Keynote Speaker—Douglas Kelbaugh
 Douglas
S. Kelbaugh, FAIA, is Dean and Professor of Architecture and
Urban Planning at the University of Michigan.
In 1978, he founded Kelbaugh and Lee, a firm that won over 15 regional
and national design awards and competitions in half as many years.
His designs have been published in over 100 books and magazines
and featured in many exhibitions in the United States and abroad.
In 1996, he was nominated for the Chrysler Award for Design Innovation
and AIA Michigan gave him its 2001 President's Award for his contributions
to architectural education and the profession.
Professor Kelbaugh has taught design at eight schools of architecture
in the United States, Europe, Japan, and Australia. At the University
of Michigan, he started an urban design program and a real estate
development program, recruited stellar faculty members, and served
on several university and state boards and committees.
Kelbaugh has co-chaired many national and international conferences
on energy, urbanism, and design. Labs21 is honored to have Professor
Kelbaugh on our jury for the Labs21
Student Design Competition. Recently, he also chaired the AIA
National Urban Design Awards jury and the 4th National Symposium
on New Urbanism at the University of Michigan.
One of the first to popularize the modern design charrette, he
has organized and participated as a team leader in some thirty of
these community design workshops on urban and suburban design issues
in North America, Europe, Asia and Australia, many of which have
resulted in publications and realized projects.
Professor Kelbaugh received his BA degree Magna Cum Laude and Master
of Architecture degree from Princeton University.
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