Faculty

Kathryn Clarke Albright is currently an associate professor in the School of Architecture + Design at Virginia Tech and serves as chair of its Foundation Program. She has taught various levels of undergraduate students, however, currently teaches the Chicago Studio as an option in the 4th-year in the fall semester and a 1st-year design lab in the spring semester. Other teaching endeavors include a seminar on aspects of professional practice and an urban design seminar addressing the question, “what makes a town?” Her research focuses on the multiple scales of the urban condition that includes work with the Blacksburg Farmers Market.

In 2005 she was received the University’s Excellence in Teaching Award, preceded by the 2000 College of Architecture & Urban Studies’ Certificate for Teaching Excellence and the 1998 Community Design Assistance Center’s Certificate for Outstanding Public Service. Chicago Studio recently was awarded a 2005 NCARB Prize for creative integration of architectural education and practice in the academy.

From 1986 to 1993 she practiced in San Francisco as a partner with Solomon, Inc. focusing on urban design and various scales of residential projects. In 1994 she received a Master of Design Studies from Harvard University’s Graduate School of Design. From 1995 to 2000 Dunay + Albright Architects completed several local projects including the Design Guidelines for Blacksburg’s Downtown Historic District.

She founded her own practice in 2001 as well as Friends of the Farmers Market in Blacksburg, Virginia. She also serves on several town advisory committees.

kclarke@vt.edu