Ewan Branda

Current

• Assistant Professor at Woodbury University School of Architecture
• Board Member at Los Angeles Forum for Architecture and Urban Design
• Technical Director at Electronic Literature Organization

• Technical Editor and Site Architect at The Electronic Book Review

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Past

• Teaching Fellow at UCLA
• Research Fellow at UCLA Experiential Technologies Center
• Instructor at Art Center College of Design

• Software consultant at Center for Land Use Interpretation
• Manager, Application Architecture at Rare Medium
• Design Architect at Peter Rose architecte, Saucier + Perrotte architectes, Saia Barbarese architectes, Montréal
• Adjunct Lecturer at University of Waterloo
• Faculty Lecturer at McGill University

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Education

• University of California, Los Angeles
• Massachusetts Institute of Technology
• University of Waterloo

• University of Waterloo

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Connections

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Industry

Architecture & Planning

Websites

• My Website

Ewan Branda’s Summary

My research and teaching looks at the relationship between built environments and information technologies. It considers various aspects of this relationship in the field of architectural history and theory, including the embedding of information technologies in physical space, the interdisciplinary borrowing of organizational metaphors, and digitally mediated scholarly communication. My minor field of specialization is Information Studies, with concentration in metadata design for cultural heritage information, Information Retrieval, and the Semantic Web. I am currently a finishing my doctoral dissertation at UCLA. I also serve on the board of directors of the Los Angeles Forum for Architecture and Urban Design and the Electronic Literature Organization.

Ewan Branda’s Specialties:

the study and teaching of architectural history and theory, scholarly communication, software design and information modeling, architectural design for cultural institutions

Ewan Branda’s Experience

• Assistant Professor

  Woodbury University School of Architecture

  (Architecture & Planning industry)

  2009 — Present (less than a year)

  I coordinate the History and Theory program and teach theory and design studio.

• Board Member

  Los Angeles Forum for Architecture and Urban Design

  (Architecture & Planning industry)

  2008 — Present (1 year )

• Technical Director

  Electronic Literature Organization

  (Research industry)

  2008 — Present (1 year )

• Technical Editor and Site Architect

  The Electronic Book Review

  (Writing and Editing industry)

  2000 — Present (9 years )

• Teaching Fellow

  UCLA

  (Educational Institution; Higher Education industry)

  2008 — 2009 (1 year )

  Taught seminars and lecture courses in architectural history and theory.

• Research Fellow

  UCLA Experiential Technologies Center

  (Architecture & Planning industry)

  2003 — 2008 (5 years )

  Design and implementation of digital libraries for teaching architectural history.

• Instructor

  Art Center College of Design

  (Educational Institution; Design industry)

  1999 — 2001 (2 years )

  Taught courses in 3D digital modeling.

• Software consultant

  Center for Land Use Interpretation

  (Research industry)

  2000 — 2000 (less than a year)

• Manager, Application Architecture

  Rare Medium

  (Public Company; 1001-5000 employees; RRRR; Internet industry)

  1999 — 2000 (1 year )

• Design Architect

  Peter Rose architecte, Saucier + Perrotte architectes, Saia Barbarese architectes, Montréal

  (Architecture & Planning industry)

  1988 — 1995 (7 years )

• Adjunct Lecturer

  University of Waterloo

  (Educational Institution; Higher Education industry)

  1993 — 1993 (less than a year)

  Taught architectural design studio.

• Faculty Lecturer

  McGill University

  (Educational Institution; Higher Education industry)

  1991 — 1993 (2 years )

  Taught design studio in the Architecture School.

Ewan Branda’s Education

• University of California, Los Angeles

  PhD , Architectural History and Theory , 2003 — 2009

• Massachusetts Institute of Technology

  S.M.Arch.S. , Design and Computation , 1996 — 1998

• University of Waterloo

  B.Arch. , Professional architecture degree , 1985 — 1989

• University of Waterloo

  Bachelor of Environmental Studies , 1982 — 1985

Additional Information

Ewan Branda’s Websites:

• My Website

Ewan Branda’s Groups:

Society of Architectural Historians, Ordre des architectes du Québec

Ewan Branda’s Honors:

Scott Opler Fellowship for Emerging Scholars, Society of Architectural Historians, 2008

Edgardo Contini Award, UCLA Department of Architecture, 2008, 2006. For distinction in interdisciplinary architectural research.

Collegium of University Teaching Fellows award, UCLA, 2007. Awarded to fifteen promising doctoral candidates selected from across the university.

Chancellor’s Fellowship, UCLA, 2003. Awarded to the top entering doctoral student in the department.

Prix d'excellence, Ordre des architectes du Québec, 1996. For the design of the Centre communautaire Jean-Claude-Malépart, Montréal.

Award of distinction, Ordre des architectes du Québec, 1994. For exceptional performance in architectural licensing exams.

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