Brian Lee
 |
Assistant Professor
|
Brian K. Lee, AIA, joined the College of Architecture, Planning, and Design as an Assistant Professor of Architecture in 2022. Originally from Iowa, Brian holds a professional architecture degree from Iowa State University and received a Master of Architecture from Cranbrook Academy of Art. He is a registered architect and has worked for several firms in Iowa, focusing primarily on multi-family residential and adaptive re-use projects. During his graduate study, Brian began fabricating interactive elements that operate at the intersection of architecture, furniture, body scale, and urban scale.
As an architecture faculty member at KSU, Brian teaches design studios, fabrication-based seminars, and Fundamentals of Architectural Technology. His research and creative activity are fabrication-focused, with an interest in material-based design limits, the coordination of fabrication workflows, and the development of introductory fabrication exercises. Brian has presented his research at the National Conference on the Beginning Design Student (NCBDS), the Building Technology Educators’ Society (BTES), and the Design Communication Association (DCA). He received a Big XII fellowship in 2024 and, most recently, received a pair of design-build grants from the American Institute of Steel Construction (AISC) to build two projects on the KSU campus. Brian is also the faculty advisor for our chapter of the AIAS and is involved in AIA Flint Hills and AIA Kansas.