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Blaine Brownell

Architect & Materials Researcher; Associate Professor and Director of Graduate Studies at the University of Minnesota School of Architecture

Architect & Materials Researcher; Associate Professor and Director of Graduate Studies at the University of Minnesota School of Architecture

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Blaine Brownell Biography

Blaine Brownell is an architect, sustainable building advisor, and researcher of innovative materials for architecture. He is the founder and director of the design/research firm Transstudio, and has taught at the University of Michigan and the University of Minnesota. Blaine is the author of Transmaterial Series of books, published by Princeton Architectural Press.

In Material Strategies: Innovative Applications in Architecture, Brownell shows architects how creative applications of the materials can achieve great environmental transformation.

Blaine has practiced architecture in Tokyo, Nagoya, Houston, Seattle, and Minneapolis. His work has been published in A+U, Architectural Record, Architecture, BusinessWeek, Discover, Dwell, Fast Company, Forward, The Journal of Architectural Education, Materia, New Scientist, The New York Times, Popular Science, Sustainable Industries Journal, and the Seattle and Portland Daily Journals of Commerce, and he was featured as the cover story for an issue of Architect magazine. His work has been exhibited at the Seattle Architectural Foundation, Center on Contemporary Art, and Consolidated Works in Seattle, as well as at DiverseWorks in Houston, the Taubman College of Architecture + Urban Planning at the University of Michigan, and the Centre Universitaire Méditerranéen in Nice.

Blaine was selected for a 2006 “40 Under 40” award by Building Design & Construction magazine, and was the recipient of a Fulbright fellowship to Japan, during which time he researched contemporary Japanese material innovations at the Tokyo University of Science.

Blaine Brownell Speaking Topics

  • Sustainability: Transforming the Way We Build Buildings and Design Products

    The landscape is changing at breakneck speed. Innovation threatens to outpace architects’ and designers’ working knowledge of materials thereby limiting their applicability. To create innovative design from concept to completion, a knowledge of the uses, properties, and sources of new materials is integral.

    The study and practice of architecture and construction of buildings, until recently, has largely focused on a few core materials while ignoring the better part of a lot of the innovative materials and products that we’re seeing developed for buildings.

    Architectural education, until recently, in this country especially, has been focused a lot on theory and on everything from French philosophy to various formal explorations. Certainly a lot of structures and nuts-and-bolts stuff as well, but not necessarily on this larger understanding of materiality and energy and resources in our worlds, and how architects can help to shape and respond to various problems or situations with regard to the greater material picture.

Blaine Brownell Videos

  • Blaine Brownell: Building a Sustainable Future - YouTube
  • Blaine Brownell - PopTech 2006 on Vimeo
  • Blaine Brownell - PopTech 2006 on Vimeo

Blaine Brownell Books

  • Material Strategies: Innovative Applications in Architecture (Architecture Brief)
    Material Strategies: Innovative Applications in Architecture (Architecture Brief)
  • Matter in the Floating World: Conversations with Leading Japanese Architects and Designers
    Matter in the Floating World: Conversations with Leading Japanese Architects and Designers
  • Transmaterial: A Catalog of Materials That Redefine our Physical Environment
    Transmaterial: A Catalog of Materials That Redefine our Physical Environment

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Blaine Brownell is a keynote speaker and industry expert who speaks on a wide range of topics such as Sustainability: Transforming the Way We Build Buildings and Design Products. The estimated speaking fee range to book Blaine Brownell for your event is available upon request. Blaine Brownell generally travels from MN, USA and can be booked for (private) corporate events, personal appearances, keynote speeches, or other performances. Similar motivational celebrity speakers are Ed Gavagan, Chad Oppenheim, Diane Hoskins, Douglas Farr and Lance Hosey. Contact All American Speakers for ratings, reviews, videos and information on scheduling Blaine Brownell for an upcoming live or virtual event.

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