Michael Kubo

Associate Professor
Michael Kubo

Michael Kubo’s practice spans the fields of architectural history and theory, architectural design, publishing and curation. He holds a PhD from MIT, where his dissertation focused on the rise and international extension of the architectural corporation after 1945. His work with Chris Grimley on the era of urban renewal has been exhibited in Boston, at the Art Institute of Chicago and at the Heinz Architecture Center at the Carnegie Museum in Pittsburgh. Their work on this topic has been recognized by Docomomo and the Boston Preservation Alliance and featured in The New York Review of Books, The New York Times, The Architect’s Newspaper, The Boston Globe and Metropolis. 

Fall 2024 Courses

ARCH 2352-01 - ADVANCED TOPICS IN ARCHITECTURAL THEORY
Level Undergraduate
Unit Architecture
Subject Architecture
Period Fall 2024
Credits 3
Format Seminar
Mode In-Person
Start date
End date

ARCH 2352-01

ADVANCED TOPICS IN ARCHITECTURAL THEORY

Level Undergraduate
Unit Architecture
Subject Architecture
Period Fall 2024
Credits 3
Format Seminar
Mode In-Person
Start and End 2024-09-04 to 2024-12-11
Times: T | 1:10 PM - 4:10 PM Instructor(s): Michael Kubo Location(s): Bayard Ewing Building, Room 313 Enrolled / Capacity: 14 Status: Open

SECTION DESCRIPTION

Theory offerings in the architecture department are deliberately consistent or complementary with our pedagogy, born and raised in an arts college. Theory based courses have a basis in empiricism, direct observation and experience of creative processes. Recognizing that discovery and invention often come between existing matrices of thought, offerings may be from disciplines other than architecture or branches of knowledge other than art and design. Objectives of the theory component of our curriculum are to:

  • Expand the capacity to speculate productively.
  • Develop the skeptic's eye and mind.
  • Equip the ability to recognize connections that trigger discovery and invention.

Elective

LAEL 1022-01 - MODERN ARCHITECTURE
Level Undergraduate
Unit Architecture
Subject Liberal Arts Elective
Period Fall 2024
Credits 3
Format Lecture
Mode In-Person
Start date
End date

LAEL 1022-01

MODERN ARCHITECTURE

Level Undergraduate
Unit Architecture
Subject Liberal Arts Elective
Period Fall 2024
Credits 3
Format Lecture
Mode In-Person
Start and End 2024-09-04 to 2024-12-11
Times: W | 9:40 AM - 12:40 PM Instructor(s): Michael Kubo Location(s): Bayard Ewing Building, Room 106 Enrolled / Capacity: 50 Status: Open

SECTION DESCRIPTION

The course will focus on the diverse new roles encountered by the architect in the 20th century: form maker, administrator of urban development, social theorist, cultural interpreter, ideologue. Emphasis will be placed upon the increasing interdependence of architecture and the city, and the recurrent conflicts between mind and hand, modernity and locality, expressionism and universality.

Enrollment in this course is limited to Sophomore Architecture Students and first-year MArch (3yr) Architecture Students.

Major Requirement | BArch, MArch (3yr): Architecture

LAEL 1022-02 - MODERN ARCHITECTURE
Level Undergraduate
Unit Architecture
Subject Liberal Arts Elective
Period Fall 2024
Credits 3
Format Lecture
Mode In-Person
Start date
End date

LAEL 1022-02

MODERN ARCHITECTURE

Level Undergraduate
Unit Architecture
Subject Liberal Arts Elective
Period Fall 2024
Credits 3
Format Lecture
Mode In-Person
Start and End 2024-09-04 to 2024-12-11
Times: W | 9:40 AM - 12:40 PM Instructor(s): Michael Kubo Location(s): Bayard Ewing Building, Room 106 Enrolled / Capacity: 30 Status: Open

SECTION DESCRIPTION

The course will focus on the diverse new roles encountered by the architect in the 20th century: form maker, administrator of urban development, social theorist, cultural interpreter, ideologue. Emphasis will be placed upon the increasing interdependence of architecture and the city, and the recurrent conflicts between mind and hand, modernity and locality, expressionism and universality.

Enrollment in this course is limited to Sophomore Architecture Students and first-year MArch (3yr) Architecture Students.

Major Requirement | BArch, MArch (3yr): Architecture

Spring 2025 Courses

ARCH 21ST-01 - ADVANCED STUDIO
Level Undergraduate
Unit Architecture
Subject Architecture
Period Spring 2025
Credits 6
Format Studio
Mode In-Person
Start date
End date

ARCH 21ST-01

ADVANCED STUDIO

Level Undergraduate
Unit Architecture
Subject Architecture
Period Spring 2025
Credits 6
Format Studio
Mode In-Person
Start and End 2025-02-13 to 2025-05-23
Times: MTH | 1:10 PM - 6:10 PM Instructor(s): Michael Kubo Location(s): Bayard Ewing Building, Room 202 Enrolled / Capacity: 12 Status: Open

SECTION DESCRIPTION

These studios, three of which are required for graduation, are offered by individual instructors to students who have successfully completed the core curriculum. They are assigned by lottery. Once assigned to an advanced studio, a student may not drop studio.

Estimated Cost of Materials: $50.00 - $200.00

Fee: Some advanced studio sections have a fee for course supplies or field trips. The fee is announced during the registration lottery held in the department.

Majors are pre-registered for this course by the department. Preference is given to Architecture Students.

Major Requirement | BArch, MArch (3yr), MArch (2yr): Architecture

Michael Kubo