James Warton
Principal | Regional Practice Director, LINE
- Role
- Adjunct Professor, School of Architecture at Woodbury University
- Location
- Los Angeles, CA, US
- LinkedIn followers
- 500 followers
About James Warton
Throughout his career in architecture, James has maintained an acute interest in cutting-edge manufacturing and has developed a specialized concentration in high-resolution additive processes. His current focus is on the synthesis of structure/form, automation, and material performance.James Warton is a Senior Computational Designer and American West Regional Practice Director for HKS | LINE. He has made significant contributions to the most complex and innovative elements of the HKS portfolio. Most notably supporting Venues and Sports on discretization, rationalization, and structural synthesis of complex geometries and long-span structures. James also teaches Comprehensive Design, Building Systems Integration and Advanced Structures within the graduate program at Woodbury University’s School of Architecture where he promotes computational design as a tool for conceptual form finding, in-situ concept analysis, and optimization methodologies.After receiving his Master’s Degree in Architecture and Urbanism from the Architectural Association’s Design Research Laboratory (DRL), James worked as a PhD candidate in SMU’s Mechanical Engineering Department, where he held a research assistantship through the Research Center for Advanced Manufacturing (RCAM). There he focused on the design of highly articulated structures and direct-to-fabrication methodologies leveraging robotics and direct-metal laser-sintering to produce complex architectural assemblies.
Experience
Adjunct Professor, School of Architecture
Aug 2023 — Present · Burbank, CA, US
Graduate Design Professor:Arch 546 - Build 3 | Advanced StructuresArch 547 - Build 4 | Building Systems IntegrationArch 589 - Studio 4 | Total Building DesignWSDA 6990 - Advanced Architectural Systems
Education
Southern Methodist University
PhD Candidate in Mechanical Engineering, Advanced Manufacturing for Computational Design & Architecture
Architectural Association
MArch, Master of Architecture and Urbanism
2004 — 2006
Universität Innsbruck
International Exchange Program | UTA, Architecture
2001 — 2001
The University of Texas at Arlington
BSc, Bachelor of Science in Architecture
1996 — 2001
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