Credits Listed:
2001-02 Frank Gehry, Architect,
Exhibition at the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York
May 18-August 26, 2001
and Guggenheim Museum Bilbao, October 29, 2001-February 3, 2002
Vitra International Headquarters, EMR Communication and Technology Center, Lewis Residence -listed on project team
Exhibitions Curated:
2011 1+1 : Underneath
Designed and curated with Mell Lawrence
at Mebane Gallery, School of Architecture
University of Texas at Austin, January 24-February 21
1996 Art Nouveau and the Vienna Succession: Otto Wagner to Adolf Loos,
The Martin Kermany Exhibition, Mebane Gallery, UTSOA, February
Publications by Vincent Snyder:
2012 Chapter 9: “Developed Surfaces: Construction Logic and Geometrical Control”, in CONSTRUCTION: Essays on Architectural History, Theory & Technology edited by Nicholas Patricios and Stauros Alifragkis,
An edited volume of a selection of papers presented at the 1st Annual International Conference on Construction
Atiner Publications, Athens, Greece pp.119-130
2010 “The Climatic, Constructions and Cultural Primacy of the Envelope”,
Conference Proceedings in Eco-Architecture: Harmonization Between Architecture and Nature edited by S. Hernandez, C.A. Brebbia & W. P. De Wilde, WIT Press pp. 575-586
(Expansion and repositioning of the EF Energy Forum paper listed below)
April 2010, La Coruna, Spain
2009 “The Climatic, Constructional, and Cultural Primacy of the Building Envelope,” EF Energy Forum: Solar Architecture & Urban Planning Conference Proceedings, pp. 115-119
Energy Forum, December 2009, Bressanone, Italy
2005 “The Dissolution of Architectural Boundaries in America”
Platform, Architects and Engineers Issue, UTSOA (Fall 2006):p.18
Publications about the Work:
2014 “Ottmers Residence” by Jack Murphy
Texas Architect
September/October 2014:58-61
2014 “When In Rome” by Helen Thompson
Modern Luxury Interiors Texas Magazine
Summer 2014:28
2013 “Pay Dirt”, by Cheryl Weber, Jennifer Goodman, and Amy Albert
Builder Magazine, Vol. 36:10 (October, 2013):64-65
2012 “Vincent Snyder Architects”, 1000 Tips by 100 Eco Architects: Guidelines on Sustainable Architecture from the World’s Leading Eco-Architecture Firms, by Marta Serrats, Editor, Firefly Publishing, Barcelona, Spain, 2012: 308-309