Linda Nelson Keane, FAIA, artist, architect, and academic, is passionate about greening public imagination. She combines a regenerative architecture practice with creative media projects, critical writings, and public workshops collaborating with diverse communities to create transformative learning experiences and environments. In the course of teaching at The School of the Art Institute of Chicago she created new architecture pathways and with faculty passed the Master of Architecture and Master of Architecture with emphasis in Interior Architecture degrees. After completing the City of Chicago Green Roof Website she co founded the NEXT.cc STEAM by DESIGN Eco Web to share architecture and design creative careers with K16.
AWARDS
UNESCO Greening Education Partner
UWM NSTA I-Core Great Lakes Region Entrepreneurship Grant 2022
NEXT.cc Creative Director inducted as a Fellow of the American Institute of Architects
AIA Illinois Nathan Clifford Ricker Education Award 2019
National Association of Collegiate Schools Creative Achievement in Education Award 2018
National Environmental Education Foundation Green STEM Innovator 2012
Association of Architecture Organizations Design Media Award 2012
Union of International Architects Architecture + Children Golden Cubes 2011
Wisconsin Arts Board Creative Communities Grant 2011
USGBC Excellence in Green Building Education Award 2009
SAIC Presidential Urban Engagement Award 2009
American Architectural Foundation Merit Award 2009
National Endowment for the Arts Design Education Award 2008
American Architectural Foundation Merit Award 2006
FULBRIGHT to TURKEY 1979
Polyark Semester Abroad in the EU; AA in London
Co-founder of STUDIO 1032 with Mark Keane, University of Wisconsin Milwaukee, she contributes to sustainable initiatives along the Milwaukee- Chicago corridor. STUDIO 1032 combines architectural practice with animation and academic publishing for awareness of the complexities and importance of the design of the environment. Keane’s socially constructed landscapes are rooted in nature, with artistic, environmental, educational, and entertaining intentions.
She writes, lectures and publishes on necessity of nurturing K12 creativity including ARCHITECTURE an INTERACTIVE INTRODUCTION, The Aesthetics of Sustainability, Eco literacy: Greening Public Imagination, Designing Design Education,The Culture of Design Education, STEAM by Design and Design THIS Place Built Environment Education. She is a dynamic keynote speaker, online teacher, and American Institute of Architects Webinar Presenter on 21st Century Learning Environments.
Specialties: Identity Tuning
Environmental Design
Place Making
Design Learning
Design Education Curriculum
Informal eLearning
Learning Environments
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