Dr. William W. Braham FAIA is an Associate Professor of Architecture at the University of Pennsylvania, where he is Interim Chair of the Department of Architecture and Director of the Master in Environmental Building Design (MEBD) and the certificate program in Ecological Architecture. He received an engineering degree from Princeton University and an M. Arch and Ph.D. Arch. From the University of Pennsylvania, where he has taught since 1988. At Penn he teaches graduate courses on ecology, technology, and design. He practices with the TC Chan Center and as a design consultant for Ivalo Lighting and Lutron Electronics. At the Chan Center, his most recent projects have been the Sustainability Plan, the Carbon Footprint, and Climate Neutrality Action Plan for the University of Pennsylvania.
In 2006 he published a book called Rethinking Technology: A Reader in Architectural Theory, and In 2002 published a book called Modern Color/Modern Architecture: Amédée Ozenfant and the genealogy of color in modern architecture (www.modcolor.com). He is working on another book project and a blog called Ecology, Technology, and Design (www.williambraham.net).
207 Meyerson Hall, School of Design
University of Pennsylvania
Philadelphia, PA 19104
215 898 5728
brahamw@design.upenn.edu