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    EN 3074

    Dept. 3295

    1000 E. University Ave.

    Laramie, WY 82071

    Phone: (307)766-2390

    Email: cae.info@uwyo.edu

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    Civil and Architectural Engineering

    College of Engineering and Physical Sciences

    Anthony S. Denzer

    Professor of Architectural Engineering
    Thomas and Shelley Botts Department Head in Civil Engineering

    Office: 3078 Engineering
    University of Wyoming

    College of Engineering and Physical Sciences

    Department of Civil & Architectural Engineering

    Dept. 3295
    1000 E. University Avenue
    Laramie, WY 82071
    e-mail: tdenzer@uwyo.edu
    Office Phone: 307.766.5256
    Fax Number: 307.766.2221


    External Website: www.solarhousehistory.com

    Anthony S. Denzer

    Education

    • B.A., Journalism, University of California, Berkeley, 1991

    • M.Arch., University of Kansas, 1998

    • Ph.D., Architecture (history/theory), University of California, Los Angeles, 2005

    Certifications

    • LEED Accredited Professional, U.S. Green Building Council, 2007

    • Sustainable Engineering Education Scholar, National Science Foundation, 2006

    Experience

    • Professor, University of Wyoming, 2021-Present

    • Associate Professor, University of Wyoming, 2011-2021

    • Assistant Professor, University of Wyoming 2005-11

    • Instructor, Woodbury University, 2002-05

    • Tolkin & Associates Architecture, Pasadena, CA, 1999 - 2004

    Current Courses Taught

    • ARE 4600: Architectural Design Studio IV

    • ARE 3030: Architectural History

    • ARE 2600: Architectural Design Studio II

    • Summer Study Abroad in London, Paris, Barcelona

    Past Courses Taught

    • ARE 4040: Historic Preservation and Sustainability

    • ARE 4030: Green Building History & Theory

    Books

    Book Chapters

    • Anthony Denzer. "Gregory Ain: Under Surveillance," in Notes from Another Los Angeles: Gregory Ain and the Construction of a Social Landscape, MIT Press.

    • Anthony Denzer. "No Coincidence: Whitney Smith and Japanese Influences at Midcentury," in Outside In: the Architecture of Smith and Williams [Museum Catalog], Getty Publications, 2015.

    • Keith Hedges, Anthony Denzer, Christopher Livingston & Mark Hoistad, “Socially responsible collaborative models for green building design,” in Report on University Research Volume 4, George Elvin, ed., American Institute of Architects, 2010.

    • "The Suburban Critique at Mid-Century: A Case Study," in The Green Braid: Towards an Architecture of Ecology, Economy and Equity, Kim Tanzer and Rafael Longoria, eds., Routledge Press, 2007.

    Papers and Presentations (Swedish Homebuilding)

    • Anthony Denzer, "Bruno Mathsson’s Solar Architecture," nonsite.org, issue 40, September 2022. 

    • Anthony Denzer, "What Can the U.S. Learn from the Best Made Homes in the World?" webinar for Green Builder Media, May 2021

    • Anthony Denzer, “Energy Efficiency and the Swedish Catalog House” 2020 ASHRAE Annual Conference, July 2020.

    • Anthony Denzer, “What Can We Learn from Swedish House Factories?” Invited talk for Retooling the U.S. Housing Industry, Executive Builder Workshop, November 2019.

    • Anthony Denzer, “A Historical Perspective on Today’s Swedish Homebuilding Technology,” Invited seminar at National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), April 5, 2019.

    Papers and Presentations (Greenhouse Design/Indoor Farming)

    • "Architectural Engineering and Existing Buildings," 2021 ASCE Architectural Engineering Conference.

    • Emmanuel Iddio, Liping Wang, *Yara Thomas, *Gabrielle McMorrow, Anthony Denzer, “Energy Efficient Operation and Energy Modeling for Greenhouses: A Literature Review,” Renewable & Sustainable Energy Reviews 117 (January 2020).

    • Liping Wang, Yara Thomas, and Anthony Denzer, “Energy Savings Analysis of a Greenhouse Heated by Waste Heat,” Building Simulation 2017 (IBPSA-USA).

    • Anthony Denzer, Liping Wang, Yara Thomas, and Gabrielle McMorrow, “Greenhouse Design with Waste Heat: Principles and Practices,” AEI 2017, Architectural Engineering Institute, 440-455.

    Papers and Presentations (history/theory)

    • (with Robert Boyce) “Keck’s House of Tomorrow,” Elmhurst Art Museum (online lecture), April 7, 2022.

    • (with Jon Gardzelewski), "The Solar Architecture Taxonomy: A Historical Analysis" 2019 ASCE Architectural Engineering Conference.

    • (with Jon Gardzelewski, Emma-Jane Alexander, Andrew Apodaca), "Virtual Reality Takes Over: Assessing the Impacts of VR on Architecture and the AEC Industry" 2019 ASCE Architectural Engineering Conference.

    • “In Service,” Technology|Architecture + Design 1, no.1 (2017): 19-20.

    • "The Thermostat Age: Questions of Historiography," 2016 American Society of Environmental History (ASEH) Annual Conference.

    • "Work and Teamwork: Notes on Collaborative Practice in the 20th Century," 2015 ASCE Architectural Engineering Conference.

    • "Modern Architecture and Theories of Solar Orientation," 2014 ASES National Solar Conference.

    • "Villa Girasole and the Limits of Biomimicry" Cameracronica magazine (online), March 2014.

    • "Banham's Gamble," 2014 Society of Architectural Historians (SAH) annual conference, Austin, TX.

    • "George Löf House, 1956-2013," Solar Today 27, no. 6 (September/October 2013), 53.

    • "Prefab + Solar at Midcentury." OFFSITE: ACSA Fall Conference, 2012.

    • "George Löf: Denver's Solar Pioneer," 2012 ASES National Solar Conference, Denver, CO.

    • "Crombie Taylor/Ira Rakatansky," [book review], Journal of the Society of Architectural Historians 71, no. 1 (March 2012), 122-24.

    • (with Keith Hedges), "The Limitations of LEED: The Xanterra Houses," Journal of Green Building 6, no. 1 (Winter 2011): 25-33.

    • (with Kendra Heimbuck) “Hands-On Green Building Activities for Beginning Students,” 2011 ASCE Architectural Engineering Conference, Oakland, CA.

    • (with Polina Novikova-Kinney) “Arthur T. Brown: Pioneer of Solar Architecture,” 2010 ASES National Solar Conference, Phoenix, AZ.

    • "California's Postwar Suburban Cooperatives: Race, Design and the FHA," 2009 Society for American City and Regional Planning History (SACRPH) Conference, Oakland, CA.

    • "The Halliburton House and its Architect, William Alexander" Southern California Quarterly 91, no. 3 (Fall 2009): 319-341.

    • "The Solar House in 1957," 2009 ASES National Solar Conference, Buffalo, NY.

    • "Notes on the History of the Solar House," 2009 ASHRAE Winter Conference, Chicago, IL.

    • "The Solar House in 1947," Eco-Architecture 2008 international conference (Wessex Institute of Technology), The Algarve, Portugal.

    • "Towards a Critical History of the Solar House," (poster) 2008 Association of Collegiate Schools of Architecture (ACSA) national conference, Houston, TX.

    • "Bertram Goodhue: His Life and Residential Architecture" [book review], Southern California Quarterly89, no. 4 (Winter 2007/2008), 424-426.

    • (with Keith Hedges), "The Solar Decathlon: The Aesthetics of the Solar House," 2007 ASES National Solar Conference, Cleveland, OH.

    • (with Keith Hedges and Cenk Yavuzturk), "The Solar Decathlon: Lessons Learned in the Construction Management of a Transportable Solar House," 4th International Structural Engineering and Construction Conference (ISEC-04), Melbourne, Australia, 2007.

    • (with Keith Hedges), "Sustainable Construction in Yellowstone Park: A Case Study," Sustainable Construction Materials and Technologies conference, Coventry, UK, 2007.

    • "Frank Lloyd Wright's Taliesin as an Intentional Community," 2006 Communal Studies Association annual conference, Marshall, CA.

    • "Gregory Ain and the Politics of Transculturation," 2006 Society of Architectural Historians (SAH) annual conference, Savannah, GA.

    • "Community Homes: Race, Politics and Architecture in Postwar Los Angeles," Southern California Quarterly 87, no. 3 (Fall 2005): 269-285.

    • "Gregory Ain: Drawings against Photographs," ArcCA 05.3 (Fall 2005), 20-25.

    • "Community Homes: Race, Politics and Architecture in Postwar Los Angeles," 2005 American Collegiate Schools of Architecture (ACSA) national conference, Chicago, IL.

    • "The Death of the Exhibition House," 2005 Savannah College of Art and Design symposium.

    • "L. A.'s Early Moderns" [book review], Southern California Quarterly 86, no. 3 (Fall 2004), 299-301.

    • "Usonia without Utopia: The Suburban Housing of Gregory Ain," 2003 Frank Lloyd Wright Building Conservancy conference, San Francisco, CA.

    • "Picture-Building: Louis Kahn, Le Corbusier, and the Problem of Representation," 2002 American Collegiate Schools of Architecture (ACSA) national conference, New Orleans, LA.

    • "Gregory Ain," in American National Biography; Oxford University Press, July 2001.

    • "The Aesthetics of Recycling: Storefront Churches in Los Angeles," 2000 American Folklore Society national conference, Columbus, OH.

    • "Pioneer Romanticism: The Ballard Schoolhouse," Material Culture 31, no. 2 (Summer 1999): 55-6.

    Papers and Presentations (BIM)

    • (with Jon Gardzelewski) “Drawing and Modeling: Analog Tools in the Age of BIM,” 2011 ASCE Architectural Engineering Conference, Oakland, CA.

    • (with Jon Gardzelewski and Gang Tan) “Integrated Design Studio Utilizing a Multi-disciplinary Design Team,” Ecobuild America 2010 (National Institute of Building Sciences), Washington, DC.

    • “Long-distance multidisciplinary collaboration: Some lessons learned,” 2010 Capstone Design Conference, Boulder, CO.

    • (with Keith Hedges, Christopher Livingston, and Mark Hoistad) "Socially responsible collaborative models for green building design," AIA 2009 National Convention and Design Exposition, San Francisco, CA.

    • (with Keith Hedges), "From CAD to BIM: Educational strategies for the coming paradigm shift," 2008 Architectural Engineering Institute (AEI) national conference, Denver, CO.

    • (with Keith Hedges), "How a Collaborative Architecture Influences Structural Engineering Education," 2008 Structures Conference (ASCE/SEI), Vancouver, BC.

    • (with Keith Hedges), "Structural Expression: How BIM Influences Design Choices," International Association for Shell and Spatial Structures 2007 Symposium, Venice, Italy.

    • (with Keith Hedges), "In Process: Visualization and Sustainable Building Design in the Architectural Engineering Studio," 2007 Design Communication Association (DCA) Conference, Muncie, IN.

    • (with Keith Hedges), "From Integrated Practice to Integrated Academics: BIM in the Classroom," 2007 Design Communication Association (DCA) Conference, Muncie, IN.

    • (with Keith Hedges), "The Solar Decathlon: The Aesthetics of the Solar House," 2007 ASES National Solar Conference.

    • (with Keith Hedges), "Visualizing Energy: How BIM Influences Design Choices," 2007 ASME International Conference, Las Vegas, NV.

    • (with Keith Hedges), "Shifting the Curve to the Left: Student Response to BIM in the Classroom," 4th International Structural Engineering and Construction Conference (ISEC-04), Melbourne, Australia, 2007.

    Awards

    • 2020. Outstanding Architectural Engineering Educator Award, Architectural Engineering Institute (AEI).

    • 2015. "Top Prof," University of Wyoming Mortar Board.

    • 2011. AIA Technology in Architectural Practice (TAP) honorable mention (with Jon Gardzelewski).

    • 2011. 2010. Nominee, University of Wyoming John P. Ellbogen Meritorious Classroom Teaching Award.

    • 2010 Outstanding Undergraduate Teaching Award, UW College of Engineering (Tau Beta Pi)

    • 2009 AIA Technology in Architectural Practice (TAP) honorable mention (with Keith Hedges, Christopher Livingston & Mark Hoistad)

    • 2009 John and Sally Steadman Endowment grant for Undergraduate Teaching

    • 2008 AIA Technology in Architectural Practice (TAP) award (with Keith Hedges)

    • 2008 AIA RFP Program grant recipient for "IPD and BIM as Catalysts for Socially Responsible Collaborative Models in Green Building Design." (with Keith Hedges and Christopher Livingston)

     
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    Civil and Architectural Engineering and Construction Management

    EN 3074

    Dept. 3295

    1000 E. University Ave.

    Laramie, WY 82071

    Phone: (307)766-2390

    Email: cae.info@uwyo.edu

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