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Frank Jacobus
Research/Focus Areas
  • Design Theory (with a specific focus on the effect of emerging media on architectural practice, pedagogy, and design)
  • Furniture Design and Construction
Academic Programs
My Courses
  • Arch 354: Design IV
  • Arch 450: Architectural Programming
  • Arch 453: Design V
  • Arch 504/ID 332: Furniture Design and Construction
  • Arch 553: Design VII

Frank Jacobus

College of Art & Architecture
Architecture and Interior Design program
Assistant Professor

Home Town
Moscow, Idaho

With UI Since
2007
Office: AAS 305
Phone: (208) 885-5059
Email: fjacobus@uidaho.edu
Mailing Address:
Architecture and Interior Design program
University of Idaho
PO Box 442451
Moscow, ID 83844-2451

Curriculum Vitae
www.frcjacobus.com
  • Master of Architecture (M. Arch II – Post-Professional), The University of Texas at Austin, Design Theory, 2007
  • Bachelor of Architecture (B. Arch), The Cooper Union for the Advancement of Science and Art, Architecture, 1998

Upon graduating from The Cooper Union with a Bachelor of Architecture degree in 1998, Frank moved to Fort Worth, Texas, where he practiced architecture for seven years. He became a licensed architect in 2004. Frank earned a Post-Professional Masters degree in Architecture with a Design-Theory focus from the University of Texas at Austin in 2007. His thesis research at UT focused on the affect of emerging technologies and media on the discipline of architecture and was selected by the architecture faculty as the “Outstanding Masters Design Study." While in Austin, he was an invited member to a project titled “Resilient Foundations: The Gulf Coast after Katrina," which was exhibited at the 10th annual architecture show at the Venice Biennale.



Selected Publications

  • “Toward the immaterial," 2008, Material Matters: Making Architecture. Jacobus, Ed. Gail Peter Borden and Michael Meredith. Vol. 1. Washington D.C.: ACSA Press, 2008. 204-209.
  • “Re-Furnished: Recycled Cardboard Chairs from University of Idaho Designers," www.treehugger.com, May 7th, 2008, Collin Dunn
  • “Wet Land_Neutral Ground: Rebuilding New Orleans," in Planning Forum, Volume 12, p.20-29
  • “Luminous Vision,” in Texas Architect, March/April, pp. 34-37 (feature article)
  • “Cool Spaces,” in Texas Architect, July/August, pp. 36-39

Research Projects

  • “Resilient Foundations: Rebuilding the Gulf Coast After Katrina,” Venice Biennale:10th Architecture Exhibition, Venice, Italy (August-November)
  • November 2007, “Faculty Art Exhibit,” Pritchard Art Gallery, exhibit of children’s books, Moscow, Idaho
  • December 2008, “Faculty Art Exhibit,” Pritchard Art Gallery, exhibit of “Quartered Chair”, Moscow, Idaho

Awards and Honors

  • “Outstanding Faculty of the Year," American Institute of Architecture Students, University of Idaho, 2007-2008
  • “Outstanding Masters Design Study," The University of Texas at Austin, 2007