Randall Teal
Research/Focus Areas
  • Design pedagogy
  • Continental philosophy and architectural theory
Academic Programs
My Courses
  • ART 110: Visual Communication
  • Arch 141: Design Discovery Program
  • Arch 253: Architectural Design I
  • Arch 254: Architectural Design II
  • Arch 354: Architectural Design III
  • Arch 454: Architectural Design IV
  • Arch 504: Special Topics
  • Fall 09: Thinking Building - Modernism into Postmodernism
  • Spring 09: Architecture and Time
  • Fall 08: The Persuasion of Place
  • Spring 08: Building From Being and Time
  • Fall 07: Place, Being, Phenomena
  • Spring 07: Perception and Design

Randall Teal

College of Art & Architecture
Department of Architecture & Interior Design
Assistant Professor, Design Discovery Program Coordinator

With UI Since
2006
Office: AAN 206
Phone: (208) 885-6149
Email: Randy Teal
Mailing Address:
c/o Department of Architecture & Interior Design, University of Idaho
PO Box 442451
Moscow, Idaho 83844-2451

  • MIARC, Interior Architecture, 2000, University of Oregon
  • B.S. Psychology, 1994, University of Oregon

Randall Teal is an Assistant Professor of Architecture at the University of Idaho. His pedagogical and research interests are in design fundamentals and architectural theory with a significant influence from Continental thought. His writing focuses primarily on understanding and promoting situated dialogue between creative processes and the built environment. Recent publications include “Immaterial Structures: Encountering the Extra-Ordinary in the Everyday,” in JAE: The Journal of Architectural Education 62, No. 2 and “Placing the Fourfold: Topology as Environmental Design,” in Footprint: Delft School of Design Journal 3.

Recent Publication Honors*
  • Teal, Randall. “Between the Strange and the Familiar: A Journey with the Motel,” PhaenEx: Journal of Existential and Phenomenological Theory and Culture 4, No. 1 (2008)
  • Teal, Randall. “Immaterial Structures: Encountering the Extra-Ordinary in the Everyday,” JAE: The Journal of Architectural Education 62, No. 2 (2008): 14-23.
  • Teal, Randall. “Being–in the New World,” ACSA National Conference Proceedings. (Washington: ACSA Press 2008): 99-107.
  • Teal, Randall. “Sustainable Being(s): Becoming Mortal in a Technological Age,’ ACSA National Conference Proceedings. (Washington: ACSA Press 2008): 685-691.
  • Teal, Randall. “Awareness: The Ground for Sustainable Design,” ARCC National Conference Proceedings. (2008): 91-98.

Referreed Creative Works*

  • Semi-finalist, Idaho Triennial Art Show, Boise Art Museum, Boise, Idaho, Summer 2007
  • Art Exhibit, 3 photo montage/poems, Rebuild Louisiana: A Call for Help, Ogden Museum of Southern Art, New Orleans, Louisiana, September - November 2006
  • Art Publication, 5 Photo montage/poems, published in edited collection, Rebuild Louisiana, 2006
  • Competition Exhibit, BSA Unbuilt Architecture, Boston, Massachusetts, November 2006

Art Exhibits*

  • Above the Rim Gallery, Group Show, 11 pieces, Moscow, Idaho, January 2009
  • Pritchard Gallery, UI CAA Faculty Group Show, 6 pieces, Moscow, Idaho, January 2009
  • Pritchard Gallery, UI CAA Faculty Group Show, 6 pieces, Moscow, Idaho, January 2008
  • In(n) and Out of Nowhere, group show at Cougarland Motel, “Dido and Aeneas,” Pullman, Washington, March 2007

Outreach & Engagement Projects*

  • Exploring possibilities for establishing a memorial and/or museum dedicated to WW 2 Pacific Theater prisoners of war. Bremerton P.O.W. Memorial/Museum, Bremerton, WA, Spring 2007. 

Awards & Honors*

  • Paul G. Windley Faculty Excellence and Development Award, University of Idaho College of Art and Architecture, Moscow, Idaho, 2008
  • Grant, University of Idaho Small Travel Grant, 2008
  • Faculty Mentor, AIAS winning video submission for the “Architecture 2030 Challenge”, Moscow, Idaho, 2008
  • Outstanding Architecture Faculty of the Year, University of Idaho, awarded by AIAS, Moscow, Idaho, 2006-2007


*For a complete listing of research, exhibits, publications and honors, view Randy Teal's full CV.