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