Assistant/Associate Professor in Architecture

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Georgia Tech prides itself on its technological resources, collaborations, high-quality student body, and its commitment to building an outstanding and diverse community of learning, discovery, and creation. We strongly encourage applicants whose values align with our institutional values, as outlined in our strategic plan. These values include academic excellence, diversity of thought and experience, inquiry and innovation, collaboration and community, and ethical behavior and stewardship. Georgia Tech has policies to promote a healthy work-life balance and is aware that attracting faculty may require meeting the needs of two careers.

About Georgia Tech

Georgia Tech is a top-ranked public research university situated in the heart of Atlanta, a diverse and vibrant city with numerous economic and cultural strengths. The Institute serves more than 45,000 students through top-ranked undergraduate, graduate, and executive programs in engineering, computing, science, business, design, and liberal arts. Georgia Techs faculty attracted more than $1.4 billion in research awards this past year in fields ranging from biomedical technology to artificial intelligence, energy, sustainability, semiconductors, neuroscience, and national security. Georgia Tech ranks among the nations top 20 universities for research and development spending and No. 1 among institutions without a medical school.

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Location

Atlanta, GA

Department Information

The Georgia Tech School of Architecture is committed to educating architects who can engage the complexity of contemporary practice while helping to shape the future of the built environment. Our programs connect design with technology, research, history and theory, professional practice, and broader questions of environmental and social responsibility. Tenure-track faculty are central to this mission: they lead research that advances the discipline, bring that research into the classroom and studio, and mentor students in the Schools M.S. and Ph.D. programs.

Job Summary

The School of Architecture (arch.gatech.edu) at the Georgia Institute of Technology in Atlanta, Georgia invites applications for an Assistant or Associate Professor in Architecture. This is a full-time, tenure-track, nine-month faculty position beginning in Fall 2027.

The successful candidate will demonstrate a capacity for impactful architectural research and teaching in novel structural and tectonic systems, computational methods, and innovative material research. Candidates are expected to be able to build on the legacy of the Georgia Tech School of Architecture as a leader in these fields and contribute to near and next-generation design technology research.

Georgia Tech prides itself on its technological resources, collaborations, high-quality student body, and its commitment to building an outstanding community of learning, discovery, and creation. We strongly encourage applicants whose values align with our institutional values. These values include academic excellence, freedom of expression and inquiry, innovation, collaboration, and ethical behavior and stewardship. Georgia Tech has policies to promote a healthy work-life balance and is aware that attracting faculty may require meeting the needs of two careers.

Responsibilities

The successful candidate will be expected to establish interdisciplinary collaborations in teaching and research with faculty from other schools within the College of Design and across campus. SoA faculty have access to all the resources of the College of Design for their research and teaching, including a state-of-the-art Digital Fabrication & Robotics Laboratory that supports full-scale fabrication activities.

Candidates are sought with evident strength and continued promise as innovators in architectural design pedagogy; and whose own creative work demonstrates the capacity to enrich design culture by harnessing the potential of emerging tools and building technologies in service of broader social, cultural, and environmental aims. Candidates will be expected to translate relevant fundamental research into design practice and initiate new lines of research informed by questions emerging from architectural inquiry and practice; and to link their own research and scholarship to one of the areas of focus in the M.S. and Ph.D. programs.

The successful candidate will be expected to:

Lead research in emerging building and structural technologies

Contribute to required courses in Structures I and Integrated Building Systems (IBS) I and III

Develop and deliver course content that advances student learning and supports the broader goals of the architecture curriculum

Foster further interdisciplinary collaboration units across campus, e.g. School of Civil and Environmental Engineering, School of Building Construction, and others

Mentor and advise students through coursework, design reviews, and other academic activities

Contribute to coordination across courses and curricular sequences, including collaboration with faculty teaching within shared or coordinated courses

Participate in the intellectual and academic life of the School, including reviews, lectures, exhibitions, workshops, and other School activities

Contribute appropriate service to the School consistent with the expectations of an Assistant or Associate Professor appointment

Required Qualifications

Candidates must hold an architecture-related degree and/or a graduate degree specializing in structural or civil engineering.

Preferred Qualifications

Preference may be given to candidates who bring one or more of the following:

A PhD in a related field

Demonstrate the capacity for impact in architectural design through work on novel structural and computational techniques and innovative material research

Experience connecting design education with contemporary issues in computation, fabrication, or other emerging areas of the discipline.

A record of professional, creative, scholarly, or pedagogical work that demonstrates continued engagement with architecture and the built environment.

The ability to teach and mentor a multifaceted student body.

The ability to engage students in experiential learning activities and pedagogy that support student success.

Commitment to collaborative teaching and to contributing a rigorous and supportive academic environment.

Required Documents to Attach

Applicants should submit:

A letter of application

Curriculum vitae

Research statement

Teaching statement

A portfolio of research, built, and creative work, examples of teaching

The names and contact information for at least three references.

Contact Information

Requests for information may be directed to Daniel Baerlecken, Faculty Search Committee Chair, at daniel.baerlecken@design.gatech.edu

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The University System of Georgia is comprised of our 25 institutions of higher education and learning as well as the System Office. Our USG Statement of Core Values are Integrity, Excellence, Accountability, and Respect. These values serve as the foundation for all that we do as an organization, and each USG community member is responsible for demonstrating and upholding these standards. More details on the USG Statement of Core Values and Code of Conduct are available in USG Board Policy 8.2.18.1.2 and can be found on-line at https://www.usg.edu/policymanual/section8/C224/#p8.2.18_personnel_conduct.

Additionally, USG supports Freedom of Expression as stated in Board Policy 6.5 Freedom of Expression and Academic Freedom found on-line at https://www.usg.edu/policymanual/section6/C2653.

Equal Employment Opportunity

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Other Information

Applications will be considered beginning January 15, 2027, but the search will continue until the position is filled. A background check must be completed prior to beginning employment.

Background Check

A successful candidate must be able to pass a background check. Please visit: https://usg.policystat.com/policy/19298143/latest