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College / Department

College of Architecture, Art and Design
Department of Architecture

Teaching areas

Architectural Design, Interior Design, Design Principles, Beginning Design, History and Theory of Design

Research areas

Contemporary Architecture and Urbanism in the Gulf Region, Design for Climate and Context Design Pedagogy, Architecture and Urbanism in Scandinavia, Higher Education and Internationalization

Education

MArch, Architecture, University of Washington, United States, 1996
BA, Philosophy, University of North Carolina-Charlotte, 1991

Professional experience

Trustees Professor, American University of Sharjah, 2023 - Present
Professor (2017–present), Associate Professor (2005–2017), Assistant Professor (1999–2005), American University of Sharjah, 2019 - Present
Chancellor, American University of Sharjah, 2019 - 2021
Vice Provost For Undergraduate Affairs And Instruction, American University of Sharjah, 2016 - 2019
Interim Provost (spring 2018/2014–2016), American University of Sharjah, 2014 - 2016
Vice Provost For Undergraduate Affairs And Instruction, American University of Sharjah, 2010 - 2014
Director Of Graduate And Undergraduate Programs, American University of Sharjah, 2007 - 2010
Associate Dean, College Of Architecture, Art And Design, American University of Sharjah, 2005 - 2007
Director, Foundations Year, College Of Architecture, Art And Design, American University of Sharjah, 2002 - 2007
Interim Dean, College Of Architecture, Art And Design, American University of Sharjah, 2004 - 2004

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Professor Kevin Mitchell

MArch, University of Washington, United States

Professor Kevin Mitchell has taught courses in architecture, interior design and the Foundations Year. Teaching contributions have been recognized with awards from the university and the American Institute of Architects. He has served in a number of administrative positions and led the university as Chancellor. Professor Mitchell's professional work focuses on design for climate and context, and he has published widely on architecture, design and urbanism in the Gulf. In 2023 Professor Mitchell was appointed as Trustees Professor in recognition of his academic and professional contributions.

Publications

Kevin Mitchell. "Lessons in Living with the Desert". In: Architecture of Culture. Milan: Silvana Editoriale, 2023. pp. 212-222.
Kevin Mitchell. Privileging the Pragmatic. In: Tabarrah, F. and Almazrooei, M. (eds) In Plain Sight: Scenes from Aridly Abundant Landscapes. Beirut, Kaph Books, 2023. pp. 300–316.
Kevin Mitchell. "Changing Facades in Gulf Cities: Identity, Icons and Lamentations of Loss". In: Fabbri, R. and Al-Qassemi, S. (eds) Urban Modernity in the Contemporary Gulf: Obsolescence and Opportunity. London: Routledge, 2022. pp. 120–137
Kevin Mitchell. "From Chandal Poles to the Palm: On Scale and the Potential of Freespace in the UAE". In: Alawadi, K. (ed) Lifescapes Beyond Bigness. London: Artifice Press, 2018. pp. 404–411
Kevin Mitchell. "Magrudy’s Mall: Transcending the Imitation of Imagined Past". In: Inayat, S. (ed) Uncommon Dubai+. Taxbiex, Malta: Uncommon Limited, 2018. pp. 126–135.
Kevin Mitchell. "Dwellings as Expressions of Those Who Dwell Within Them", Tribe 06, pp. 150–155 [originally published in the e-catalog for Tarek Al-Ghoussein: Al Sawaber, Third Line Gallery, November 5, 2017–February 14, 2018].
Kevin Mitchell. “Beyond Greening: Approaches to the Contemporary Landscape in the UAE”. In: Gharipour, M. (ed) Contemporary Urban Landscapes of the Middle East. London: Routledge, 2016. pp. 190–206.
Kevin Mitchell. “T_Territorial”. In: Al Mazrooei, M. and Jabbar, R. (eds) E11. Dubai: Center for Architectural Discourse, 2016. (unpaginated)
Kevin Mitchell. “Restricted by Scarcity, Striving for Greater Bounty: The Role of Architecture in Making Dubai”. In: Kite, S., McVicar, M. & Odgers, J. (eds) Economy and Architecture. London: Routledge, 2015. pp. 216–225.
Kevin Mitchell. “Educational Institutions in the Gulf: Design for the Future”. Architectural Design 85 (2015). pp. 38–45.
Kevin Mitchell And George Katodrytis. “Introduction”. Architectural Design 85 (2015). pp. 8–19.
Kevin Mitchell And George Katodrytis. “The Struggle for Integrity: Emerging Local Practices in the Gulf”. Architectural Design 85 (2015). pp. 128–135.
Kevin Mitchell And George Katodrytis. Architectural Design (AD) 85: UAE and the Gulf: Architecture and Urbanism Now (2015)
Kevin Mitchell. “Variations on a Prelude: The D Series”. In: Transfigurations: Photographs of Tarek Al-Ghoussein. London: Black Dog Publishing, 2014. p. 73.
Kevin Mitchell. “Dubai”. In: Fraser, M. (ed) Architecture and Globalisation in the Persian Gulf Region. Aldershoot: Ashgate, 2013. pp 155–172.
Kevin Mitchell. “Killing Time – Speculations on the Future Promise of Architecture in Dubai”. In: Kanna, A. (ed) The Superlative City: Dubai and the Urban Condition in the Early Twenty-First Century. Cambridge, MA: Graduate School of Design Aga Khan Program/Harvard University Press, 2013. pp. 148–166.
Kevin Mitchell. “Traces of Exchange”. In: The Heart of Phoenix, Art and Culture of the UAE-Sharjah, Gyeonggi Museum of Modern Art, Seoul, Korea, 2011. pp. 27-35.
Kevin Mitchell. “From Increasing Supply to Managing Demand”. In: Reisz, T. (ed) Al Manakh 2 Gulf Continued. Amsterdam: Stichting Archis, 2010. pp. 114–117.
Kevin Mitchell. “Learning from Traces of Past Living: Courtyard Housing as Precedent and Project”. In: Rabat, N. (ed) The Courtyard House: From Cultural Reference to Universal Relevance. Aldershoot: Ashgate/Aga Khan Program for Islamic Architecture, 2010. pp. 223–237.
Kevin Mitchell. “In What Style Should Dubai Build?”. In: Blum, E. and Neitzke, P. (eds) Dubai: City from Nothing. Basel: Birkhäuser, 2009. pp. 131–140.
Kevin Mitchell. “Thick Horizons”. In: Tarek Al-Ghoussein: In Absentia. Singapore: Page One, 2009. pp. 103–105.
Kevin Mitchell. “Platonic Relations”. In: Holten, J. (ed) Islands + Ghettos. Heidelberg: Heidelberger Kunstverein, 2008. pp. 34–37.
Kevin Mitchell, Amer Moustafa And Jamal Al-qawasmi. Instant Cities: Emergent Trends in Architecture and Urbanism in the Arab World. Amman: Center for the Study of Architecture in the Arab Region, 2008., 2008
Kevin Mitchell. “Architectural Education for Global Markets: An Argument for Humility and Empathy”, Proceedings of the 96th Annual Association of Collegiate Schools of Architecture (ACSA) Meeting (2008). pp. 23–27.
Kevin Mitchell. “Collection and Collage”. In: Basar, S. et al. (eds) With/Without: Spatial Products, Practices and Politics in the Middle East. New York: Bidoun, 2007. pp. 58–59.
Kevin Mitchell. “Constructing Fact, Fantasy and Fiction”. In: Khoubrou, M., Bouman, O. and Koolhass, R. (eds) Al Manakh. Amsterdam: Stichting Archis, 2007. pp. 30–35.
Kevin Mitchell. “Type as a Tool: Courtyard Housing and the Notion of Continuity”. In: Edwards, B., Sibley, M., Land, P. & Hakmi, M. (eds) Courtyard Housing: Past, Present and Future. New York: Taylor & Francis, 2006. p. 173–185.
Kevin Mitchell. “Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Riyadh”. In: Sennott, R.S. (ed) Encyclopedia of 20th Century Architecture. New York: Routledge, 2004. pp. 855–857.
Kevin Mitchell. “Twentieth Century Architecture in Denmark”. In: Sennott, R.S. (ed) Encyclopedia of 20th Century Architecture. New York: Routledge, 2004. pp. 353–356.
Kevin Mitchell. “Lessons from Practice: Analytical Approaches and Synthetic Strategies in Second-Year Studio”. Proceedings of the 92nd Annual Association of Collegiate Schools of Architecture (ACSA) Meeting (2004). pp. 641–643.
Kevin Mitchell. “A case for relevance: roles for traditional typologies in post-traditional environments”. In: Traditional Dwellings and Settlements Working Paper Series. Volume 175. Berkeley: IASTE/University of California-Berkeley, 2004.
Kevin Mitchell. “Steen Eiler Rasmussen: A Brief Biography”. In: Sennott, R.S. (ed) Encyclopedia of 20th Century Architecture. New York: Routledge, 2004. pp. 1081–1083.
Kevin Mitchell. “Sven Markelius: A Brief Biography”. In: Sennott, R.S. (ed) Encyclopedia of 20th Century Architecture. New York: Routledge, 2004. pp. 817–818.
Kevin Mitchell. “Twentieth Century Architecture in Sweden”. In: Sennott, R.S. (ed) Encyclopedia of 20th Century Architecture. New York: Routledge, 2004. pp. 1283–1286.
Kevin Mitchell. “Order and equality: the role of boundaries in the politics of segregation”. In: Traditional Dwellings and Settlements Working Paper Series. Volume 147. Berkeley: IASTE/University of California-Berkeley, 2002.
Kevin Mitchell. “Homotopolis: Immigration, Ethnicity and the Ancient Greek City”. Proceedings of the 88th Annual Association of Collegiate Schools of Architecture (ACSA) Meeting (2000). pp. 476–482.
Kevin Mitchell. “Land allocation and self-sufficiency in ancient Athenian agricultural communities”. Agricultural History 74 (2000). pp. 1–18.
Kevin Mitchell. “House and City: An analysis of public and private space in Plato’s utopian polis”. The Nordic Journal of Architectural Research 12 (1999). pp. 15–22.
Kevin Mitchell. “The design professional and continuing education: shaping the future”. Journal of Architectural Planning and Research (1999). pp. 72–76.
Kevin Mitchell. “Allocating Athens: Locating the Significance of the Boundary in the Ancient Town Plan”. Proceedings of the Association of Collegiate Schools of Architecture (ACSA) European Conference, 1997. (unpaginated).

Awards and Honors

IAARA / UN-HABITAT Research Award, UN-HABITAT, 2009
Samuel H. Kress Fellowship, Society of Architectural Historians, 2005
American Institute of Architects Education Honor Award (Honorable Mention), American Institute of Architects, 2004
University Award for Teaching Excellence, American University of Sharjah, 2003
University Research Award, American University of Sharjah, 1999
Valle Fellowship, University of Washington/The Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts, 1995
AIA/Walter Wagner Education Forum Essay Award, American Institute of Architects, 1990
AIA/Walter Wagner Education Forum Essay Award, American Institute of Architects, 1989
AIA/Walter Wagner Education Forum Essay Award, American Institute of Architects, 1988

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