Guy Nordenson and Associates
Brett Schneider serves as an Associate Professor at Rice University since July 2024, teaching courses such as Arch 450, Arch 314_514, and Arch 503. Brett has a long-standing tenure at Guy Nordenson and Associates, starting as an intern in 1998 and progressing to Senior Associate since 2011. Previously, Brett held an Associate Professor position at the Rhode Island School of Design from July 2013 to June 2024, delivering a wide range of architecture courses. Additional academic roles include serving as a Visiting Critic at Yale University and Parsons School of Design, and as a Lecturer at Harvard University Graduate School of Design. Brett holds a Master of Engineering in Architecture and Civil Engineering from Princeton University and a Bachelor of Arts in Astrophysics and Art History from Williams College.
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Guy Nordenson and Associates
Founded in 1997 on the principle of close collaboration as an essential basis of design, Guy Nordenson and Associates (GNA) is a New York–based structural engineering practice that has established itself as an effective partner in the design and construction of complex and challenging projects. These include recently completed projects such as the National Museum of African American History and Culture in Washington DC with Freelon Adjaye Bond/SmithGroup, the Corning Museum of Glass Contemporary Art + Design Wing in Corning NY with Thomas Phifer and Partners, the Kimbell Art Museum Expansion in Fort Worth TX with Renzo Piano Building Workshop, the New Museum of Contemporary Art in New York with SANAA and the Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art Expansion in Kansas City MO with Steven Holl Architects. GNA was also the design structural engineer of the 2004 Museum of Modern Art Expansion in New York by Taniguchi and Associates. Additional projects in design or construction include the International African American Museum in Charleston SC with Pei Cobb Freed & Partners, the Menil Drawing Institute and Study Center in Houston TX with Johnston Marklee and the Museum of Fine Arts Houston and Glassell School of Art with Steven Holl Architects. Since 2007 GNA has also been active in developing strategies for climate change and coastal adaptation and storm surge mitigation through research initiatives, publications, exhibitions, and in consultation with stakeholders at the local and national level. GNA’s progressive approach is based on the rigorous analysis of multiple alternatives and the crafting and execution of structural design in partnership with a wide network of specialist fabricators and experts. Our commitment to innovative solutions can be seen in our development of refined structural systems and pioneering use of both new and common materials. For employment opportunities see http://www.nordenson.com/about