Jeffery S PossJeffery S. Poss, FAIA, is a Professor at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. He received his Master of Architecture from the university in 1980. In the following decade, he practiced with Skidmore Owings & Merrill, Kevin Roche John Dinkelo & Associates, and Tai Soo Kim Partners, as well as traveled throughout Europe as a Van Alen Institute Fellow. In 1989, he returned to Urbana-Champaign to teach at the Illinois School of Architecture and begin a critical design practice. His studio teaching has focused on the development of concept, materials, and detail into architectural design, including design-build structures, furniture design, and the exploration of wholeto-part relationships in architecture, for which he received the AIA Education Honors Award. His eponymous firm, Jeffery S. Poss, Architect, has designed and completed award-winning proposals for residences, interiors, memorials, and pavilions. His commissioned and competition work has been published in numerous journals and magazines in print and online. Read More Read Less