Marti was born in Omaha, Nebraska and spent her childhood in Bennington, Nebraska, which is a farming town just beyond the reach of Omaha. She lettered in track and volleyball and was her high school class salutatorian. After high school she studied architecture at the University of Nebraska where she was an honors student, was the editor of In.Form, a peer-reviewed architectural journal, and was an exchange student student at the University of Hannover, Germany. After completing her her architecture studies for a B.Sc. in Architectural Design she studied printmaking and filmmaking at NU. She worked professionally for Keith Dubas Architects in Lincoln before coming to Texas Tech to teach for the last two years in second year studio, third year studio, the Montréal summer studios, and now in the first year studio. In the coming Fall Marti will be working in some advanced studies in architecture.
Brian was born in Warren, Ohio and moved at an early age to Texas. He lived as a boy in Killeen, Austin, Montréal, Quebec, and Garland. He graduated from North Garland High School. He played soccer, was a national bible quiz champion, and two time state drafting champion. Before going to university he worked as a civl engineering draftsman (he drew the parking islands at TownEast Mall in Mesquite), a high rise curtain-wall shop drawing draftsman, was a metal building designer (he designed the horrid Custom Cleaners building at Forest and Greenville in Dallas), and was self-employed as a residential designer doing houses in Dallas, Allen, McKinney, Garland, and Sachse. He attended Dallas County Community Colleges, the University of Texas at Arlington (B.Sc.Arch.), Carleton University (B.Arch.), and Columbia University (M.Sc.Design). While at Carleton University he spent a semester at the Technical University of Berlin, Germany. He's worked professionally for Cooper Robertson + Partners in New York City, Humphries Poli in Denver, and Hildinger Associates in Dallas. He's taught at the Universities of Colorado, Oklahoma, Nebraska, the Dublin Institute of Technology (IRL), and now TTU. He teaches foundation design, urban design, and site design courses. He designs and researches on "-grounds", as in campgrounds, fairgrounds, and other land based architectures.
Brian was born in Warren, Ohio and moved at an early age to Texas. He lived as a boy in Killeen, Austin, Montréal, Quebec, and Garland. He graduated from North Garland High School. He played soccer, was a national bible quiz champion, and two time state drafting champion. Before going to university he worked as a civl engineering draftsman (he drew the parking islands at TownEast Mall in Mesquite), a high rise curtain-wall shop drawing draftsman, was a metal building designer (he designed the horrid Custom Cleaners building at Forest and Greenville in Dallas), and was self-employed as a residential designer doing houses in Dallas, Allen, McKinney, Garland, and Sachse. He attended Dallas County Community Colleges, the University of Texas at Arlington (B.Sc.Arch.), Carleton University (B.Arch.), and Columbia University (M.Sc.Design). While at Carleton University he spent a semester at the Technical University of Berlin, Germany. He's worked professionally for Cooper Robertson + Partners in New York City, Humphries Poli in Denver, and Hildinger Associates in Dallas. He's taught at the Universities of Colorado, Oklahoma, Nebraska, the Dublin Institute of Technology (IRL), and now TTU. He teaches foundation design, urban design, and site design courses. He designs and researches on "-grounds", as in campgrounds, fairgrounds, and other land based architectures.
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