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Stephen Kendall

Professor of Architecture

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(765) 285-1911

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Department of Architecture
Ball State University
Muncie, IN 47306 USA

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Professor Kendall is a registered architect, whose academic and research career spans more than 20 years. He has a professional degree from the University of Cincinnati, a Masters of Architecture and Urban Design from Washington University in St. Louis, and a PhD in Design Theory and Methods from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Dr. Kendall has taught architectural design and urban design studios at all levels of professional curricula in several universities. He also teaches courses in theory and technology at various levels. He has experience in guiding professional, post professional and PhD theses at US and foreign universities. His research focuses on both architectural pedagogy and open building. The former springs from a recognition of challenges to the profession as we guide transformation of the built environment, such as change and distributed design. Preparing students with useful attitudes, skills and knowledge to enable them to contribute to the improvement of the built field, given these forces, is the goal of his experiments in teaching design. His research in open building encompasses studies of new design methods, new logistics and new technology needed to make housing more adaptable, better quality and more suited to individual preferences. His work also includes studies of new approaches in health care architecture, also being faced with rapid change under conditions of distributed control. He has written more than 30 papers and book chapters; is the co-author of a book (Residential Open Building) and many technical reports. He has guest edited a number of journals and is on the editorial board of Open House International. He lectures widely to university and professional audiences. He is joint coordinator of the CIB Commission W104 Open Building Implementation (www.open-building.org).