2024-05-01T20:54:37-04:00 https://archinect.com/news/article/150008024/richard-blythe-appointed-as-dean-of-virginia-tech-college-of-architecture-and-urban-studies Justine Testado 2017-05-17T15:07:00-04:00 >2017-05-17T15:07:15-04:00 <img src="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/36/36ux4ydbdfd9a1mi.jpg?fit=crop&auto=compress%2Cformat&enlarge=true&w=1200" border="0" /><p>Richard Blythe will join the <a href="http://archinect.com/schools/cover/764/virginia-polytechnic-institute-and-state-university-virginia-tech" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Virginia Tech College of Architecture and Urban Studies</a> (CAUS) as its new dean starting October 10. Blythe will replace A.J. (Jack) Davis, who served as the College's dean for 11 years. Davis will <a href="https://vtnews.vt.edu/articles/2016/09/caus-davis.html" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">step down</a> on June 30 at the end of his second term.</p><p>Prior to Virginia Tech, Richard Blythe was a professor and the dean of RMIT University School of Architecture and Design in Melbourne since 2012. Under his leadership, the RMIT School of Architecture Design acquired $6.8 million to support multi-university research alliances, particularly a grant from the Australian government to lead a&nbsp;15-university Design and Architecture Practice project.&nbsp;</p><p>Blythe also lectured at&nbsp;the University of Tasmania for 14 years, while he was deputy head of the School of Architecture as well as the vice chancellor&rsquo;s representative on the Tasmanian government&rsquo;s Building and Construction Industries Council. He continues to work as a founding director to the architecture practice <a href="http://www.terroir.com.au/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">TERROIR</a> ...</p>