Stanley Russell
AIA, is a licensed architect and Assistant Professor and Director of the USF Design/Build Program. He teaches the Design/ Build studio and core and advanced design courses. He also leads the Japan Summer Studio study abroad.
Russell teaches core architecture courses and electives on Japanese Architecture and coordinates community projects with local municipalities and organizations. The projects have included the design and construction of a park pavilion, and designs for a neighborhood urban redevelopment project, a church sanctuary, food pantry, and elementary school. During a Japanese summer session he worked with the Kyoto community to renovate a Japanese home.
Russell has been principal and owner of Design Works Architects L.L.C. in Waynesville, Ohio and Teuchi Kenchiku [Handmade Architecture] in Hyogo, Japan. He apprenticed with Japanese master carpenter Tamotsu Edo in Hyogo, Japan and worked as a designer in Kobe, Japan and Ahmedabad, India. He helped to develop a culturally-sensitive master plan for government subsidized housing in India, a response to explosive urban growth.
He has been featured in Japanese periodicals Jutaku Tokushu, Kenchiku Bunka, The Japan Architect, Kazi, Shonan Style, Kenchiku Chisiki, and Yomiuri (newspaper) for his design and building work in Japan. The Tampa Tribune and the Temple Terrace Beacon discussed his more recent work.
Russell has presented and published proceeding papers in international, national and regional conferences addressing craftsmanship, community stewardship, aesthetics, and design quality. He earned his Bachelor of Design in the College of Architecture at the University of Florida and his Master of Architecture at the University of Pennsylvania.