Thomas Kelly is a visiting assistant professor at the University of Illinois at Chicago, partner at Norman Kelley, and Syracuse Architecture fall 2014 visiting critic. He was raised in Canberra, Berlin, Warsaw, Tegucigalpa, Oxford, Lima, and Washington D.C. Previously, Thomas Kelley has worked for the architecture practices of Brasil Arquitetura Studio in São Paulo, Asymptote Architecture in New York, and Skidmore, Owings, and Merrill in Chicago. Thomas is the recipient of the 2012-2013 Reyner Banham Fellowship from the University at Buffalo School of Architecture and Planning and the 2013-2014 James R. Lamantia, Jr. Rome Prize in Architecture from the American Academy in Rome. He is a Clinical Assistant Professor at the University of Illinois at Chicago’s School of Architecture. In addition, Thomas is a partner in the architecture and design collaborative Norman Kelley. Most recently, the practice was awarded the 2014 Architectural League of New York Prize for Young Architects and Designers. Their drawings are currently on exhibit at the 2014 Venice Architecture Biennale and published in Log 31: New Ancients.
Thomas Kelley
Wrong Chairs Exhibition, University at Buffalo School of Architecture and Planning. Buffalo, New York (2013)
Wrong Chairs Exhibition, Volume Gallery. Chicago, Illinois (2014)
Detail, Rod-Back Side Chair (2013). Courtesy of Volume Gallery
Detail, Step-Down Armchair (2013). Courtesy of Volume Gallery
Mixed Media Plan, Wrong Chairs (2013)
Shape Shape Evolution, Playhouse for the Early Learning Foundation. Chicago, Illinois (2013)
Rubin’s Barrel, Herradura Tequila Barrel Art Collection. Chicago, Illinois (2013)
Lincoln Log Cabin, Exploded Elevation. Cinque Mostre: Time and Again, American Academy in Rome. Rome, Italy (2014)
Mixed Media Elevation, NAWT (Normal-Axis Wind Turbine) Balloons. Published in Regenerative Infrastructures: Freshkills Park NYC, Land Art Generator Initiative (Prestel, 2013)
The Allegorist, A Palace in Axonometric View with a Local Vanishing Point. Published in Log 31: New Ancients (Anyone Corporation, 2014)
