Brian Kesner
| Position | Emeritus Professor |
|---|---|
| Phone |
805.235.4428 805.544.3145 |
| bkesner@calpoly.edu | |
| Office | 186-B304A |
Areas of Expertise
Housing & Sustainable Community Design
Sustainable Environments
Housing Issues & Concepts
Non-profit Community-Based Design & Research
Fundamentals of Architectural Design
Photography
Profile
Education
Master of Architecture, University of CalIfornia, Berkeley, 1968
Bachelor of Architecture, UC Berkeley
Teaching Experience
Cal Poly State University, San Luis Obispo, Ca.; 1980-2008
University of Illinois, 1970-1975
Facultad Arquitectura, Benemerita Universidad Autonoma de Puebla, Mexico, Oct. 2002
(Graduate level short course: Case Studies in New Housing Development).
Registration
Register Architect: Colorado, 1975-present
Affiliations
SLO Green Build
Local Government Commission
Urban Ecology
Scholarship
- Photographic / case-study collections: "Urban Life: Small Urban Spaces & Courtyard-based, Mixed-use Building Typologies in Mexico’s Heritage Cities"
- Bank of America’s "Low Income Housing Challenge" statewide annual competitions: Faculty Advisor to 5 years of winning CAED entries, 1994-1999.
Awards
- AIA/Union Of European Architects’ Joint International Competition for Sustainable Communities, Chicago 1993, First Award of Integrated-Comprehensive Professional Category, with faculty team.
- Faculty Merit Award 1994, Arch Dept. Cal Poly
- Exceptional Faculty Merit Service Award 1984
- CAED Outstanding Faculty Member 1983, CAED Student Council.
Professional Practice
- Private and public consulting, housing & neighborhood/community design, 1990-present.
- Principal of private practice in Passive Solar Architecture, Durango, Colorado, 1975-1980. (See projects in The Passive Solar Energy Book by Edward Mazria).