Thomas Stanton Laging, FAIA

Brief Vitae

B. Arch from the University of Nebraska
M. Arch from Harvard University

Professor Laging is a Graduate Fellow of Architecture with twenty-five years of teaching experience. He was honored in 1992 as the first James Elmore Visiting Professor in Urban Design at Arizona State University, Tempe. He received design awards for his work on the Nebraska State Capitol Environs and was a Fulbright Senior Lecturer at Simon Bolivar University in Caracas. Professor Laging’s service to Nebraska Communities has resulted in an interdisciplinary program with Architecture and Planning students which combines teaching with urban design assistance. As leader of design assistance teams for the AIA he has contributed to urban design efforts in cities throughout the country. He is a member of the Urban Design Committee of the American Institute of Architects.

Areas of Interest

Drawing environs from life, art as a source of architectural ideas; the history of urban form and its process of development and evolution in various cultures and economies; interdisciplinary civic development; Latin American cities; the grammar and composition of historical and modern styles.