Edward George Mitchell , M.Arch
Professor
Director, School of Architecture and Interior Design; Professor
DAA Addition
7210F
DAAP School of Arch & Interior Design - 0016
Professional Summary
Edward Mitchell is the Director of Architecture and Interior Design at the University of Cincinnati. Prior to his appointment he was Associate Professor at the School of Architecture, Yale University, where he served as Director of the Post Professional program and coordinated the post-professional and graduate studios in architecture and urbanism. His award-winning practice has been recognized by the Architectural League of New York and the Boston Society of Architects. He has been a member of Vita Nuova, an environmental planning consortium, and the Urban Design Workshop at Yale. He has exhibited, published and lectured internationally. His two latest books “A Train of Cities” and “Common Wealth” are studies done at Yale on the regional potentials in former industrial centers in Boston and South Coast Massachusetts. He has been the Chair of the National ACSA annual meeting and has lectured and exhibited internationally including Yale, Harvard, Princeton, Columbia, The University of Illinois, the California College of the Arts, Syracuse University, Ohio State, Parson, Pratt, Kentucky, UCLA, Northeastern, Aalto University in Helsinki, the Gilbane Development group and the Salzburg Seminars in Austria.
Education
B.A.: Brown University Providence, RI, 1983 (Art History and Studio Art)
M.Arch.: Princeton University Princeton University School of Architecture, 1989 (Architecture)
Positions and Work Experience
1998 -2017 Associate Professor, Yale University, New Haven, CT
2012 -2012 Visiting Assistant Professor, Brown University, Providence, RI
1993 -1998 Assistant Professor, Columbia University/Barnard College, New York, NY
1993 -1998 Assistant Professor, Pratt Institute, Brooklyn, NY
1997 -1998 Visiting Assistant Professor, Illinois Institute of Architecture, Chicago, Illinois
Publications
Peer Reviewed Publications
Edward Mitchell (2012. ) Up in the Air .Journal of Architectural Education, , 66 (Fall 2012 ) ,
Edward Mitchell (2012. ) Conversation .Journal of Architectural Education, , 66 (Fall 2012 ) ,
Edward Mitchell (2013. ) Review: Architecture School .Journal of Architectural Education, , 62 (Spring ) ,
Edward Mitchell (2008. ) Book Review: The New Architectural Pragmatism .Journal of Architectural Education, , 62 (3 ) ,
Edward Mitchell (2005. ) Book Review: “Giuseppe Terragni: Transformations Decompositions Critiques .Journal of Architectural Education, , 58 (3 ) ,
Edward Mitchell (2013. ) Review: Architecture School .Journal of Architecture, , 30 (1 ) ,
Invited Publications
Edward Mitchell (2005. ) The Guerilla Farmer’s Almanac .Log, Spring/ Summer 2005 ,
Edward Mitchell Review: Lust for Lifestyle .Assemblage, 39 ,
Edward Mitchell (2000. ) Re-Assemblage .Assemblage, 41 ,54
Edward Mitchell (2004. ) Fear Factors .Perspecta, Juxtapostions (36 ) ,
Edward Mitchell (2004. ) All Gone .Perspecta, Temporary Architecture (34 ) ,
Edward Mitchell (1999. ) Test Patterns .ANY, Design After Mies (24 ) ,
Edward Mitchell (1998. ) Perambulations of the Polis Desk .Open City: Alphabet City, 6 ,
Edward Mitchell (1993. ) Calculi for Waste Lines .Architecture and Urbanism, 276 ,
Edward Mitchell (1992. ) Defining a Void: The Architecture of Wiel Arets .Forum International, III (15 ) ,
Edward Mitchell (1996. ) White Weddings .The Village Voice, May 1996 ,
Edward Mitchell (1997. ) City School .Surface, the Journal of the University of California at Los Angeles,
Published Books
Edward Mitchell (2016. ) Common Wealth .New Haven, CT , Yale School of Architecture (Author)
Edward Mitchell (2013. ) A Train of Cities .New Haven, CT , Yale School of Architecture (Author)
Edward Mitchell and Ila Berman (2013. ) New Constellations/New Ecologies .Washington,DC , ACSA Press (Co-Editor)
Edward Mitchell, Greg Lynn, Sarah Whiting (1996. ) Fetish Volume 4 (Princeton Journal) .New York, NY , Princeton Architectural Press (Co-Editor)
Book Chapter
Edward Mitchell (2013 ) Pits and Piles in the Non-Concept City: Luzerne County, Pennsylvania Formerly Urban .(pp. 122-147).New York, NY, Princeton Architectural Press (Author)
Edward Mitchell (2000 ) Young Architects: Scale .(pp. 48-63).New York, NY, Princeton Architectural Press (Co-Author)
Edward Mitchell (2001 ) Lust for Lifestyle Sturm der Ruhe .(pp. 117-127).Vienna, Pustet, Salzburg (Author)
Edward Mitchell (1997 ) The Nature Theater of John Hejduk Hejduk's Chronotope .(pp. 52-63).New York, New York, Princeton Architectural Press and the Canadian Center ofr Architecture (Author)
Edward Mitchell (2010 ) Up in the Air Flip Your Field .(pp. 199-204).Chicago, University of Illinois Chicago
Ila Berman & Douglas Burnham with Introduction by (2016 ) Territories of the Expanded Field Expanded Field: Installation Architecture Beyond Art .Applied Research and Design (Co-Author)
Edward Mitchell (2018 ) Creode Echos .Actar (Author)
Edward Mitchell Urban Design Management Workshops .Helsinki, Helsinki University of Technology (Co-Author)
Edward Mitchell (2020 ) "Blurred Concepts: An Introduction to Collage City" Collage City .(pp. p. 43).Athens, Greece, Papazissi (Author)
Edward Mitchell (2021 ) “Bigness Is Now Big Business: Black Holes for the Cosmo-politan” The Next New York .New York, ORO Editions (Author)
Edward Mitchell (2021 ) “Of Common and Ordinary Places” Commonplaces II: Thinking About and American Architecture . (Author)
Edward Mitchell (2021 ) “A Brief Allegory of the Vastness of Capitalism in the Time of Plague” The Interior Urbanism Theory Reader .London, Routledge (Author)
Edward Mitchell (2016 ) “Territories of the Expanded Field" Expanded Field: Installation Architecture Beyond Art .San Francisco and New York, Applied Research & Design (Author)
Edward Mitchell (2022 ) “Bigness Is Now Big Business: Black Holes for the Cosmo-politan” Next New York .(pp. 28).Applied Research & Design (Author)
Electronic Journal
Edward Mitchell (2020. ) “Don't Look Back: The pandemic can break architectural education out of the cloister for good” .archpaper.com, August 12, 2020 ,
Presentations
Invited Presentations
Edward Mitchell (2017. ) The Problems of Research .University of Cincinnati, DAAP, Cincinnati. UC. . Level:National
Edward Mitchell (2016. ) Walking Around Pedagogy .Yale University School of Architecture, New Haven, CT. Other Institution. . Level:International
Edward Mitchell (2006. ) On the Waterfront .Yale University School of Architecture, New Haven, CT. Other Institution. . Level:International
Edward Mitchell (2012. ) Color Me Impressed .University of Illinois Chicago, Chicago. Other Institution. . Level:National
Edward Mitchell (2012. ) Recent Work .University of Illinois Chicago, Chicago. Other Institution. . Level:University
Edward Mitchell (2011. ) Up in the Air .ACSA National Conference, Montreal. Other Institution. . Level:International
Edward Mitchell (2010. ) Typology Redux: Revisiting a Theoretical Framework for New Modes of Practice .Northeastern University, Boston. Other Institution. . Level:University
Edward Mitchell (2010. ) Pits and Piles .Syracuse University School of Architecture, Syracuse, New York. Other Institution. . Level:International
Edward Mitchell (2009. ) Planning by the Numbers .University of Toronto, Toronto. Other Institution. . Level:International
Edward Mitchell (2012. ) Urbanism .Princeton University School of Architecture, Princeton, New Jersey. Other Institution. . Level:International
Edward Mitchell The Common .MIT. Other Institution. . Level:University
Edward Mitchell (2013. ) New Constellations, New Ecologies .ACSA National Conference, San Francisco. Level:International
Edward Mitchell (2010. ) Up in the Air .ACSA National Conference, University of Illinois Chicago.
Edward Mitchell Recent Work .University of Edinburgh. Other Institution. . Level:International
Edward Mitchell Big Urbanism .Syracuse University School of Architecture, New York, New York. Other Institution. . Level:University
Edward Mitchell (2008. ) Sustainable Urbanism .1000 Friends Smart Growth Conference, New Haven, CT. Professional Meeting. . Level:Regional
Edward Mitchell (2008. ) Public Ecologies .Van Alen Institute, New York, New York. Conference. . Level:National
Edward Mitchell (2007. ) Case Study: Newhallville Redevelopment Project .Hyannis, MA. Professional Meeting. .
Edward Mitchell (2007. ) Ancestral Portraits, Toilets and Hilarious Harbors .New Jersey Institute of Technology. Other Institution. . Level:University
Edward Mitchell (2007. ) Studioscope .Harvard University. Conference. . Level:International
Edward Mitchell (2007. ) Recent Work .Ohio State University. Other Institution. . Level:University
Edward Mitchell (2006. ) Temporal Urbanism .University of British Columbia. Level:University
Edward Mitchell (2006. ) Kicking the Modernist Canon .Parson School of Design. Other Institution. . Level:University
Edward Mitchell (2005. ) The Guerilla Farmer’s Almanac .Northeastern University. Other Institution. . Level:University
Edward Mitchell (2005. ) Talks on Architecture .Boston Society of Architects, Boston. Professional Meeting. . Level:Regional
(2005. ) Recent Work .Helsinki University of Technology, Helsinki. Other Institution. . Level:University
Edward Mitchell (2005. ) How to Serve Informalism .Columbia University GSAAP, New York, New York. Conference. . Level:National
Edward Mitchell (2005. ) Simming Cities .Salzburg Seminars, Salzburg, Austria. Conference. . Level:International
Edward Mitchell (2005. ) Greenpoint Study .Newman Institute, Baruch College, New York, New York. Professional Meeting. . Level:Prof. Org.
Edward Mitchell (2003. ) Authenticity .AIA Connecticut Annual Meeting, Haddam, CT. Professional Meeting. . Level:Prof. Org.
Edward Mitchell (2003. ) Serving Modernism Cool .Litchfield Historical Society, Litchfield, CT. Conference. . Level:Regional
Edward Mitchell (2003. ) The Intrigue of Intricacy .Institute for Contemporary Art, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia. Conference. . Level:International
Edward Mitchell (2001. ) Recent Work .Ohio State University, Columbus. Other Institution. .
Edward Mitchell (1998. ) Ordinary Evenings .Archiworks, Chicago. Other Institution. .
Edward Mitchell (1998. ) Ordinary Evenings .Yale University School of Architecture, New Haven, CT. Other Institution. . Level:University
Edward Mitchell (1997. ) Architecture and Individualism .Kennon Memorial Symposium, Rice University, Houston. Conference. . Level:National
Edward Mitchell, Todd Gannon, Sharon Haar, Jeffrey Johnson, Jeffrey Johnson, and T. Kelly Wilson (2018. ) States of Design Education .The Republic, Columbus, Indiana. Conference. . Level:National
Anne Bordeleau, U. of Waterloo, John Casbarian, Rice U. Glen Leroy, Boston Architectural C., Edward Mitchell, U. of Cincinnati, Xavier Costa, Northeastern U. (2018. ) Partnerships: International Internships .École d’architecture – Université Laval, Québec. Conference. . Level:International
Edward Mitchell (02-02-2021. ) (In Press. ) AIA School Directors Roundtable .Online, Level:State
Edward Mitchell (05-19-2019. ) "Reseach at the University of Cincinnati" .ACSA National Conference, Pittsburgh, PA. Conference. . Level:International
Edward Mitchell (09-27-2018. ) “States of Design Education” .Exhibit Columbus National Symposium, Columbus, IN. Conference. . Level:National
Edward Mitchell (05-15-2018. ) “Recent Work” .Beijing Jiaotong University, Beijing, China. Level:International
Edward Mitchell (10-18-2022. ) AIA School Directors Roundtable .University of Minnesota, Minneapolis. Level:Prof. Org.
Colloquium
Edward Mitchell (02-18-2021). Future Cities .https://www.bizjournals.com/cincinnati/news/2021/02/26/the-future-of-cities-cincinnati-conversation.html. Professional Meeting. Level:National
Symposium
Edward Mitchell (08-16-2019. ) Learning by Doing: Ecologists Jump into the Deep End to Shape Cities .Louisville, KY. Conference. Level:National
Event Organized
Public Lives: Salzburg SeminarsPublic Lives: Salzburg Seminars Conference 2005 Salzburg, Austria Level:International
“Lower Manhattan: The Rebuilding, Renewal, and Transformation“Lower Manhattan: The Rebuilding, Renewal, and Transformation Symposium 2016 New York, NY
New Constellations, New EcologiesNew Constellations, New Ecologies Conference 2013 San Francisco Level:International
Brown Club of New York, Real Estate Design and Construction GroupBrown Club of New York, Real Estate Design and Construction Group 2012 New York, NY Level:National
Building at Ground Zero: High and Dense Architecture after September 11Building at Ground Zero: High and Dense Architecture after September 11 Conference New York, NY Level:National
Catalyzing Newport: Building the CommonCatalyzing Newport: Building the Common Conference 2017 Newport, Rhode Island Level:National
Honors and Awards
1999 Young Architects Award The Architectural League of New York Status:Recipient Level:International Type:Recognition
2005 -2006 Boston Society of Architects Research Grant Boston Society of Architects Status:Recipient Level:National Type:Monetary
2005 -2006 De-Comb Research grant with Helsinki University of Technology and Yale University Helsinki Research Council Status:Recipient Level:International Type:Grant
2016 -2017 Catalyzing Newport Visiting Scholar under grant from the Rhode Island Council for the Arts Level:National Type:Fellowship
2006 Study for Squamish development plan Grant for student travel and research at Yale University Qualex-Landmark Development Group Status:Recipient Level:International