Michael Gamble
Professor with Tenure
Michael Gamble
Professor with Tenure
Keywords
Design and Imagination, Curriculum Design, Houses/Housing, Construction Technology
Biography
Michael’s love of design at all scales is evident in his teaching, research and practice.
He is a registered architect and is the founder of G+G Creative. From 2015 to 2022, he directed the Master of Architecture program in the School of Architecture. His design-driven research operates at a variety of scales, from house to city, with emphasis on innovation, history, and imagination. He has received numerous awards for excellence in design and scholarship. His current book project on the role of history and drawing in design education, Quantum Poems, is forthcoming.
Michael was the first point of contact for the $30 million Living Building gift, a.k.a. Kendeda Building for Innovative Sustainable Design (KBISD), and actively participated in pre-planning and fund acquisition, design competition and team formation, all the way through building execution, implementation and certification. He also led a series of interdisciplinary design studios that paralleled the effort, and chaired the Academic and Research Council connected to the project. He is co-author of the novel organizational structure of the living building workgroups, now tested, and served as chair of the KBISD advisory council and leads the Living Building Pilot Project Program, comprised of faculty, researchers and students from across campus, now in round three of funding. He authored a book on the effort, Climate Change and the Design of the Built Environment.
Education
Auburn University, School of Architecture, Bachelor of Architecture, June 1989, 1st in Design Class
Georgia Institute of Technology, Master of Architecture, June 1990
Harvard University, Graduate School of Design, Master of Design Studies with Distinction, June 1996
Atlanta Urban Design Commission, Award of Excellence in Historic Preservation, Clermont Hotel, 2019
Atlanta Business Chronicle Best in Atlanta Real Estate Awards Finalist, Clermont Hotel, 2019.
Atlanta Preservation Center Keystone Award, Hotel Clermont, 2018.
Introduction “ The Speed of Light” in “Fabricated Homescapes” Déborah Mesa Studio, Georgia Tech
Book, Climate Change and the Design of the Built Environment, Kendall Hunt Publishing
Award of Excellence, Atlanta Urban Design Commission, Atlanta Daily World, 2015.
Preservation Award - Excellence in Rehabilitation, The Georgia Trust for Historic Preservation, Atlanta Daily World, 2015.
National Trust for Historic Preservation, Atlanta Daily World, Top Ten Saves, 2014.
Merit Award, Paulk Residence, American Institute of Architects, Georgia Chapter, 2014.
Dwell on Design, Invited Exhibitor, Los Angeles, 2014.
Merit Award, Paulk Residence, American Institute of Architects, Atlanta Chapter, 2014.
Finalist, Paulk Residence, World Architecture Festival, Singapore, 2013.
First Prize, G+G Architects. Revitalization of the Clermont Hotel. Atlanta, GA. 2009.
Merit Award, Design with Brick Competition, 41 Beverly, September 2007.
Museum of Design Atlanta, Resurgens Exhibit, How the Environment Effects Health, June – Sept. 2007. Honor Award, AIA Atlanta, Kendeda Sustainable House, 2006.
First Place, Sustainable Home Competition, Kendeda Sustainable House, September 2006
ARCH 6039 Advanced Design Studio 1, Quantum Poems
ARCH 6000 London Residency Program, Architecture and Infrastructure
ARCH 6072 Design and Research Studio, Future Urban Housing in partnership with the GT High Performance Building Lab
ARCH 6833 Climate Change and the Design of the Built Environment
ARCH 8833 Integrated Building Systems