Phillip Mead
Research/Focus Areas
  • Wellness and Design Issues
  • History and Theory
  • Health and Sustainable Design Issues
  • Beginning Design and Design Languages
  • Public Art in Communities
Academic Programs
My Courses
  • Arch 253: Architecture Design I (F)
  • Arch 254: Architecture Design II (Sp)
  • Arch 353: Architectural Design III (F)
  • Arch 386: History of Modern Architecture (Sp)
  • Arch 463: Environmental Control Systems I (F)
“I have a feeling that there are many situations in life in which the organization is too brutal; the duty of the architect is to give life a more sensitive structure.” -Alvar Aalto

Phillip Mead

College of Art & Architecture
Department of Architecture & Interior Design
Associate Professor
Architecture Program Coordinator

Home Town
Twin Falls, Idaho, USA

With UI Since
2002
Office: AAS 307
Phone: (208) 301-0529
Email: Phillip Mead
Mailing Address:
c/o Department of Architecture and Interior Design, University of Idaho
PO Box 442451
Moscow, Idaho 83844-2451

Curriculum Vitae
  • Master of Architecture, University of Texas at Austin, Charles Moore Program, Architecture, 1991
  • Bachelor of Architecture, University of Idaho, Architecture, 1984

Phillip G. Mead AIA is the architecture program coordinator at the University of Idaho's College of Art and Architecture. He currently teaches Architectural History, Environmental Control Systems, Design Studio and a Wellness and Design seminar for the college as well. Phillip received his graduate degree at the University of Texas where he studied and worked under Charles W. Moore as a graduate student. He has also contributed to the San Diego works of Antoine Predock and Bertram Goodhue. He has formerly taught at the Newschool of Architecture in San Diego and Texas Tech University. His current research examines wellness issues in design which encompasses a range of disciplines from environmental control systems to architectural history.



Recent Publications

  • “Unhealthy Energy Conservation Practices” in The Green Braid, New York: Routledge, Taylor and Francis Group. 2007, pp. 153-159
  • “The Impact of Stair and Elevator Design on Daily Exercise,” in Design and Health IV: Future Trends in Healthcare Design, International Academy for Design and Health, Hudinge, Sweden, 2006, pp. 269 – 275
  • “Increasing Outdoor Interactions,” in Design and Health III: Health Promotion through Environmental Design, Alan Delani (Ed) International Academy for Design and Health, Stockholm, Sweden, 2004, pp. 177-181
  • “Light, emotion and design” in Design and Emotion, D. McDonough, P. Hekkert, J. Van Erp and D. Gyi (Eds), London, Taylor and Francis Group. 2004 pp. 48-52


Scholarship Projects

  • “Aesthetic Presences within Greek Asclepieion Hospitals.” Paper given at the 1st Architecture, Culture and Spirituality Symposium in Mt. Angel, Oregon, March, 09.
  • “The Formation of Sun Valley and the Influential Role of Early 20th Century Environmental Health Practices.” Paper to be given at the Vernacular Architecture Forum in Butte, Montana, June 2009.
  • "The Health Related Significance of Urban Spaces and Buildings that Encourage Outdoor Recreation and Lingering." Paper presentation to the 45th International Making Cities Livable Conference on June 2007, Portland, Oregon


Outreach & Engagement Projects

  • "The Buhl Wall Project." Buhl Trout Fish Sculpture in Buhl, Idaho, 2003-2007


*See CV for a full list of projects and publications.