Talia a. Perry1-908-642-2279 [email protected] See also: andrew.cmu.edu/user/taperry
Working MeThodsI think some things, design some things, and make some things, currently in the gloriously post-industrial Pittsburgh, PA.
My most recent investigations seek to solicit instances of threshold, spaces between spaces and concepts between concepts: I revel in their awkward moments of transition and metamorphisis, in charting limits and testing their elasticity.
I have been trained as an architect and as a writer, parallel milieus that allow me to speculate about the world around us. I sometimes use fiction as a way to critique reality, or a way to exist within it.
If you don’t give me a challenge, I will find one myself.
acadeMic achieveMenTsCarnegie Mellon U., School of Architecture (B.Arch), class of 2013
Independent Study, “Metafiction & Autonomous Architecture,” F2012
Bridgewater-Raritan Regional High School, class of 2008
Teaching assisTanTshiPsArchitecture studios and history courses – 05.2011 through 05.2013 under the direction of Professor Kai Gutschow Carnegie Mellon U. School of Architecture, Pittsburgh, PA
CFA Dean’s List; Commendation from Head of School
18 wk. intensive reading seminar with advisor Charles Rosenblum
National Honor Society; Italian Honor Society
Courses include first and second year studios and history elec-
tives (modern architecture and a survey of architectural
theory); web design for student resources / documentation;
critiques, workshops; feedback on course content / structure
eMPloyMenT exPerienceFreelance architectural representation – 01.2013 through 02.2013 Bucco Architecture, Pittsburgh, PA
Private English tutor – 07.2012 through 12.2012 Various individuals, various locations
Architectural intern – 05.2011 through 08.2011 USA Architects, Somerville, NJ
Web design – 12.2010 through 05.2011 Drake Studio, Pittsburgh, PA
Editorial intern – 05.2010 through 08.2010 Anyone Corporation, New York, NY
Architectural Intern – 07.2007 through 07.2008 Architecture Plus, Raritan, NJ
Part-time sales clerk – 11.2006 through 06.2007 American Eagle Outfitters, Bridgewater, NJ
Web design and branding – 04.2006 through the present Body Alliance Pilates Studio, Bedminster, NJ
aWards / honorsLuther S. Lashmit Traveling Award – S2011, presentation TBA
Fourth Year Design Awards Finalist, Carnegie Mellon University School of Architecture – nominated for various awards S2011
Gindroz Prize for Travel – F2011, presentation F2012
Pittsburgh History and Landmarks Foundation Book Prize – F2011
Finalist, Epic Metals Steel Deck Competition, with Becky Cole: S2010
3d modeling and digital rendering, with
Zachary Weimer
reuse and redesign: stripmall masterplan, working and
presentation drawings
simple, clean web design for a local architecture firm, with
Matthew Huber
for Log and the Writing Architecture series
digital drafting work and administrative tasks, primarily residential
won many informal sleeve-scrunching and jean-folding
races against coworkers
providing flexible design infrastructure for an emerging
business
“Conflicted Expressions of Modernity: Exploring
Narratives” - $5000
“Dance & Dynamic Modernity: Vienna, Paris, Dresden” - $7500
“Confabulating with the Coffee Grounds of Reality:
The Rhetoric of Adolf Loos”
PublicaTions / ediTorial“Observations on Interactivity,” Log: F2010
Co-founder and editor of SoArch’s Interpunct: F2010 through S2013
Documentation / editorial for CMU’s Wats:ON publication: S2010
“The Poetics of Reality,” AIA Pittsburgh’s COLUMNS: S2010
Participant in PROCESS magazine, with Casey Gollan: S2009
Editor-in-Chief of BRHS’s The Prowler: F2006 through S2008
Art Editor for The Prowler: F2005 through S2006
exTracurricularStudent Rep. on short research trip to Los Angeles, CA: S2012
Student Rep. during SoArch’s Tenure Faculty Search: S2012
Presentation of project and essay “Concentrated Distraction” at Anthropology and Art Panel: S2012
Student Advisory Council for SoArch: F2009 through S2013
Admissions volunteer for SoArch: F2008 through S2013
Volunteer counselor for BRHS Peer Mediation: F2005 through 2008
Participant in American-English Exchange Program: 2007
Volunteer for Habitat for Humanity: 2006
Ballet and Modern Dance at Gotta Dance and NJ School of Ballet (various performances): 1997 through 2008
short-length coverage of MoMA’s PS1 YAP
interviews, editing, managing staff and design decisions
interviews, transcribing, copy editing, early layout design
full-length article about studio pedagogy at CMU’s SoArch
interviewee for magazine about young artists and students
editorial work, writing op-ed pieces, managing staff
layout, image acquisition and editing, some copyediting
week-long intensive research program on Rudolph Schindler
reviewing applications and assembling a student response
panel of student presentations crossing between the disciplines
of anthropology and art
conveying questions, concerns, suggestions to Head of the School
leading tours; reviewing digital portfolios of prospective students