Archinect - News 2024-11-21T05:45:10-05:00 https://archinect.com/news/article/150091321/rivera-named-chair-of-graduate-architecture-at-washington-university-in-st-louis Rivera named chair of graduate architecture at Washington University in St. Louis Liam Otten 2018-10-25T19:46:00-04:00 >2024-03-15T01:45:58-04:00 <img src="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/58/58e25c5babf2a66585aec11ee6b0a42d.jpg?fit=crop&auto=compress%2Cformat&enlarge=true&w=1200" border="0" /><p>Barcelona-based architect&nbsp;<a href="http://samfoxschool.wustl.edu/portfolios/monica_rivera" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">M&oacute;nica&nbsp;Rivera</a>&nbsp;has been named chair of graduate architecture in the <a href="https://archinect.com/schools/cover/17418/washington-university-in-st-louis" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Sam Fox School of Design &amp; Visual Arts at Washington University in St. Louis</a>.<br></p> <p>Rivera, who also serves as professor of practice, joined the Sam Fox School&rsquo;s College of Architecture and Graduate School of Architecture &amp; Urban Design as a visiting professor in 2015. She later served as co-coordinator of the school&rsquo;s international housing studio, and remains a partner with&nbsp;<a href="https://archinect.com/firms/cover/29461890/emiliano-l-pez-m-nica-rivera-arquitectos" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Emiliano L&oacute;pez M&oacute;nica Rivera Arquitectos</a>, the office she co-founded in 2001.</p> <p>&ldquo;Architecture is layered, both as an aesthetic and social endeavor,&rdquo; said&nbsp;<a href="http://samfoxschool.wustl.edu/portfolios/faculty/carmon_colangelo" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Carmon Colangelo</a>, the Ralph J. Nagel Dean of the Sam Fox School. &ldquo;M&oacute;nica&nbsp;has earned an international reputation for carefully crafted projects that combine environmental responsibility with rigorous attention to site, context and communal experience. We are very excited and proud that she is leading our graduate program in architecture.&rdquo;</p> <figure><img src="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/16/16d69bbddc20b5a5da1066bfbf549638.jpg"><figcaption>Social Housing Apartments, Gav&agrave;, Barcelon...</figcaption></figure>