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Faculty Member

Dr. Gordon MacKay

Biography

Born and raised in Bellingham, WA, son of a shop teacher and a nurse. Incurable romantic, traveler, dreamer, problem-solver. BA in Architecture from the University of Washington. Ph.D from UVA in the History of Architecture. Registered architect. Father of three strong girls, married to amazing woman.

Teaching

ARC 2110

Architecture Studio I, Fall 2025

ARC 2220

Construction Documents and Specifications, Fall 2025

ARC 4130

Global History of Architecture Since 1700, Fall 2025

ARC 2210

Architecture Studio II, Spring 2025

ARC 4220

Building Envelope and Science, Spring 2025

ARC 2220

Construction Documents and Specifications, Spring 2025

ARC 2220

Construction Documents and Specifications, Spring 2025

Presentations

MacKay, Allan Gordon (Panelist), Miller, Lisa (Coordinator/Organizer), Adwell, Stanley (Panelist), Polzin, Eric (Panelist), 2025 VERISK Elevate Conference, "Future-Proof Construction_ How Innovative Materials Reshape Insurance Claims", VERISK, Salt Lake City Hilton. (February 5, 2025)
MacKay, Allan Gordon (Co-Author), MacKay, Robert B (Co-Author), 2024 International Congress on Medieval Studies, "A Discussion of Tension Members and Connections During the Middle Ages", Medieval Institute at Western Michigan University, Western Michigan University, Kalamazoo, MI. (May 9, 2024)

Scholarly/Creative Works

MacKay, Allan Gordon, (2024) "Carpenters’ Marks in Large Polygonal English Timber Frames ca. 1288–1350, Part One" (Issue: 155, vol. Array). Alstead, NH: Timber Framing_ Journal of the Timber Framers Guild.