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Lori Ryker, Ph.D.
founder studioryker
908 N. Rouse Ave
Bozeman, MT 59715
founder, Artemis Institute
Jackson Hole, WY
tel: 406.220.1099
e: lr@studioryker.com
EDUCATION
| 2000 | Texas A&M University, Doctor of Philosophy, Subject: Architecture "The Creation of Second Nature: The Problem of Making for Students of Architecture" |
| 1991 | Harvard Graduate School of Design, Master of Architecture Degree with Distinction |
| 1985 | Texas A&M University, Bachelor of Environmental Design |
HONORS / AWARDS
| 2011 | Professional-in-Residence/Marie M. Bickham Endowed Chair Robert Reich School of Landscape Architecture - Louisiana State University |
| 2010 | National Endowment for the Arts |
| 2009 | Artist Innovation Award, State of Montana, Montana Arts Council |
| 2007 | Merit Award, On the Boards, Wapiti Valley Residence, Residential Architect, (Ryker/Nave Design) |
| 2005 | House of the Year, Organic Style, (Ryker/Nave Design) |
| 2004 | Silver Medal for Professional Practice, Tau Sigma Delta Society, MSU Chapter |
| 2000 | Graham Foundation Grant, Co-Recipient with Brett Nave |
| 1996 | Tau Sigma Delta Society |
| 1994 | AIAS National Educator Honor Award, Nominee, Auburn University |
| 1991 | Alpha Rho Chi Award, Harvard Graduate School of Design |
| 1990 | S.O.M. Traveling Fellowship, Nominee, Harvard Graduate School of Design |
| 1985 | Outstanding Senior, College of Architecture, Texas A&M University |
| 1983 | Outstanding Sophomore, College of Architecture, Texas A&M University |
DESIGN
| 2007-10 | Principal and Founder, studioryker, LLC, Livingston, MT |
| 2003-pr | Executive Director and Founder, Artemis Institute, Livingston, MT |
| 2001-07 | Partner, RN Construction |
| 1994-07 | Partner, Ryker/Nave Design |
| 1994-95 | Intern Architect, Rommell Architectural Partnership, Portland, OR |
| 1991-92 | Intern Architect, Bentley, La Rosa, Salasky, New York, NY |
| 1991 | Intern Architect, Diener and Diener, Basel, Switzerland |
TEACHING
| 2012 | Louisiana Sate University School of Architecture |
| 2011-12 | Professional-in-Residence/Marie M. Bickham Endowed Chair Robert Reich School of Landscape Architecture - Louisiana State University |
| 2009 | Visiting Professor, University of Texas, Austin Visiting Professor, Montana State University Invited Juror, University of Texas, Austin, Texas |
| 2006-pr | Director, Artemis Institute, Instructor, Remote Studio, Jackson Hole, WY |
| 2008 | Invited Juror, University of Texas, Austin, Texas |
| 2003 | Remote Studio, North Star Ranch, Montana (MSU, School of Architecture) |
| 2001 | Remote Studio, Tom Miner Basin, Montana (MSU, School of Architecture) |
| 2005 | Awarded Tenure and Associate Professor rank (MSU, School of Architecture) |
| 2000-05 | Coordinator of Second Year Studios, School of Architecture, MSU (as noted below) |
| 1999-06 | Tenure Track Professor of Architecture, Montana State University |
| 1999 | Invited Juror for final Juries, Rice University, Houston, Texas |
| 1998-99 | Visiting Assistant Professor of Architecture, Montana State University |
| 1996-98 | Assistant Lecturer of Architecture, Texas A&M University |
| 1997 | Remote Studio, Fort Davis, Texas (Texas A&M University) |
| 1995-96 | Visiting Assistant Professor of Architecture, Texas A&M University |
| 1993-94 | Visiting Assistant Professor of Architecture, Auburn University |
| 1993 | Invited Visiting Juror, Graduate Studios in Architecture, Texas A&M University |
| 1990-91 | Teaching Assistant, Harvard Graduate School of Design |
SELECTED DESIGN PROJECTS
Studio Ryker, LLC
| 2010-11 | Williams, Flathead Pass Residence, Gallatin County, Montana (current) Studio Ryker |
| 2010 | Getz, Studio, Santa Fe, New Mexico |
| 2009 | Zermeuhlen Mattson Residence, Boerne, Texas Click Cabin, Llano, Texas Signor Pre-Fab, Austin, Texas Round Rock Cabins, Round Rock, Texas |
| 2008 | Pre-Fab House Birkenstock General Store, Stage II, San Antonio, Texas (complete) |
Ryker Nave Design
| 2005-07 | Residence, Wapiti Valley, Wyoming (complete) |
| 2005-07 | York/Losee Residences, Livingston, Montana (complete) |
| 2005-08 | Calarco Residence, Gallatin County, Montana (complete) |
| 2005 | McNaughton Residence, Livingston, Montana |
| 2004 | Grace/Lorenzini Residence, Paradise Valley, Montana |
| 2003 | Greenberg Residence, Design and Construction, Livingston, Montana (complete) |
| 2003-05 | Ryker Nave Residence & Studio, Design and Construction, Livingston, Montana (complete) |
| 2003 | Fargo Maestas Residence and Studio, design, Clyde Park, Montana (complete) |
| 2003-05 | McIlhany Residence, Design, Welfare, Texas (complete) |
| 2002 | Birkenstock General Store, Design, San Antonio, Texas (complete) |
| 2001-02 | Hall Residence and Studio, Design and Construction, Paradise Valley, MT (complete) |
| 2001 | Birkenstock General Store and Leather Goods Co., San Antonio, Texas (complete) |
| 2002 | B-Bar Ranch, New Cabin Design and Construction, Wind Turbine Installation (complete) |
| 1994 | Guinan Residence, Bald Head Island, North Carolina (complete) |
Lori Ryker Design
| 1987 | Extra Extra, Women's Accessory Stores, Design, Houston and Dallas, Texas (complete) |
| 1985 | Extra Extra, Women's Accessory Store, Design, San Antonio, Texas (complete) |
Research/Creative Work
| 2010-pr | Research regarding the Louisiana Wetlands and its current perception within the US |
| 2010-pr | Development of Periapt jewelry and small artifacts |
| 2009 | Periapt Jewelry Exhibition, Danforth Gallery, Livingston, MT (June) "Bling" , Periapt Exhibition, Danforth Gallery, Livingston, MT (October) |
| 2009 | Manuscript development for "Solar D" book |
| 2008 | Panelist, JAE Special Session "Alternative Practices", Nat. ACSA Meeting, Houston |
| 2008 | Guest Editor (with farm architecture), JAE 61:04, "Alternative Practices" |
| 2008 | "Off the Grid", Vacations Homes Magazine, March |
| 2008 | Taped Interview, for "Snakebit", forthcoming documentary about Samuel Mockbee |
| 2007 | "Learning Montana, Evolving Place", Drumlummon, www Arts and Culture Journal |
| 2007 | "The Green House", Review of Exhibition, Washington DC, JAE 60:04 |
| 2007 | Talisman, Design and Artifact |
| 2006-09 | Editorial Review Board, Journal of Architectural Education |
| 2006 | OFF THE GRID HOMES, Author, Gibbs Smith Publishers |
| 2006 | "Peckerwood Garden," Western Interiors and Design, November/December |
| 2005 | OFF THE GRID, Author, Gibbs Smith Publishers |
| 2004 | "Architecture and the Remote Studio: An Overview and a View from Within", 306090 Journal, co-authored with Justin Smith (MSU '04), Fall 2004 |
| 2002 | BEST Grant Award, Recipient, Montana State University |
| 2002 | "Wilderness Training", Contributed Essay, Residential Design, July |
| 2002 | "Bringing the Wind Back to the Farm", paper presented, San Francisco Institute of Architecture Ecological Design Conference |
| 2002 | "The Remote Studio," paper presented, San Francisco Institute of Architecture Ecological Design Conference |
| 2002 | "Learning Montana, Evolving Place", conference contributor and proceedings, ACSA Southwest Conference |
| 2001 | Faculty Teaching Highlights: Sharing What Works, Contributor, Montana State University |
| 2001 | REMEMBRANCE AND THE DESIGN OF PLACE, featured contributor, Frances Downing, Texas A&M University Press |
| 2001 | "The Triggering Landscape and the Anxiety of Influence" paper presented at ACSA Central Midwest Regional Conference |
| 2001 | "The Poetry of Holistic Practices: Learning about Place Through Architecture," invited HOPES Conference, Key Note Speaker, University of Oregon |
| 2000-01 | Graham Foundation for Advanced Studies in the Fine Arts grant co‐recipient with Brett Nave for "Dialogue: Design and Construction in the Natural Environment," Design and Construction |
| 2000 | Finalist, NORCHE Prize |
| 2000 | "Rural Studio: An Interview with Jon Tate," Offramp No. 7 : Detours and Dialogues, Southern California Institute of Architecture, with Alan Loomis |
| 2000 | "Samuel Mockbee: Scavenger Architect," Text Advisor, Offramp No. 7 : Detours and Dialogues, Southern California Institute of Architecture |
| 2000 | "Envisioning the Rural West: Sustainable Design and Construction," paper presented at ACSA Southwest Regional Conference |
| 2000 | "Distance Learning: The Remote Studio," paper presentation and proceedings, ACSA Southwest Regional Conference |
| 2000 | "Creating an Architecture of Well‐being: The Relation of Wilderness to Creative Intuition," paper presentation and proceedings, ACSA Southwest Regional Conference |
| 2000 | "The Creation of Second Nature: The Problem of Making for Students of Architecture", completed dissertation at Texas A&M University |
| 1999 | "Adventure, Experience and Creative Intuition," paper presented at American Society for Aesthetics, Rocky Mountain Division |
| 1999 | Advanced Studio Stipend, School of Architecture, Montana State University |
| 1998 | "Samuel Mockbee's Rural Studio", Scholarly Advisor for the film documentary |
| 1998 | "The Ecological Post Modern Position" paper presentation and proceedings from UNESCO Symposium on "A Culture of Peace" |
| 1998 | "Alchemy and Material Transfiguring in Architecture" paper presented at American Society for Aesthetics, Rocky Mountain Division |
| 1997 | "Making and Beauty: A Triadic Resolution" paper presented at American Society for Aesthetics, Rocky Mountain Division |
| 1997 | Recipient, AIA/AAF Fellowship for Advanced Research: in support of "A Remote Studio of Architecture, Fort Davis, Texas" |
| 1995 | MOCKBEE COKER: THOUGHT AND PROCESS, Author, Princeton Architectural Press |
| 1995 | Modulus: 24, excerpt from Mockbee Coker: Thought and Process |
| 1994-98 | Guinan Residence, Design, Bald Head Island, North Carolina |
| 1991 | DIENER AND DIENER ARCHITECTS, Assistant to the Architect, Rizzoli International |
| 1990 | "Emerging European Architects," Exhibition Coordinator, Harvard Graduate School of Design |
| 1988 | Studio Works 1987-88, Assistant Project Coordinator, Harvard Graduate School of Design |
| 1985 | "European Cities and Their Rivers" Traveling Fellows Scholarship, Texas Society of Architects |
LECTURES
| 2011 | Lecture, Louisiana State University Lecture, Louisiana State University Lecture, AIA Wyoming Panelist, AIA National Women's Leadership Summit Lecture, University of Colorado, Denver and Boulder Lecture, Western Sustainability Fair, Ft. Collins, CO Lecture, Louisiana State University |
| 2010 | Lecture, University of Louisiana at Lafayette, LA Lecture, Portland State University, OR Lecture, Texas Tech University, Lubbock, TX Lecture, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, LA |
| 2009 | Lecture, Montana State University Lecture, New West Conference, Missoula, MT Lecture, Southern Illinois University, Carbondale, Il Lecture, Drury College, MO |
| 2008 | Lecture, Arkansas AIA, State Meeting Lecture, Holter Museum of Art, Helena, Montana Panelist, New West Design Conference, Bozeman, MT Lecture, AIA Oklahoma Central Regional meeting "Beyond Sustainability", Lecture, University of Toledo "Women in Green" Round Table Panelist, Women in Design, Kansas City, AIA "Artemis Institute: Conceptions and Sustainable Directions", Lecture, University of Hawaii |
| 2007 | "Off Trail", Lecture, University of Texas, Austin "Teaching through Practice", SFI07, University of North Carolina, Charlotte |
| 2006 | "Off the Grid", Lecture, National Building Museum, Washington DC "Ryker /Nave Design", Lecture, (with Brett Nave),Gt. Falls AIA Annual Meeting, GT. Falls, Montana "Interests, Intent and Inspiration", Lecture, (with Brett Nave), MSU, Bozeman, Montana "Living Off the Grid", Lecture, Refuge, Bozeman, Montana |
| 2003 | Lecture, (with Brett Nave),Western Design Conference, Cody, WY |
| 2000 | "Practice," Lecture, (with Brett Nave),Peckerwood Garden Foundation Lecture and Exhibition, "Details: Inside and Out", Houston |
SELECTED PUBLICATIONS & JOURNALISM
| 2010 | "Top 100 Mountain Architects", Mountain Living, September StudioEAUX, JAE Fall Issue |
| 2009 | "New West Fishing Cabin," The New Western Home "Under the Influence," Profile, Sunset Magazine, January Wapiti Valley House, Featured in Western Interiors and Design, February/March |
| 2008 | Giving Profile on Artemis Institute, Livingston Weekly, December "Perfect Harmony", Studio Ryker, Mountain Living, December "At Home on the Water", Studio Ryker, Mountain Living, October "Home Ground Interview" with Brian Kahn, for Montana NP Radio |
| 2007 | Pine Creek Pavilion - Artemis Institute, "Best of Bozeman Awards", Tributary Magazine, August "Off the Map", Ryker/Nave Design Professional Profile, Residential Architect, June "On the Boards", Merit Awards, Wapiti Valley Residence, Residential Architect, April Interview, Western Interiors and Design, September "Home Improvement", Outside , Green Issue, April |
| 2006 | Interview, Distinctly Montana, Winter Issue "Top 100 Mountain Architects", Mountain Living, September "Architect's Choice" Residential Architect, April www.archnewsnow.com, June "Owning the Views", newwest.net, May Ryker and Nave Residence, Featured in Western Interiors and Design, May/June |
| 2005 | Hall Residence, Featured in CASAMICA, December Home of the Year, Organic Style, October Hall Residence, Featured in Western Interiors and Design, March/April |
| 2004 | Hall Residence and Studio, Featured in THE HOUSE YOU BUILD, Taunton Press |
| 2002 | Hall Studio Project Profile, Big Sky Journal, Arts Issue 2002 |
| 2001 | Architecture Weekly, Web Magazine, Summary of research and Remote Studio |
| 1998 | "Lifting the Mystique," Texas Architect, 11/12, 1998, pp. 42-43 |