Breitschmid honored with visiting professorship

Virginia Tech College of Architecture and Urban Studies assistant professor of architecture Markus Breitschmid, has been invited to take a visiting professorship at the Technische Universität München’s School of Architecture.

Breitschmid will be in residency in Germany during the second semester of the European academic year 2005-06 during the months of May through July. While in residence at Munich, Breitschmid will teach at the Institute for Design Methodology and conduct research on the Bavarian architecture historian and theoretician Richard Streiter.

Breitschmid, who joined the faculty of the School of Architecture + Design in 2004 and resides in Blacksburg, received his architectural education in Switzerland and the United States, in addition to receiving his Ph.D. from the Technische Universität Berlin in Germany. Previously, Breitschmid has taught at Cornell University, the University of North Carolina, and the Catholic University of America. His scholarship encompasses what is commonly known as “German Modernism” and focuses on the aesthetic mentality of Modernism.

The College of Architecture and Urban Studies is one of the largest of its type in the nation. The college is composed of two schools and the departments of landscape architecture, building construction, and art and art history. The School of Architecture + Design includes programs in architecture, industrial design and interior design. The School of Public and International Affairs includes programs in urban affairs and planning, public administration and policy, and government and international affairs. The college enrolls more than 2,000 students offering 22 degrees programs taught by 160 faculty members.