Talia a. Perry1-908-642-2279 talia.perry@gmail.com 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