Robert Condia, FAIA, Architect

 

Bob Condia, FAIA, is an architect and design partner with Condia+Ornelas Architects, Manhattan, KS. A professor of architecture at Kansas State, he teaches architecture as an art form with due consideration for: neuroscience and architecture; the real; the ancient works of man; a building’s terrestrial and celestial alignments; and the metaphysics and poetics of architectural design. He has been a studio critic for 30 years in both architecture and interior design. In 2008, he received the Commerce Bank Distinguished Undergraduate Teaching Award, and in 2015, the AIAKansas’ Schirmer Award for service. His publications range from monographs on the works of progressive architects to theoretical articles on the experience of space, as well as a catalog of his own surrealist illustrations. Of particular attention are his recent works on neuroscience and architecture, the biological basis of aesthetic experience, and the craft of teaching architects to teach. Prof. Condia earned his Master of Architecture and Building Design from Columbia University in 1983 and a Bachelor of Architecture from California Polytechnic State University in 1980.