Daniel Willis
Department Head and Professor of Architecture

Education

• Master of Science, Architecture, The Pennsylvania State University, 1989
• Graduate Studies in Civil Engineering (construction management), The University of Pittsburgh, 1986
• Bachelor of Architecture, Carnegie Mellon University, 1979

Academic Experience

• Department Head, Penn State University, Department of Architecture, July 2004 to present
• Interim Department Head, Penn State University, Department of Architecture, 2002 to 2004
• Professor of Architecture, Penn State University, Department of Architecture, since 2003
• Tenured Associate Professor, Penn State University, Department of Architecture, 1995 to 2003
• Assistant Professor, Penn State University Department of Architecture, 1989 to 1995
• Instructor, Penn State University, Department of Architecture, 1987 to 1989

Publications

Book:

• The Emerald City and Other Essays on the Architectural Imagination, (foreward by Robert Harbison), Princeton Architectural Press, 1999
• Manuscript in Progress: Architectural Practice in the Age of Globalization (Working Title), Princeton Architectural Press

Articles:

• "Diminishing Difficulty: Mass Customization and the Digital Production of Architecture" (Todd Woodward, co-author) Harvard Design Magazine, Fall/Winter 2006
• “Education or Marketing?: the Dilemma of the AIA and the Architecture Magazines” The Journal of Architectural Education, May 2003
• “In the Shadow of a Giant: On The Consequences of Canonization” Harvard Design Magazine, Summer 2001, pp. 33-41
• “The Social-Climbing Brick: On The Class of Building Materials,” Harvard Design Magazine,Summer , 2000, pp. 71-75
• Fundamentals of Building Construction, by Edward Allen: Book Review, Harvard Design Magazine, Winter 2000
• “Contemporary Masonry Construction practices Should be Re-examined,” Masonry Construction magazine, September 1997, pp. 331-335
• “Design Competition Best Way to Choose Architect for Town Center,” The Centre Daily Times, April 24, 1997
• On Weathering: The Life of Buildings in Time, Moshen Mostafavi and DavidLeatherbarrow: Book Review  The Journal of Architectural Education, November 1994, pp. 126-129
• “Architecture and Social Responsibility,” The Journal of Architectural and Planning Research, Volume 8, Fall 1991, pp. 15-22
• “Meaning in the Details,” in Architecture: Back to Life, Proceedings of the 79th Annual Meeting of ACSA, April, 1991, pp. 183-187

Professional Experience

• Registered Architect (since 1983)
• Member: American Institute of Architects (since 1996)
• Member: The American Society of Architectural Perspectivists (1989-96)
• Daniel Willis, Architect: Principal, 1987 to 1997; 2001 to present Practice consisted of residential and commercial projects, as well as renderings andpresentation drawings or other firms.
• L. D. Astorino & Associates, Vice President, 1997 to 2001 in charge of State College regional office.  Responsible for administration and design at this newoffice location for LDA.(LDA is a180-person Architecture/Engineering firm based in Pittsburgh.)
• James Oleg Kruhly & Associates, Philadelphia, PA, Consulting Architect, 1996
• L. D. Astorino & Associates, Pittsburgh: Project Architect/ Project Manager, 1985 to 1987
• City of Pittsburgh, Bureau of Engineering & Construction: Project Manager, 1982 to 1985
• DRS Associates, Pittsburgh: Intern Architect, 1981
• Gordon Ketterer Associates, Pittsburgh: Intern Architect, 1980 to 1981
• Edward F. Horley & Associates, Pittsburgh: student intern/intern 1977 to 1980

Honors and Awards

• “Facilities of Merit” Award, Athletic Business Magazine, December 2001, The Lasch Football Complex, Penn State, with LDA Architects
• Department Nominee for College of Arts & Architecture Teaching Award Penn State University, 2000
• Middle Pennsylvania Chapter AIA Design Award,
  November 1999
  Medal Award: L. D. Astorino & Associates Recreation Building Main Gymnasium Renovations, Penn State University
• Middle Pennsylvania Chapter AIA Research Award, November 1999 for: The Emerald City and Other Essays Princeton Architectural Press, 1999
• Competition-winning Project: Landscapes of the Twenty-First Century Competition, Landscape Architecture magazine, Edgar Allan Poe Memorial December 1990
• Competition-winning Project: Project Atlas International Competition-Forum, The Storefront for Art & Architecture, New York, September 1990
• Hugh Ferriss Memorial Prize for Excellence in the Graphic Representation of Architecture, October 1989
• Graduate Research Award, Honorable Mention, Penn State University, Graduate Research Exhibit, March 1989