Tuesday, March 22, 2022

Corbin Keech

Architect :: Writer

“Building Existing Buildings”

Corbin Keech is an architect and writer based in Chicago. He holds a Master of Science in Advanced Architectural Design from Columbia University and a Bachelor's Degree in Architecture from Kansas State University. His written work has been published in CLOG Magazine, Oz Magazine, and LOKÉ Magazine. He has participated in panels, juries, and lectures at Columbia University, Virginia Tech, Arizona State University, and the School of the Art Institute of Chicago. His built architectural work includes institutional, cultural, and residential projects, including the Speed Art Museum in Lexington, Kentucky, the University of Oregon Athletic Medicine Center in Eugene Oregon, and the Kresge College Renewal in Santa Cruz, California. He is currently a project leader at Studio Gang.

Corbin’s experience as an architect can plainly be described as a ‘Mixture.’ Works built and unbuilt span several scales: essays, furniture, exhibits, gardens, houses, theaters, dormitories, office towers, and now, astonishingly, an airport. None of these projects he has developed alone. Working with others - surrounded by a chorus of creative voices - is where he has always preferred to be. This experience has reaffirmed his core belief: that architecture is about optimism. If architecture is a cultural product, it has the potential to advance and challenge that culture, solve problems, improve the environment, unify communities, and inspire the public.