Dr. Brett Tippey is an architect and instructor of architecture at Bowling Green State University. He received his PhD from the University of Navarra in Spain in 2011, where he wrote his dissertation on Richard Neutra and Spain's transition to modernity. He has published several peer-reviewed articles and presented at numerous conferences. In 2007, he received the President's Volunteer Service Award for his volunteer work in Lebanon.

1. Dr. Brett David Tippey, Architect
Instructor of Architecture
Department of Architecture and Environmental Design
Bowling Green State University
Bowling Green, Ohio (USA)
Recent accomplishments
2011 Doctor Arquitecto (PhD equivalent)
Honors: cum laude (highest honor conferred by the University of Navarra)
Escuela Técnica Superior de Arquitectura, University of Navarra (Pamplona, Spain)
with Dr. Miguel A. Alonso del Val, Dissertation Chair
Dissertation title: Richard Neutra and Spain’s Transition to Modernity
Peer Reviewed Publications
2012 TIPPEY, Brett. “From modernism to humanism: Spain’s evolving impressions of Richard J.
Neutra.” Published in the proceedings of the VIII International Congress on The History
of Modern Spanish Architecture: “Architectural magazines (1900-1975): chronicles,
manifestos, propaganda.” Escuela Técnica Superior de Arquitectura, Universidad de
Navarra (Spain).
2011 TIPPEY, Brett. “Richard Neutra y la humanización de la vivienda moderna española,” in
ArquiTectónica, published by the Department of Architecture of the Universidad
Iberoamericana, Mexico City, April 2011.
2010 TIPPEY, Brett. “Let’s have our own ideas: Re-imagining humanism in the architectural
theory of Richard J. Neutra,” in Chapman, Michael and Michael Oswald, eds.,
imagining… Proceedings of the 27th International SAHANZ Conference, Society of
Architectural Historians, Australia and New Zealand, Newcastle (Australia), 2010, pp.
431-437.
2010 TIPPEY, Brett. “Bienvenido Míster Neutra: modernización y humanismo en el primer viaje
de Richard J. Neutra a España, 1954,” in Viajes en la transición de la arquitectura
española hacia la modernidad, Escuela Técnica Superior de Arquitectura Universidad
de Navarra, T6) Ediciones, Pamplona (Spain), 2010, pp. 495-502.
Invited Book Reviews (published)
2006 TIPPEY, Brett. Review of Giving Preservation a History: Histories of Historic Preservation
in the United States for DOCOMOMO Journal, vol. 34, March 2006.
Peer Reviewed Conference Papers
2010 TIPPEY, Brett. “Richard Neutra and the humanization of the modern Spanish home,” 11th
International DOCOMOMO Conference: Living in the Urban Modernity, Universidad
Nacional Autónoma de México. August 2010.
2010 TIPPEY, Brett. “Let’s have our own ideas: Re-imagining humanism in the architectural
theory of Richard J. Neutra,” 27th Annual Conference of the Society of Architectural
Historians of Australia and New Zealand: Imagining…, University of Newcastle
(Australia). July 2010.
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2. 2010 TIPPEY, Brett. “Bienvenido Míster Neutra: Modernización y el primer viaje de Richard J.
Neutra a España en 1954,” VII International Congress. History of Modern Spanish
Architecture: “Journeys in the transition of Spanish architecture towards modernity.”
Escuela Técnica Superior de Arquitectura, Universidad de Navarra (Spain). May 2010.
Paper written and presented in Spanish.
2010 TIPPEY, Brett. “Modern living in a totalitarian state: Richard Neutra and the design of US
Air Force housing in Spain, 1956,” Architecture Inside/Out Symposium #02
“Architecture and the State, 1940s – 1970s”, GSAPP, Columbia University, New York.
April 2010.
2009 TIPPEY, Brett. “El culto tradicional y la realidad social: la arquitectura religiosa de
Richard J. Neutra,” 2nd International Conference on Contemporary Religious
Architecture: Between Concept and Identity, convened by the Ourense Bishopric and the
Ourense Branch of the Colegio de Arquitectos de Galicia. Ourense (Spain), November
2009. Paper written and presented in Spanish.
2009 TIPPEY, Brett. “GATEPAC, AC and Richard Neutra: The first glimpses of Modern
Architecture in Spain, 1931-1937”, PhDiA 2009: Doctoral Education in Architecture
Conference, University of Southern California. Paper accepted but not presented due to
cancellation of the conference.
2009 TIPPEY, Brett. Presentation of poster entitled “Richard Neutra habla español: the fusion of
interior and exterior space”, 6th Modern Interiors Research Centre Conference, Kingston
University, London, May 2009.
2008 TIPPEY, Brett. “Critical Thinking is not Discipline-specific: Teaching Critical Thinking to the
Beginning Design Student”, 24th National Conference on the Beginning Design Student,
Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, Georgia, March 2008.
2008 TIPPEY, Brett. “Architecture or Built Thing: Translating Philosophy into Design Critique”,
1st Biannual CAP Symposium, Ball State University, Muncie, Indiana, April 2008.
2008 TIPPEY, Brett, “Making a Difference in the Middle East: Architecture as a Small Step
Towards Peace”, 1st Biannual CAP Symposium, Ball State University, Muncie, Indiana,
April 2008. Paper written and present
2007 TIPPEY, Brett. “Architecture or Built Thing: Translating Philosophy into Design Critique”,
23rd National Conference on the Beginning Design Student, Savannah College of Art
and Design, Savannah, Georgia, March 2007.
Acknowledgements of my work in public fora
2012 “Tippey research on modern architecture in Spain,” Zoom News (Bowling Green State
University News Update), January 23, 2012.
2012 “Neutra, arquitecto moderno,” Diario de Navarra, January 19, 2012, p. 45. The tag
line reads: “La primera tesis defendida en inglés en la Escuela de Arquitectura de La
Universidad de Navarra es un trabajo de Brett Tippey sobre la figura de Richard Neutra
en España.” (“The first dissertation defended in English at the School of Architecture in
the University of Navarra is the work of Brett Tippey about the figure of Richard Neutra
in Spain.”) The article recounts the major contributions of my doctoral dissertation.
2012 “Un estadounidense defiende en la UN la primera tesis en inglés sobre arquitectura”
(“An American defends in the University of Navarra the first dissertation in English about
architecture”),
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3. http://www.diariodenavarra.es/noticias/navarra/mas_navarra/un_estadounidense_de
fiende_primera_tesis_ingles_sobre_arquitectura_63113_2061.html. Accessed on
January 19, 2012.
2010 SANTOFIMIA ALBIÑANA, Marta. “La organización Docomomo Internacional renueva sus
debates en el XI congreso de México,” in Revista ph 76. November 2010. Published
by the Instituto Andaluz del Patrimonio Histórico in Seville (Spain). In this article Ms.
Santofimia calls special attention to my paper “Richard Neutra and the humanization of
the modern Spanish home.” Among the many papers presented at the conference she
describes my paper as “of special interest.”
Published Translations of Fundamental Texts on Architectural History and/or Theory
2011 WIGLEY, Mark. “La nueva pintura del emperador,” Brett Tippey, translator (with editorial
assistance from Carlos Naya). Revista de Arquitectura 13. 2011. Translated from
English to Spanish. Original-language title: “The Emperor’s New Paint”, Chapter 1 of
Wigley, Mark. White walls, designer dresses: the fashioning of modern architecture,
MIT Press, Cambridge, 1995.
2010 ANDERSON, Stanford. “Diseño industrial, una estrategia para la unión de la tecnología
y el arte: Berlín,” Brett Tippey, translator (with editorial assistance from Carlos Naya).
Revista de Arquitectura 12. June 2010. Translated from English to Spanish. Original-
language title: “Industrial Design, a Strategy for Uniting Technology and Art: Berlin II”
Awards and Recognitions
2011 Cum Laude, highest honor awarded for doctoral dissertations by the University of
Navarra.
2007 President’s Volunteer Service Award, Silver. Award granted for volunteer professional
service and collaboration in the project for the Armenian Evangelical Christian Endeavor
Union of Syria and Lebanon, in Beirut (see below). Awarded by the U.S. President’s
Council on Service and Civic Participation, the President's Volunteer Service Award
recognizes individuals, families, and groups that have achieved a certain standard –
measured by the number of hours served over a 12-month period or cumulative hours
earned over the course of a lifetime.
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