Rhett Russo

Associate Professor & Undergraduate Chair
Office: Greene Building, 006
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Phone: 518-276-8354, Ext. 8354

Rhett Russo is a designer and educator. His work ranges in scale from architecture to design, furniture, drawing and sculpture. It is situated at the intersection of material behavior and digital technologies with focus on ceramics. Russo’s designs gained international recognition through many exhibitions and international awards. Prior to launching his practice, Russo worked in the offices of RUR Architecture PC, Hanrahan & Meyers Architects, Bernard Tschumi Architects and directed a collaborative interdisciplinary design practice Specific Objects, that he co-founded in 1998. He currently serves as the Undergraduate Chair in Architecture at RPI.

After earning a Bachelor of Environmental Design degree from Texas A&M University, Prof. Russo earned his Master’s of Architecture degree from Columbia University where he received the Mckim Prize for Design Excellence. Rhett Russo is a past recipient of The Young Architect’s Award from the Architectural League of New York, and a former Van Alen Institute Dinkeloo Fellow at the American Academy in Rome.

Prof. Russo has acquired a broad and critical perspective concerning the profound interface between design, technology, computation, engineering and fabrication for the education of an architect today. He taught at several other distinguished programs, including New Jersey Institute of Technology; Washington University at St. Louis, where he was the Ruth & Norman Endowed Visiting Professor; SCI-Arc; California College of the Arts; Cooper Union; Pratt; Columbia University; and University of Pennsylvania.

Website: www.rhettrusso.com

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