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Personal Greeting Roy Knight, FAIA

Florida A&M University School of Architecture

Contact Details

Florida A&M University School of Architecture
Tallahassee, FL

Bio

I have a very wide variety of interests, many with architecture at the center.

Geology, Mineralogy, Cartography, Topography, Wood working, Travel, Photography and more. 

I do not consider style as anything worth thinking about or design. That is the interest of realtors and antique dealers, not me. My interest in design is eclectic, connecting with my wide knowledge and former teaching of architectural design, history and theory. From my youth I was inspired by Thomas Jefferson. 

Education

Royal Academy of Fine Arts
Copenhagen, United States
Diplome d'Etudes, Architecture, 1968
Architecture and Urban Design
1967 To 1968
Dissertation: Plan for Extension of Downtown Koge, Denmark
Advisor: Jorn Bo, Tobius Faber and

Harvard Graduate School of Design
Cambridge, Florida, United States
Master of Architecture, 1967
Architecture, and city Planning
1963 To 1967
Dissertation: Multimodal Transportation Center, Birmingham, Alabama
Advisor: NA

Harvard College
Cambridge, Florida, United States
Bachelor of Arts, Architectural Sciences, 1963
General education and pre-architecture
1959 To 1963
Dissertation: NA
Advisor: Professor Norman Newton

Job History

Knight Associates, Architecture and Urban Design
Owner-operator
Tallahassee, FL, United States
August 1972 - present

Florida A&M University
Professor of Architecture
Tallahassee, FL, United States
December 1996 - September 2022

Florida A@M University and University of South Florida
Dean and Professor of Architecture
Tallahassee, FL, United States
August 1988 - September 1996

University of Tennessee
Dean and Professor
Knoxville, TN, United States
August 1979 - August 1988

National Endowment for the Arts
Director of Architecture and Design Programs, in charge of grants program and Federal Design Program
Washington, DC, United States
December 1977 - August 1979

National Endowment for the Arts
Assistant Director Architecture and related arts, In charge of grant programs
Washington, DC, United States
June 1974 - August 1979

University of Tennessee
Assistant Professor to Assistant Dean
Knoxville, TN, United States
August 1968 - June 1974