Rumiko Handa, M.Arch., M.S. Arch., Ph.D.
Brief Vitae
B.Arch. University of Tokyo
M.Arch., M.S.Arch., Ph.D., University of Pennsylvania
Registered Architect in Japan.
Areas of Interest
Architectural theory, history and design;
Phenomenology and hermeneutics of architecture;
Image and text as representations of architectural ideas
Grants and Awards (selected)
UNL Initiatives for Teaching and Learning Enhancement Grant, 2008.
Larry Hawthorn Award, 2008.
Certificate of Recognition for Contributions to Students, UNL, 2007, 1999.
UNL Research Council Grants, 2007, 2001, 1998. 1997.
Graham Foundation for Advanced Studies in the Fine Arts, 2006, 1999.
UNL Arts and Humanities Research Enhancement Fund, 2005.
UNL Enhancing Teaching and Learning Seed Grant, 2004.
Newberry Library Consortium Grant, 2003, 2001.
Huntington Library Gilbert and Ursula Farfel Felloswhip, 2002.
American Institute of Architecture Students, 2001-2 National Education Honor Award.
UNL Layman Award, 1998.
UNL Teaching Council Grant, 1997.
Conference Organizer:
IASTE (International Association for Studies of Traditional Environments) Biannual Conference, Panel Chair, forthcoming 2008.
ACSA (Association of Collegiate Schools of Architecture) Annual Meeting Session Chair, 2008.
UNL Lecture Series “Architecture in 18th- and 19th-Centuri Historical Fiction,” Fall 2007.
Publications (selected):
Website:
“Architecture in the Humanities” http:aith.unl.edu. Interdisciplinary relational database that demonstrates how pieces of architecture are incorporated in works of literature, film, theater, and art.
Book Chapters:
“Elements of Architecture.” Architectura. Lane Cove, Australia: Global Publishing, forthcoming 2008.
"Coelum Britannicum: Inigo Jones and Symbolic Geometry," Nexus IV: Mathematics and Architecture. Florence: Kim Williams Books, 2002: 109-126.
“Body World and Time: Meaningfulness in Portability,” Transportable Environments: Theory, Context, Design and Technology, ed. Robert H. Kronenburg. London: E & FN Spon, 1998: 8-17.
“Representation in Architecture.” In Architecture Reading Lists and Course Outlines, ed. by Georgia Bizios. Durham, NC: Eno River Press, 1994: 163-167.
Encyclopedia Entries:
“Tadao Ando,” “Kosaku Bunka Renmei (Japanese Werkbund),” “Olympic Games Sports Arenas, Tokyo (1964),” and “St. Louis Arch, Missouri,” in Encyclopedia of Twentieth Century Architecture, ed. R. Stephen Sennott. Chicago: Fitzroy Dearborn, January 2004.
Journal Articles:
“Treatises Cited in The Most Notable Antiquity.“ Bibliographical Society of America BibSite (2006) http://www.bibsocamer.org/BibSite/bibsite.htm.
“Authorship of the Most Notable Antiquity (1655): Inigo Jones and Early Printed Books,” Papers of the Bibliographical Society of America 100, no. 3 (September 2006): 357-378.
“Against Arbitrariness: Architectural Signification in the Age of Globalization” Design Studies 20, n. 4 (July 1999): 363-380.
Citations:
“The Most Notable Antiquity (1655): Inigo Jones and Early Printed Books.” Papers of the Bibliographical Society of America, 100, no. 3 (2006): 357-78. Cited in William Baker, “Bibliography and Textual Criticism,” Year’s Work in English Studies (2008): 1-45; 3.
“Abduction Theory and Its Application to Bruno Taut’s Interpretation of Japanese Architecture,” unpublished paper, Ph.D. Program in Architecture, University of Pennsylvania, December 1983. Paper cited in Peter G. Rowe, Design Thinking (Cambridge: The MIT Press, 1987): 102-103.
Conference Proceedings: About forty articles included in conference proceedings.
Professional Works and Architectural Drawings in Books and Journals: Five professional works published in a book and 5 journals. Architectural drawings published in a book.
