Rice Architecture invites applications and nominations for four faculty positions—Assistant Professor of Architecture (Design); Assistant or Associate Professor of Architecture (Building Technology); Visiting Scholar in Building Technology; and Wortham Fellowship Positions for 2023–2025.
Rice Architecture is a well-resourced, innovative school that promotes the interrelationship of practice and scholarship. We are committed to supporting and advancing the voices of architects in academia and producing research and creative practice at the highest level. Located in Houston, TX, the fourth largest and most diverse city in the US, Rice Architecture draws upon the city’s immense arts, culture, and industry, offering many opportunities for local and global engagement. We are particularly interested in candidates whose culture and lived experiences will expand our perspectives and understanding of the world. Rice Architecture draws upon Houston’s offerings in the arts, industries, diverse communities, and cultures to educate architects for a new multicultural world, and we work towards hiring with the same ambition. A place of many unique conditions, Houston is a window into complexities other cities face, empowering the school to bridge the local and the global while boldly engaging the world at large.
Assistant Professor of Architecture—Design
Rice Architecture invites applications and nominations for a tenured or tenure-track faculty appointment at the rank of assistant Professor. We seek outstanding design studio faculty who can teach across our undergraduate and graduate programs, as well as lecture courses and seminars in their research area. The school is interested in applicants with a clear line of inquiry who will contribute to the collective conversation of the faculty and the advancement of the field of architecture more broadly.
This position is available beginning fall 2023. Applicants should hold, at a minimum, a Master of Architecture degree or its equivalent; additional qualifications may include professional licensure or an advanced research degree. Degree requirements must be fulfilled by July 1 of the year employment commences. Applicants with a commitment to creative practice are encouraged to apply. The final candidate will have exemplary teaching and professional experience, including a portfolio of inspiring and field-defining design work and/or body of scholarship. Review of applications will begin on December 30, 2022 and continue until the position is filled.
Assistant or Associate Professor of Architecture—Building Technology
Rice Architecture invites applications and nominations for a tenured or tenure-track faculty appointment at the rank of associate or assistant Professor. The selected candidate will bring expertise in building technology and contribute through research and teaching in the area of either environment/energy or materials/construction. In both areas, technology is viewed as a catalyst for explorations that advance the applicant’s research while connecting inward and extrapolating outward the potentials of architecture.
At Rice, the relationship between scholarship and practice is vital, as is the expectation to produce research and creative work of the highest caliber. Applicants should bring a distinct voice, present a clear line of inquiry, participate in the collective conversation of the faculty, and contribute to the advancement of the field of architecture more broadly. The selected finalist will help shape the technology curriculum—in the areas of materials, construction, building physics, energy or environment—teaching foundational and advanced courses in building technology while also contributing to design studio culture. To that end, an ability to bridge quantitative and qualitative forms of research is indispensable, as is the capacity to work across scales from the building to the urban and larger environment. Applicants whose research engages in the creation of a more just and sustainable environment are especially of interest.
The position is available beginning fall 2023. We especially encourage applications from historically underrepresented voices, and we welcome interest from those whose work and lived experiences will expand our conversations, perspectives, and practices. Applicants should have exemplary teaching, research and/or professional experience, including a portfolio of field-defining work and body of scholarship. Review of applications will begin on December 30, 2022, and continue until the position is filled.
Visiting Scholar in Building Technology
Rice Architecture invites applications and nominations for a visiting scholar in technology. The selected finalist will bring expertise in building technology and contribute through research and teaching in the areas of either environment/energy or materials/construction. At Rice Architecture, technology is viewed as a catalyst for explorations that advance research while connecting inward and extrapolating outward the potentials of architecture.
The relationship between scholarship and practice is vital, as is the expectation to produce research and creative work of the highest caliber. Applicants should bring a distinct voice, present a clear line of inquiry, participate in the collective conversation of the faculty, and contribute to the advancement of the field of architecture more broadly. The selected finalist will teach three courses in the building technology curriculum—in the areas of materials, construction, building physics, energy or environment— teaching both foundational and advanced courses. To that end, an ability to bridge the quantitative and intellectual is indispensable, as is the capacity to work across scales from the building to the urban and larger environment.
This is a two-year appointment beginning fall 2023. We especially encourage applications from historically underrepresented voices, and whose work and lived experiences will expand our conversations, perspectives, and practices. Review of applications will begin on December 30, 2022, and continue until the position is filled.
Located in Houston, the fourth-largest and most diverse city in the US, Rice University draws upon the city’s world-class context of arts, culture, and industry. Rice Architecture’s position within a top-tier research university allows us to draw extensively from other disciplines to forge new territories of speculative practice and collaboration, particularly in Rice’s environmental studies program. Additional information about Rice Architecture can be found at arch.rice.edu.
Wortham Fellowship Positions for 2023–2025
Rice Architecture invites applications and nominations for two Wortham Fellows. The Wortham Fellowship was established more than twenty-five years ago to give promising and outstanding candidates the opportunity to teach and conduct research. This two-year teaching fellowship is specifically targeted at individuals who are beginning or advancing a career of teaching, scholarship, and practice. The school is interested in highly motivated candidates with a clearly defined design and research agenda and who will contribute to the collective conversation of the faculty and the advancement of the field of architecture more broadly. We encourage applications from historically underrepresented voices, and we welcome candidates whose work and lived experiences will contribute to our commitment to diversity and inclusion in our curriculum.
With a teaching load of three courses per year, fellows are able to hone their research in the context of the school’s small, tightly knit academic community. Located in Houston, the fourth largest and most diverse city in the United States, Rice Architecture draws upon the city’s immense arts, culture, and industry, offering many opportunities for local and global engagement.
Candidates should hold, at a minimum, a Master of Architecture degree or its equivalent. Degree requirements must be fulfilled by July 1 of the year employment commences. Applications should include a letter of interest, curriculum vitae, proposed research agenda, samples of course syllabi, professional, scholarly, or creative work—link or upload (10 MB max.)—and contact information for three references (they will be approached if candidacy is advanced to the next stage of the search process). Shortlisted candidates may be asked to submit a full portfolio at a later date. The deadline for applications is December 30, 2022. Additional information about Rice Architecture can be found at arch.rice.edu.
Application requirements and the link to apply can be found at arch.rice.edu/school/employment.
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