Faculty
Scott Poole, AIA
Director, School of Architecture + Design
Professor
B.A., Temple University
M.Arch., University of Texas
Scott came to the faculty of Architecture at Virginia Tech in 1986 after teaching at the University of Texas for two years and spending one year in Finland as a Fulbright Scholar. He teaches basic design and advanced design. Prof. Poole has lectured at Yale University, The University of Virginia, The School of Architecture in Ârhus, Denmark and has conducted design workshops at the Royal Danish Academy of Art in Copenhagen and the Royal Institute of Technology in Stockholm. In 2000, he was the Gillmor Visiting Lecturer at the University of Calgary. Prof. Poole has organized several symposia including the Permanence and Presence Symposia in 1996 and 1998. He has received grants from the National Endowment for the Arts, the Graham Foundation for Advanced Studies in the Fine Arts, and The American-Scandinavian Foundation. In 2002, Prof. Poole was the recipient of the College of Architecture and Urban Studies Teaching Excellence Award. Along with Prof. Pia Sarpaneva, he was Co-Chair of the 2003 ACSA International Conference, Helsinki, Finland. Also, in 2003, he was the moderator of the final discussion at the 9th Alvar Aalto Symposium, Jyväskylä, Finland. Prof. Poole is a registered architect in the state of Virginia.
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