SEPT 29 | 4:00PM | AB100
Daniel J. Glenn, AIA, NCARB, AICAE
Principal, 7 Directions Architects/Planners
Architecture is more than buildings—it’s about people, culture, and place. Daniel Glenn, founder of 7 Directions Architects/Planners in Seattle, will share insights from his community-based practice working in both urban and tribal communities. His firm’s portfolio spans affordable housing, cultural centers, and mixed-use transit-oriented developments, all rooted in a commitment to culturally and environmentally responsive design.
You will learn…
- Participatory design methodology
- Sustainable design practice
- Culturally-specific design for diverse cultures
- Integration of art and architecture
- Contemporary Native American architecture
BIO
Daniel J. Glenn, AIA, NCARB, is a nationally recognized Native American architect specializing in culturally responsive architecture and sustainable design that reflect his Crow Tribal heritage. His projects include the Stillaguamish Village, a Seattle AIA 2030 Challenge recipient, and the University of Montana Payne Family Native American Center, a LEED Platinum project. He designed the Crow Dance Arbor and Little Big Horn College Campus Plan and Buildings in his family’s home-town of Crow Agency on the Crow Reservation in Montana. He is a contributing author to volumes 1 and 2 of Our Voices: Architecture & Indigeneity and co-editor and contributor to The Handbook of Contemporary Indigenous Architecture. He is a regularly invited speaker at national and international conferences and was part of a team of Indigenous architects who were featured in the 2018 Venice Biennale and the documentary film, From Earth to Sky in 2021.
This lecture is free and open to the public.
For more information contact lectures@bsu.edu.