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Name: Bill Price Education: 1994 Master of Architecture Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University 1991 Bachelor of Architecture Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University Teaching Experience: 8/2008- present Prairie View A&M University, School of Architecture, USA, Holds Visiting Associate Professorship with School of Architecture and is coordinator of the graduate program. 8/2000- 5/2008 University of Houston, Gerald D. Hines College of Architecture, USA, Held Assistant Professorship with College of Architecture teaching a 5th year comprehensive design studio, Industrial design studios and a seminar on materials open to upper level undergrads and graduate level students. 8/1999- 5/2000 Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, USA, Held Visiting Assistant Professorship with College of Architecture teaching 4th and 5th year studios. Focuses on creating a trans/inter/intra disciplinary approach to design through collaborations between Colleges, their departments, industry and professional architectural practices. Work Experience(Abbreviated): 2001- Present Bill Price Inc 1996- 2000 OMA- Office for Metropolitan Architecture, Rem Koolhaas - Head of research and Development and Project Architect/Designer Rotterdam, Netherlands 1995-1995 Studio Hunziker - Project Architect Tesserette, Switzerland 1993-1994 VPI&SU/ Robert Graeff (son of Werner Graeff– Bauhaus) Industrial Designer Blacksburg, Virginia Exhibits /Writing 2013 Galleria Continue – Le Moulin de Boissy-le-Chatel, France Price, Bill. Ai Wei Wei Ai Wei Wei exhibit at Galleria Continue includes Bill Prices Ordos villa P29 Dec 22, 2013 2012 YBCA Gallery, 701 Mission street, San Fransisco, California. Price, Bill. Ai Wei Wei Ai Wei Wei exhibit at YBCA Gallery includes Bill Prices Ordos villa P29 July 22, 2012 2011 Kunsthaus Bregenz, Bregenz, Austria. Price, Bill. Ai Wei Wei Ai Wei Wei exhibit at Kunsthaus Bregenz in Bregenz Austria include Bill Prices Ordos villa P29 July 17 – October 16, 2011 2010 UHGBC Price, Bill and Peter Zweig. Disaster Relief Pallet Exhibit, Houston Texas 2010 2009 Asia Art Festival, Inner Mongolia. Price, Bill. Convergence 142 Exhibit, Ordos, Inner Mongolia 2009 2009 Ordos 100 Price, Bill. The Inevitable Cultural Negotiations When Building a City Exhibit, Basel Switzerland 2009 2008 Seoul Design Olympiad Price, Bill. Translucent Concrete Pavilion Exhibit, Seoul Korea 2008 2006 Chaumont sur Loire - Chaumont, France *Price, Bill and Zweig, Peter. Play into the garden. “Shadow Play.” Winner of an international competition.“Jouer au jardin” or “play in the garden.” Result (first use of translucent concrete in France) exhibited at Chaumont Sur Loire (France, Loire valley). website http://www.chaumont-jardin.com/site/page/festival/2006/accueil.php April 29, 2006 to October 15, 2006. 2006 Le musée du Conservatoire National Des Arts et Métiers - Paris, France. Price, Bill. Bétons : étonnez-vous Translucent concrete research shown at exhibit. May 31, 2006 - November 6, 2006 2005 Gwangju Biennale - Gwangju , South Korea *Price, Bill and Zweig, Peter. Future Life - Light Into Life - Asian Design Bill Price & Peter Zweig where picked by an international jury to propose a hypothetical project for the exhibit…our firm used concept of upcycling and proposed an architectural skin which performed as eating utensils, building skin, container for shipping food and commercial product. Student work from tsunami housing research studios was also included as supporting graphic material. October 17, 2005 - November 3, 2005 2004-2005 National Building Museum - Washington D.C., United States of America *Price, Bill. Liquid Stone One of three architecture firms, globally picked to propose a hypothetical project for the exhibit…our firm used our research on transparent/translucent concrete. June 2004 – April 2005 2005 Arc En Reve Museum - Bordeaux, France *Price, Bill. East, West, North, South, March 17, 2005 – June 2005 Exhibit City Non City, research on Houston, Texas and the automobile. 2005 Arc En Reve Museum - Bordeaux, France *Price, Bill. East, West, North, South, March 17, 2005 – June 2005 Housing Research for San Jose, Costa Rica Invited Lectures at Universities (selected) October 2013 Non Object, Lecture(could not attend) Virginia Tech Riva SanVitale, Switzerland April 2011 Object, Lecture HHF/Simon Hartmann/Joint Master Geneva/Fribourg/Burgdorf Fribourg, Switzerland October 2008 8 Projects. Lecture Virginia Tech Riva San Vitale, Switzerland October 2004 Roundtable with Todd Williams and Billie Tsien and Mada s.p.a.m Princeton University symposium on concrete March 2004 City Non City. Lecture Lecture delivered at UNI University in Managua, Nicargua February 2003 Revisiting Bordeaux. Lecture delivered at Hong Kong University October 2002 Between Transparency and Opacity. Lecture delivered @ Wolfsonian, Miami, Florida. April 2002 Jumping through the hole. Lecture delivered @ North Dakota State University in North Dakota. February 2002 Recycled. Lecture delivered @ Auburn University in Auburn, Georgia. November 2001 Constructing and Making. Lecture delivered @ AIA Minneapolis convention. November 2000 Dismantled. Lecture delivered @ the Design School in Copenhagen, Denmark with other lecturers such as Toyo Ito. November 2000 Dismantling. Lecture delivered @ the College of Architecture in Aarhus, Denmark. April 2000 1+1+1. Lecture delivered @ the College of Architecture in Blacksburg, Virginia @ VPI&SU. February 2000 Bordeaux Villa. Lecture delivered @ College of Architecture in Houston, Texas @ U of H September 1999 The worrier, the wriggler and the warper or how I learned to construct and make glass columns, fabric chimneys and transparent concrete while directing Research @ OMA/Rem Koolhaas Lecture delivered @ the Ferrari Symposium II, titled: Convergence, a question of disciplines in Blacksburg, Virginia @ VPI&SU. February 1999 Bordeaux Villa. Lecture delivered @ College of Architecture in Blacksburg, Virginia @ VPI&SU Guest Seminars Given at Universities April 2009 Thesis workshop Workshop delivered @ GSD Harvard University. The workshop lasted three days and focused on reviewing thesis projects for Michael Meredith and Mack Scogin Studio. November 2002 Carbon Fiber. Seminar delivered @ College of Architecture in Miami, Florida @ FIU. The seminar lasted three days and focused on the relationship of wrapping to form making. November 2001 Greenway project. Design workshop with University of Minnesota’s Design Institute and the Midtown Community Works Partnership. Teamed with Monica Ponce DeLeon, James Carpenter, Jesse Rieser, Guy Nordenson…to reprogram the 29th St. rail corridor. November 2001 November 2000 Billboards. Seminar delivered @ College of Architecture in Blacksburg, Virginia @VPI&SU. It involved students from Cottbus, Germany and students from VPI&SU. The seminar lasted two weeks. One week was physical and one week virtual. Awards, Proposals and Grants 2008-2014 Award: Received Faculty Teaching Excellence Award during my 6 yr tenure. 2006 Award: Activities Funding Board (AFB). University of Houston SOG for funding an exhibition, publication and lecture. Grant ($1,900.00) Faculty Sponsor of student organization titled: Nima Nicaragua, Managua. 2006 2006 Award: Activities Funding Board (AFB). University of Houston SOG for funding an exhibition, publication and lecture. Grant ($2,000.00) Faculty Sponsor of student organization titled: MXDF - Mexico District Federal. 2006 2005 AIA Award. Research grant for Transparent and Transbuoyant concrete Publi- cation. AIA chapter: Co-principal, Peter Zweig. 2005 Research proposals (not funded) 2014 Summer 2014 Research Mini-Grant Program at PVAMU. Research grant to develop a Sustainable Building Component and Assembly Program at the School of Architecture. RM_GP $18,700 2014 2013 Summer 2014 Research Mini-Grant Program at PVAMU. Research grant to develop a Sustainable Building Component and Assembly Program at the School of Architecture. RM_GP $20,000 2014 2012 Research Environment Enhancement (REE) Program at PVAMU. Research grant to develop a Research and Development arm to address pressing cultural and environmental issues related to and resulting from the practice of Architecture. REE $510,884 2012 2010 NSF EFRI – EFRI SEED Preliminary Proposal: Foam Based Housing. Research grant to develop Foam Based Housing. NSF 2010-2014 2009 UHGBC Translucent Concrete Masonary. Research grant to develop Translucent Concrete. $66,000 2009-2010 2006 American Partners: Co-Principals: Bill Price and Peter Zweig. Administrative agent: Trang Phan French Partners: Co-Principals: Philippe Liveneau -Grenoble University, Kebbal Cherif - Grenoble University, Michel Limenitakis,Thierry Eyraud, Administrative agent: Myriam Oliver - Directress of LE grande Atelier. France French Consulate research grant for the research and construction of an emergency housing prototype. FACE $40,000.00 2006-2007 Grants 2011-14 Co-Principals: Bill Price and Peter Zweig Disaster Relief Pallet. Sarah Vaughan Foundation. $20,000.00 2012 2010 Co-Principals: Bill Price and Peter Zweig Disaster Relief Pallet. UHGBC Grant. University of Houston. $54,180.00 2010 2006 Co-Principals: Peter Zweig and Bill Price Investigation of Mass Customization as a viable prototype for the hospitality industry. Conrad Hilton College of Hotel Administration. University of Houston. $14,500.00 2006 2005 American Partners: Co-Principals: Bill Price and Peter Zweig. Administrative agent: Trang Phan French Partners: Co-Principals: Philippe Liveneau -Grenoble