Travis Price
Travis Price is an American architect, author, teacher, philosopher, and advocate of green architecture[1] based in Washington, DC.
His buildings include private homes, large commercial and institutional architecture, restaurants, offices, housing complexes, libraries and religious buildings which have been built in the U.S. as well as Asia, Europe, and South America. Price has been a lecturer at the University of Maryland, College Park and Catholic University.[2] He is currently the director of the graduate concentration on Cultures and Sacred Space at the School of Architecture & Planning at The Catholic University of America. He has also lectured at the National Building Museum, the Smithsonian Institution, the National Geographic Society, and The American Institute of Architects. Price's firm, Travis Price Architects, is known for its unconventional residential designs.[3]
His personal, cantilevered, four-story steel and glass residence was featured on the Planet Green show, World's Greenest Homes as an example of advanced, environmentally sound design.[1]
Price's book, The Archaeology of Tomorrow received a gold medal in the Independent Publisher Book Awards in 2007.[4]
Travis Price was elevated as a Fellow of the American Institute of Architects in 2009[5] for his pioneering contributions to green architecture.
Publications
- The Archaeology of Tomorrow: Architecture and the Spirit of Place (2006) ISBN 1-932771-93-X
References
- "World's Greenest Homes Episode: Casa de Carmen". 2008-12-23. Archived from the original on 2009-01-02. Retrieved 2008-12-26.
- Ward, Timothy Jack (1994-04-21). "Where Earth Tones Are the Music of Design". New York Times. Retrieved 2008-12-26.
- Rouda, Andrea (2006-06-16). "A Design Hub Tucked Into the Park". Washington Post. Retrieved 2008-12-26.
- "American architect with Erris links launches book". Western People. 2004-07-04. Retrieved 2008-12-26.
- "AIArchitect This Week | 112 Elevated to Fellowship, 9 to Hon. FAIA". American Institute of Architects. February 27, 2009. Retrieved 2009-08-04.