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Professor Armpriest's teaching and research interests include the pedagogy of architectural building construction technology, and the expression of structure and materials in northwest regional architecture. She recently coauthored a new text, Building Construction: Principles, Materials and Systems, which has been adopted for use in over 80 programs of Architecture or Construction Managment in North America. Before joining the architecture faculty at the University of Idaho in 2001, she worked as an architectural project manager in Eugene, Oregon. While pursuing her M.Arch at the University of Oregon, she also worked as a project developer and construction manager for neighborhood non-profit housing providers. Prior to that, she was associate professor of landscape architecture at the University of Cincinnati. Highlights of her work there include research in resource-efficient design and construction, and working with students on design-build projects. On a more personal note, Diane never met a building or construction site from which she couldn’t learn, continues to hone her skills on a never-ending string of personal construction projects, and strives to pass along this enthusiasm for materials, design and construction to her students. Education Experience Chair, Department of Architecture
and Interior Design, 2008 to present Teaching Materials
and Methods of Construction (Arch 266) Co-Principal Investigator, Enhancing teaching & learning in large-enrollment classes with student response systems. Multi-disciplinary SBOE grant (2006-2008) “A Tale of Two City Halls: Icons for Sustainability in London and Seattle.” With Bruce Haglund. Published in Eco-architecture, Proceedings of First International Conference on the Harmonization between Architecture and Nature. International Scientific Advisory Committee (ISAC), Wessex Institute of Technology, New Forest, UK. June, 2006. “City Hall as Symbol for Sustainability” With Bruce Haglund, Solar 2006, Proceedings of the American Solar Energy Association, Denver, Colorado, July 2006.“Delivering the Building: The UI Commons/Teaching & Learning Center Case Study,” Knowledge By Design, NW+Pacific Region AIA Case Study Conference, paper published in Conference Proceedings, and Website. August 2005. “Taking Action in the Built Environment,” The Built Environment: Integrative Essays in Design and Planning, 2nd Ed Tom J. Bartuska, Wendy Mcclure and Gerald Young, ed., Island Press (date pending). "Applying AoC Techniques to Teaching Construction Materials & Methods to Beginning Architects". SBSE Workshop Presentation, July 10, 2004. “Developing and Testing a Case Study Methodology:
Learning about Integration of Building Systems in Architectural
Design”. Accepted for presentation at ARCC Conference, Tempe,
Arizona, April 2003. “Thomas Herzog Ecological Architect; the European Charter for Solar Energy in Architecture and Urban Planning and the Principles of Modern Architecture,” presented at ACSA Regional Conference, Montreal, Quebec, Canada, 2002. Awards Outstanding Faculty of the Year, presented by AIAS, 2002-03 Organizations Organizing Committee, Building Technology Educators
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