David Brownlee is a historian of modern architecture whose interests embrace a wide range of subjects in Europe and America, from the late eighteenth century to the present.  His recent books include Louis I. Kahn: In the Realm of Architecture (with David G. De Long,1991, translated into four other languages),  Making a Modern Classic: The Architecture of the Philadelphia Museum of Art (1997),  Building America's First University: An Historical and Architectural Guide to the University of Pennsylvania (with George Thomas, 2000) and Out of the Ordinary: Robert Venturi, Denise Scott Brown and Associates: Architecture, Urbanism, Design (with David De Long and Kathryn Hiesinger, 2001).

Professor Brownlee has won numerous fellowships, and his work has earned three major publication prizes from the Society of Architectural Historians.  He is a recipient of the University of Pennsylvania's Lindback Award for Distinguished Teaching.

After chairing the committees that proposed the reshaping of the University's undergraduate residences in 1997, he directed the implementation of a comprehensive system of College Houses and served as Director of the Office of College Houses and Academic Services for four years. 

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Architecture