Brandon R. Ro

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ABOUT BRANDON R. RO

Design with Beauty, Defend the Authentic, Build for Time, Inspire the Spirit”Brandon Ro is an award-winning architect, educator, and researcher with over 20 years of AEC industry experience. His design and research projects have been published, presented, and exhibited nationally and abroad. He has a proven record of projects that have been recognized with numerous awards and honors (+80) from organizations such as the U.S. Green Building Council, Walt Disney Imagineering, American Institute of Architects, Alliance to Save Energy, American Planning Association, California Higher Education Energy Efficiency Partnership Program, and Designer’s Lighting Forum among others. Over the years his design philosophy has been influenced by observing the built environment through a phenomenological lens on multiple continents and studying under internationally recognized architects, such as Juhani Pallasmaa and Alberto Campo Baeza. He received a post-professional Master of Architectural Studies degree from The Catholic University of America in Washington, D.C. and a professional Bachelor of Architecture degree from California State Polytechnic University Pomona.Mr. Ro is also an Assistant Professor of Architecture at Utah Valley University (UVU) where he co-founded a new professional degree and has been instrumental in developing new curriculum for nearly half of the core coursework. He teaches architectural history and theory, three-dimensional representation, and design studio. Under his mentorship multiple student design and research projects (+250) have been published, presented at conferences, featured in exhibitions, garnered industry recognition, received juried design awards, and been recognized by international and local news outlets. As a strong advocate of improving the interconnectivity between architecture, culture, spirituality, ecology, and human experience, Mr. Ro helps bridge the gap between theory and practice. He is a highly sought-after speaker and resource in architecture circles, having delivered keynote presentations, guest lectures, and speeches as well as served as a juror, guest critic, and reviewer at numerous institutions. His theoretical works and research have been published in Arquitecturas del Sur (Chile), Architectural Research Centers Consortium, Spirituality in Architectural Education, Margenes Arquitectura (Spain), Ambiances Network (France), IN_BO (Italy), Environmental Design Research Association, Religions, Planning Practice & Research (UK), and in the Journal of Comparative Theology at Harvard Divinity School.