THE ARTS AND QUALITY OF LIFE RESEARCH CENTER

Brigitte L Knowles, Associate Dean

Tyler School of Art

Temple University
7725 Penrose Avenue
Elkins Park, PA 19027    

Phone: 215-204-4302                                                                    

E-mail: bknowles@temple.edu

 

Brigitte Knowles received her Master’s and Bachelor’s of Architecture from the University of Pennsylvania.  She is a partner in the architectural atelier, BJC/Knowles, Architects and Planners. The studio is a vehicle for creative architectural investigations, including selective projects and has entered countless competitions. In both the built and unbuilt projects, the studio has attempted to define and document a theoretical attitude towards architecture. The work of the studio has received international recognition, namely in architectural journals in Great Britain, Columbia, Ecuador, Italy, Japan, Switzerland and the United States, and several projects have won international design awards.

Major projects include: the Eastwick Branch library, the PAB Widener Memorial School Pool Addition, the George D. Widener Sports Pavilion, the Temple University Bath House, the Philadelphia Society for Services to Children, the Upsal School for the Blind, the Student Union Building at Warwick University in England, office and housing facilitates in the Soviet Union and countless private residences. The work of the studio under the title of B/JC Knowles Collections is on permanent display in the Architectural Archives at the Graduate School of Fine Arts, University of Pennsylvania. The collection is available for study by young aspiring architects consists of over 1500 architectural drawings and prints and 51 architectural models.

In collaboration with Temple University students, Brigitte was the architect for the owl pedestal, located at Alumni Circle, Berks and Park Mall on the Temple University Main Campus. Brigitte Knowles is currently an Associate Dean at the Tyler School of Art.

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