education  
1981 BArch, Rhode Island School of Design
1980 BFA, Rhode Island School of Design
   
professional experience 
1990-present  Wheeler Kearns Architects, Chicago, Principal
1987-1990 Daniel Wheeler Architects, Chicago, Principal
1985-1987 SOM, Chicago, Associate, Studio Head
1984-1985 Himmel Bonner Architects, Chicago, Project Architect
1981-1985 SOM, ChicagoProject Architect
1977-1981 Machado Silvetti Architects, Boston, Intern Architect
   
academic exerience 
2008-present University of Illinois at Chicago, Professor
2005-2006 University of Illinois at Chicago, Interim Director, SofA
2001-2008 University of Illinois at Chicago, Asssociate Professor
1992-2001 University of Illinois at Chicago, Adjunct Associate
1988-1989 University of Wisconsin at Milwaukee, Chicago Chair
   
professional registration
Illinois, Michigan, Indiana, Wisconsin, North Dakota
   
professional affiliations 
1998-present
 American Institute of Architects, Fellow
2002-present The Rural Studio, Auburn University, Visiting Critic
2004-present Chicago Architectural Club, Advisory Committe Member
2000-present Marwen Foundation, Architecture Program Advisor
2000-present
 Graham Foundation, Trustee
2005-2006 Graham Foundation, Interim Director
2002-2005 Architecture and Design Society, Board Member
1995-1998 Architecture Alliance, Trustee, Director
   
lectures and panels 
2009 Chair of the 2010 AIA National Interior Honor Awards jury Washington DC
2009 Universidad Di Tella, Buenos Aires, Argentina
"Evolution and Assemblage"
2009
Universidad Abierta Interamericana, Rosario, Argentina
"Evolution and Assemblage"
2008 North Dakota State University
"Wheeler Kearns, Recent Work"
2007 BRAC University, Bangledesh
"Design/ Build at the University of Illinois at Chicago"
2007 Northeastern University
"Making: The Struggle for the Appropriate"
2007 AIAS Alabama
"Defining the Citizen Architect"
2006 Oklahoma State University
"Wheeler Kearns, Recent Work"
2006 Auburn University, Rural Studio
"Wheeler Kearns, Recent Work"
2005 Chicago Architecture Foundation
"Wheeler Kearns, Recent Work"
2005 AIA San Antonio
"The Difficulty and Importance of Making Places"
2004 Auburn University, Rural Studio
"Wheeler Kearns, Recent Work"
2001 AIA, Chicago Chapter
"Going Green, Winners of the Green Home Competition"
2001 Kent State University
"Need/ Want, A Search for the Appropriate"
2001 NEA/ Driehaus Foundation
"Mixed Income Community Design"
2001 City of Chicago
"Really Bad Buildings", Great Spaces, Great Places Tour
2000 AIA, Chicago Chapter
"Mentoring Young Design Talent"
1999 AIA Convention, Iowa
"Wheeler Kearns, The Need for Invention"
1999 Toronto Society of Architects,
"Inventions, Some Big, Some Small, Some Never Seen"
   
individual honors
1990 Ten Graduates, 1980-1990, RISD
1985 Young Architect Award, AIA Chicago Chapter
1983 Steedman Fellowship, Washington University
1980 Traveling Fellowship, National Endowment for the Arts
1980 Mention,  “The House at the Juncture of History and Now”



 


 

 


 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

              

Dan Wheeler