Contact Information
Jefferson - East Falls Campus
4201 Henry Avenue
Architect and Design Center, Room 202
Philadelphia, PA 19144
Department Chair, Architecture
Associate Professor
Education
MArch, University of Minnesota College of Architecture and Landscape Architecture, Minneapolis, MN - 2000
BA, Architecture, University of Minnesota College of Liberal Arts, Minneapolis, MN - 1996
Certifications
- AIA Member #30318400
- NCARB Member #91864
- Licensed Architect –Minnesota # 43166, Florida #101088
- NOMA Member
Awards
- 2021 AIA Minnesota Home of the Month Award
- 2020 Residential Architecture Vision and Excellence Award
- 2019 City Pages Artist of the Year
- 2018 AIA Minnesota Louis Lundgren Award for Service
- 2018 Dunwoody College of Technology Academic Innovation Award
- 2017 AIA Minnesota Home of the Month Award
- 2017 ASLA Minnesota Honor Award
- 2015 AIA Minnesota Honor Award
- 2015 Dunwoody College of Technology Academic Innovation Award
- 2014 AIA Minnesota Home of the Month Award
- 2013 AIA National Young Architect Award
- 2013 Battery Park International Competition Finalist
- 2012 AIA Minnesota Home of the Month Award
- 2011 AIA Minnesota Home of the Month Award
- 2010 Bearden Place International Competition First Honorable Mention
- 2009 AIA MN Young Architect Award
- 2008 AIAS National Emerging Practice Award
- 2008 AIA MN Residential Architecture Vision and Excellence Award
- 2007 Jetson Green Top 10 Modern Green Homes
- 2007 AIA MN Residential Architecture Vision and Excellence Award
- 2002 Saint Paul Head and Sack House International Ideas Competition Grand Prize
Biography
John Dwyer is the Chair of the Department of Architecture at Thomas Jefferson University and the principal of John Dwyer Architecture. Previously, he created and led the Bachelor of Architecture program at Dunwoody College of Technology. He is a practitioner-academic committed to advancing the discipline of architecture by serving the underserved and widening the pipeline to architectural education.
His recognitions include the 2021 AIA Home of the Month Award, the 2019 City Pages Artist of the Year Award, the 2018 AIA Minnesota Louis Lundgren Award for Service, the 2013 AIA National Young Architect Award, and the 2008 AIAS National Emerging Practice Award. His work has been published internationally in Dwell, EcoStructures, Residential Architect, Architect Magazine, Dezeen, Archdaily, and the Discovery Channel. He currently serves on the NCARB Licensure Process Research and Development Task Force and the executive board of the Coalition of Community Colleges with Architecture Programs.