Anthony Denzer, Ph.D.

Civil and Architectural Engineering and Construction Management

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

Contact Information

tdenzer@uwyo.edu

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Solar House HIstory
Dr. Anthony 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)